If Money Matters
True enough, a wedding is the most difficult event to plan and prepare for. And it gets even more challenging if the budget is tight. But don't fret, we have come up with some tips to help you stay on track money-wise.
Tips For Planning Your Wedding On A Small Budget
1. Limit your invites to the most important people in your life. Less guests less expenses.
2. The venue eats up a huge percentage of the budget so be wise and practical when selecting your venue. If possible, have both the ceremony and the reception in one place to minimize your cost.
3. Resist the urge to pick foods that are costly i.e. lobsters, steaks. You can still impress your guests with less expensive food.
4. Keep your invitation simple. If you have the time or extra helping hands, you may even want to consider making the invitation yourself. You can get wedding invitation kits from wedding supply stores or even your local craft store.
5. When decorating the venue, keep the use of flowers to a minimum. They are costly. Use candles (they go a long way when it comes to giving life to a venue), tulles and ribbons as substitutes.
6. While it is nice to be entertained by a live band, recorded music will do just fine.
7. Forget about hiring an emcee. Ask a family member or a friend to emcee instead.
8. Ask yourself if you really want your wedding on a film. Will you spend some time after the wedding to watch it? Or will the video end up in your grandmother's chest in the attic?
9. Opt for a less extravagant cake. Get a 2-tiered cake instead of a 4- or 3-tiered cake. Another option is mini cakes arranged in a layered cake rack.
10. Limit the champagne to the toast. Instead of wine, serve less expensive drinks.
11. Forget about hiring a wedding planner. You can still get the job done with the help of family members and friends.
12. Instead of hiring a limousine, look for alternative means of transport i.e. a friend's Bentley, your fathers Mercedes.
13. Always haggle for a lower price with the vendors. Since they expect some negotiations to happen, they would most often give a quote that is higher than what they are willing to accept.
Johanna Docena is the owner of Docena Bridal, an online wedding store that sells bridal jewelry, wedding attendant gifts and wedding accessories Visit us athttp://www.docenabridal.com.
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Date Added: Wednesday 5th August 2009
"as far as some of the comments go, not all of us have wealthy families who can help out with the cost of a wedding. some if us have to plan one on a very tight budget. these tips have helped me plan our perfect wedding on a tight budget. many thanks."
sg
Date Added: Tuesday 2nd September 2008
"I was looking for more useful tips like instead of ordering a 4 tier cake ordering a small cake to cut for bride and groom and ordering a large sheet cake for kitchen to cut to save $. Tips like that. This was not helpful."
cl
Date Added: Saturday 26th July 2008
"If my friends drove Bentleys and my dad drove a Mercedes i don\'t think I would need to get married on a budget!!!!"
ads
Date Added: Saturday 5th July 2008
"if my father had a mercedes i would not be planning a wedding on a budget. not helpful at all."
mini
Date Added: Sunday 13th January 2008
"wow - just making some notes for when we get to plan our big day - and this page has helped point out the simple things that sometimes you forget. I can still have the day I want but also on the budget we can afford !"
Claire
Date Added: Thursday 3rd January 2008
"These are really unhelpful tips. You should be giving clever, insider ideas - not just publishing a list of commonse points that anyone can work out."
NH
Date Added: Thursday 22nd November 2007
"myself and my partner are just begining to plan our wedding and on a tight budget just looking at your handy hints has helped alot .we might be able to get married sooner if less expensive ..."
r.fallon