A Dream-Come-True Wedding on a Budget

When planning a dream-like wedding, what may be affordable for you may be too much for others. Before you jump into extraordinary things for your wedding, you have to consider first you finances. It is always a must to see first what you can afford on every detail of your wedding. Compare prices of several catering, the cost of the video, photos and music. You also need to consider the cost of the wedding clothing, dresses and tuxedos, as well as the cost of flowers and decorations. The reception can be very expensive if it's not given a proper attention, the wedding favors and lastly the cost of the honeymoon. All these things requires money and are included in the overall wedding expenses.
If you are on a budget, it is always a good idea to make a list of priorities for this will help you generate a rough estimate of how much a typical wedding costs. With this, you can then start finding for the exact prices. The cost your reception menu will tell you how many guests you can invite, meaning if the costs are beyond what you can afford to spend, then you will have to cut down your guest list.
The wedding reception is the major focus if you are planning to have a wedding on a budget. When you have a tight budget, of course you don't want to invite as many of your family and friends as possible. Apart from your wedding guests, another factor that can seriously increase your wedding cost is the food. If you opt to serve a sit down meal, you can save money by handling the catering yourself. You may have to rent the location for the dinner and dance, but you can always plan to serve your own menu to save some extra bucks. A good example to elaborate this idea is by gathering your family and friends to help you cook and serve the food. You may also consider checking if there are any charitable organizations in your area that do catering for special events. These organizations can usually cater a delightful hot or cold meal at a reasonable price.
Of course, a wedding will not be completed if there's no drinks for everyone, and this alone is a huge add up to your wedding expenses. Today, many couple opt to have a cash bar where guests pay their own drinks, instead of providing all the drinks for the guests. Depending on the rules of the location you choose for your reception, if you are allowed to bring in your own alcoholic beverages you can have a Bring Your Own Booze event, which you can denote on the invitation as BYOB. Aside from such economical idea, you can also save money by buying wine kits which will able you to make and bottle your own wine.
The same through with your wedding cake. If you can make your own nice wedding cake, then feel free of doing it so. If you make your own cakes, you can rent cake pans for wedding cakes at a very cheap cost. If you can make your own cake but can't decorate it, you may bring it to your favorite bakery shop to be decorated. You can make them well in advance and freeze them.
Another thing that will help you save money on your wedding is planning for cheap wedding favors, as well as giving out inexpensive wedding gifts. Instead of extravagant wedding gifts that are often available in a dollar store, why not give inexpensive bridesmaids gifts or discount groomsmen gifts? After all, these gifts need not be too much to be valued and appreciated.Published At: www.Isnare.comPermanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=333163&ca=Marriage