The wedding day is probably the most expected day from a woman’s life and it represents the day dreamed since they were little.
As women grow up and decided to get married those memories of perfect wedding still haunting them as they will be dressed like a princess in a fairytale.
All these dreams will totally overflow the estimated budget for a wedding. That’s why in order to be the most wonderful day it’s recommended to be planned earlier in order to cover all the little things.
How To Save Money On Your Wedding
“I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. It’s not about a production number, it’s about a meaningful moment between two people that’s witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about.” – Jane SeymourSo how do you save money on your wedding without leaving anything undone? How do you save money on your wedding without running into a massive debt?
Off course, there is a specialised firm who can take care of everything but after all you can do it all by yourself.
Let’s look over some important steps to keep in mind:
Plan the wedding day with a year before so you can have enough time to analyze the market. Doing that you will have the chance to find coupons for various wedding supplies such as invitation design, flowers etc.
Estimate the number of people invited so you can approximate the dimension of the restaurant/club or any other venue earmarked for the reception.
The Venue
If you plan your wedding in the warm season you can go for a garden or a beach where you can develop and improve the place with all the necessary items for a wedding – tent, chairs, tables, candles and of course can beneficiate from the nature design as well.
Chose a day from the off-peak season as it is well known that the competition for those days isn’t big you can get the chances to negotiate more. As well, if the wedding season is passed the suppliers will try to sell their products as the new season will start next year, lots of promo codes will be available for the things you need.
Think about philanthropy – there are many associations who can do invitation sample, table design, flower arrangements for a noble cause and for less or the same price.
Wedding dress could be very expensive if you choose an important designer. Of course, it’s the most important dress from your life but you can only dress once so think twice about that. There are tons of small designers who can do the same quality with half of a price if you don’t keep so much at reputation or another variant is to borrow/rent a dress.
Chose a simple menu for the food – no one will want to eat all night and could save you some money. If you go for a daytime reception as well will give you some discounts as it is cheaper to serve lunch than dinner.
Don’t exaggerate with alcohol as it is one of the biggest expenses from a wedding – try instead to hire a bartender to serve cool drinks. It’s cheaper rather than putting drinks on all tables – there will be a waste. As well, you can negotiate with the supplier to return the remaining drinks after wedding.
Wedding Cake
Consider for a fake presentation cake for the midnight. It’s cheaper and as well no one will know from what is made. After all it is important to have a good taste.
Photographer and videographer
Usually, people in charge with this attribution will try selling you some expensive package usually more than you need it. Try to find someone who is at the beginning of his career as he will do his best in order to promote himself.
Special Moments
Try finding talents among your friends and relatives. There could be plenty who are good dancers/ singers or at any other activity which can entertain the invitee.
Music
Think about hire a DJ rather than a band as it could be more expensive. As well a DJ is more flexible than a band as he can adapt your preference and playing any type of music.