There’s no doubt about it, weddings can be expensive,over 25 billion dollars is spent each year on weddings, with an average 20-25,000 spent on each. There is no need for you to spend this amount on your wedding when other options exist,you can still have a wonderful day even though it might be a cheap wedding although you might not be convinced yet! Savings can be made in almost every area if you follow just a few of the ideas presented here,ideas that could help you achieve your dream day for less
Low Cost Hand Made Gown
Fortunately there are several options available to help reduce this cost, including the option of a dress that has been worn before. Many brides spend two to three thousand dollars (often more) on a wedding dress and only wear it once; why not make use of a beautiful dress that someone else has only worn once, for a fraction of the cost?
The Reception
The most expensive area is the wedding reception but savings can be made here as well,you may need to reduce the number of guests attending, when planning your cheap wedding, because this is where most savings will take place. You can reduce the number of people attending by not inviting those who are only at the periphery of your life which can include distant relatives; when it comes to the meal, instead a four course silver service, why not arrange a hot or cold buffet.
The venue of the wedding reception can also be somewhere less expensive than the local golf club or hotel; using a small club for example will mean the drinks bill is less by only catering for wine, beer and soft drinks at the bar.
Images of the wedding
The obvious choice is to shop around for the best rates, but look at hiring the photographer just for the service; ask family members and friends to take photos of the reception – most will be more than happy to do this. Although it may sound like an unusual idea, you always have the option to not use a professional photographer at all; there is no reason why the photos can’t be taken by your guests and you will find yourself saving many hundreds if not thousands, of dollars.
Print At Home Wedding Invitations
Cutting down on costs can also mean creating your own wedding invitations and seating cards etc; a personal computer combined with a home printer means it is quite easy to produce very professional looking results. With sophisticated customization tools you’ll be able to enter your own text and preview it before you print; so as not to make any costly mistakes, all from the benefit of your probably underused PC.
The Wedding Flower Arrangements
Flowers can be another expensive outlay especially with the alternatives on offer; why not buy wholesale flowers, or pick flowers from your garden and buy plain gold or white gold bands as these are the least costly. There is no reason why a friend or relative can’t bake the wedding cake; this will save more money plus the traditional fruit cake does not have to be used as there are many other fillings that people enjoy.
The Wedding Car
One last suggestion relates to the limousine which could easily be a beautifully decorated car belonging to a friend; this is not actually that uncommon.
It is possible to plan a cheap wedding without necessarily cutting back on the services; you can save money at the same time!
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Cheap Wedding Favors
Modern weddings can cost a fortune as there seems to be more things to cater for nowadays and the choice of wedding favors just keeps growing so this is an area that needs to be chosen carefully. Whatever you decide to do, if you are having a large number of guests it may greatly impact the amount you can afford to spend on each favor. This obviously becomes more complicated if you decide to have a big wedding but have a tight budget.
An easy and inexpensive idea for cheap wedding favors is candles as they can be purchased in bulk easily. You might even consider purchasing personalized ribbons to tie pretty bows around the candles. Arranging this is not as difficult or as expensive as you might think and there are many companies that specialize in this type of work that could provide the ribbon on a reel with all the wedding details so each piece can be cut to length. The personalized ribbon tied around a simple long tapered candle will improve the presentation and won’t hint at the low cost involved.
Of course if nothing else springs to mind why not just use the most popular, candy as it is easy to arrange and won’t break the bank. A way to use candy as a wedding favor is to purchase small tins and fill them with the candy of your choice and if you purchase the candy in bulk to keep the price down you can separate the candy into small portions for each guest. If you prefer, why not have some bars of candy supplied with your details on them for something a little more individual. {You can easily expand upon this idea, without costing too much more by adding special wrappers especially for the wedding.} The candy wrappers only need to have your wedding details on them but a nice touch is to have a picture of the happy couple. This can be very affordable especially if you are ordering in bulk and are only using one design for the wrappers.
One little used wedding favor option is to supply the guests with plant or vegetable seeds neatly presented with a ribbon tied around them. There is no reason why you cannot expand upon this and buy some small pots to put the seeds in. A small pot is all that is required to hold the seeds in as the pots are to be used as a gesture only and will not be large enough to plant the seed. Not only does this look better, it will also cost less as small pots are, obviously, less expensive.
Having pens placed on the table can be a great wedding gift as they are useful, will probably be kept and can have the wedding information printed on the side. Marketing and promotional gift companies can supply this type of cheap wedding favor gift easily so there shouldn’t be any problem even if they are not ordered until a few weeks before the wedding. This is a cheap wedding favor that keeps on giving because the stationery can be used to stay in touch with the married couple. If you really want to show them you are serious, why not also leave a stamped addressed envelope just to show the guests how serious you are about hearing their thoughts about your happy day.
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