Don’t Let Your Wedding Day Bankrupt You

wedding planning tips

Getting married can be unbelievably expensive. But if you want to ensure that you don’t start your married life completely in debt I suggest you follow these five ideas to help reduce the cost of the wedding.

1) How can you save on the venue?
Are you eager to have a early spring or summer wedding? In the event that the answer is absolutely no then the biggest reduction in spending one can make is to have your big event during the winter season. The cost of reserving your venue will unquestionably become cheaper – even more so if you opt for a midweek day rather than a Saturday or Sunday. Winter weddings could be incredibly romantic. Picture a stunning bride with gorgeous fur wrap and a seasonal bouquet. If you live in britain there is no absolute guarantee that the weather during the summer time will be good in any case and nothing beats a beautiful fresh, clear, sunny winter’s day. I got hitched during January and had my own reception at a country hotel. It was gorgeous as by the time we’d finished the reception beverages it was getting quite dark and the reception areas were lit by actual candlelight – truly intimate.

2) Keeping the costs reception down
It may be you want to invite a ton of people to your wedding ceremony but this is where you could have to be a tad ruthless. Try to retain the number of friends to below fifty or even sixty (or less if at all possible) and then invite other people you don’t want to omit completely to the night do.

3)  Reducing the champagne and wine costs
Negotiate with the wedding venue about wine and bubbly costs. It might workout cheaper to provide your own booze and just pay corkage for it. With so many great deals in supermarkets nowadays you can get some relatively good wine inexpensively and hopefully the corkage won’t raise the price too much.

4) The wedding cake
I made a big saving on my cake by using Marks and Spencer. After having been quoted hundreds of pounds regarding cakes a friend advised I try Marks. My partner and i didn’t even realise they do wedding cakes. They have a reasonably good range which includes cup cake ones but My partner and i opted for the more standard kind. They do their particular cakes in different sizes and they’re mix and match. If you want a tiered cake you just decide on a medium, large and extra large cake, choose the coloring of the icing, after that the type of inside such as vanilla sponge or chocolate sponge and you’re away. These cakes are very simple so I asked my florist to make three small flower arrangements, similar in look to my bridal bouquet, and I just these as decorations.

5) Photography savings
That is another area where you can definitely make big savings. It’s ok dishing the dough to have a costly wedding photographer, yet let’s face it, nowadays with digital cameras it’s eminently possible for even beginner photographers to take excellent photos. Another thing to note is that the current fashion in wedding photography is to take laid-back shots – particularly kinds where the people in the shot don’t even observe it’s being taken, rather than conventional posed ones. So why not task several of your friends, with decent digital cameras, with the job of ‘official’ photographers. I’m sure you’ll get lots of beautiful shots and then just about all you have to do will be to upload them to a website {specialising} in getting them into the form of a coffee table book or album.

There is certainly a considerable amount to consider so I hope this article has helped. If you need more ideas or information please visit my site http://www.weddinghatsandheadbands.co.uk for tips on wedding headbands and other related things.