I have been researching how people with a small budget making their
wedding affordable and think these 10 little tips can be useful for
people who have small budget.
Ten Tips for an affordable wedding:
1. Marry on a not popular time. When you marry on a monday it is a lot cheaper then marrying on a Friday or Saturday.
2.
The season that you marry in. Did you know the most people marry in the
summer or the winter? An autumn wedding or a winter wedding is a lot
cheaper then a summer wedding and they can be so beautiful! Think back
to the wedding of Miranda and Steve in Sex and the City in the gorgeous
autumn garden. Another thought is a winter wedding in a big Forrest,
snow on the threes, a beautiful sight. Often you can get great discounts
on wedding cars, wedding locations, etc. in these seasons.
3.Buy
an affordable wedding gown and beautify it yourself. The diva under the
wedding dresses is of course the top, but they are very expensive. The
average wedding dress costs around the one thousand pounds. Our tip: buy
a cheap, simple wedding dress and give it a stunning look by wearing
the perfect shoes, jewelry, haircut and make-up. Do you really have a
low budget then you can always look for a fabulous gala dress or evening
dress.
4.Save money on bridal flowers and bouquets. A bridal
bouquet costs around 70 and 150 pounds! One beautiful flower in your
hands is just as pretty. The bridal bouquet is a typical traditional
thing. Nowadays a lot of people get rid of the bridal bouquet and use
the money for the decoration of the wedding location.
5. The thank
you gifts for your guest do not have to be very expensive. If you are a
little bit of a creative person you can think of something that is fun
and costs little money. The key is to make a personal gift. It can be a
handwritten note with a own baked cookie, it is personal. Burn some cd's
with your favorite songs and create the cd-inlay. Use your talent or
use the talent of friends and you will see it doesn't have to cost a
lot.
6. The wedding cake is one of the eye catchers on a wedding.
The average cost of a wedding cake is around the 250 pounds. Wedding
Cake makers never define how much it is for the whole cake but usually
they define the costs per person. An average wedding cake costs 7 pounds
a piece. The wedding cake maker usually haves a minimum take of 30
persons per wedding cake. Thirty persons, seven pounds a piece is 210
pounds. A fun way to make it a lot cheaper is to have a table full of
cupcakes. An cute decorated cupcake, f.e. with someone names one it,
costs 2 a 3 pounds a piece. Three pounds, thirty persons makes a total
of 90 pounds, a good way to save money.
7. Save on the wedding
rings. Buying a wedding ring is hopefully a one time business. Saving on
a nice wedding ring is probably the last thing you want to save on.
Nowadays there are a lot websites that offer wedding rings cheaper then
most real stores ca. The websites do not have pay rent for their shop or
something like that and you will see that back in the price of the
wedding rings they offer online. You can save up to 20 % by buying your
wedding ring online.
8. A wedding photographer is also a cut that
most people don't want to make. It keeps the memory of your beautiful
wedding alive. If you are really on a low budget this is a nice tip: buy
a dozen Polaroid camera's in a budget store or online. You can let your
wedding guests make photo's of your wedding. you will get a very
personal photo collection of your wedding.
9. Save on wedding invitations. You or one of your talented friends can make beautiful
wedding invitations in Adobe Photo shop or another design software. Do
it yourself!
10. Do not invite everybody. If you don't invite
every person you know. Not the mailman, the butcher, the friend of a
friend of a friend, you can keep the wedding small, personal and
private. A private wedding with only friends and family that mean a lot
to you makes it very special. When you f.e. have 10 guests instead of
200 a wedding on Hawaii suddenly looks achievable.
