Here are 7 easy ways to cut wedding costs and still have the wedding and reception you always wanted.
1. Ask for your friend to create your wedding-day look
Making a few small adjustment in your spending will help cut wedding costs in major ways. If great wedding photos are anon-negotiable item, perhaps you’ll use flowers sparingly. Wherever you choose to scale back, use your savings to splurge on the wedding costs that matter to you most.
2. Limit the bar
Food and beverage is a huge line item on most wedding budgets. Limiting the bar to wine and beer only or simply offering a signature wedding essentials cocktail will drastically reduce your beverage tab.
3. Have your wedding on an off-day
consider having your wedding on a Sunday evening or Friday afternoon. Other advantages to having an off-day wedding—hotel and airfare is generally less expensive during the week, making travel more cost-effective for out of town guests.
4. Tidy up the guest list
Your wedding is a sacred event that should be shared with those closest to you. Keeping your ceremony and reception quaint and intimate will free up wedding cost to spend in other places.
5. Make your private home as the wedding site
preparing a wedding at home cuts down on facility costs you’d normally pay at a public venue and reception site. Choosing a private space for your wedding— has less restrictions on hiring the vendors of your choice (which could save you thousands in catering costs) and decorating the venue the way you’d like.
6. Choose flowers from a local garden
Ask your florist to pick wedding flowers from a friend’s garden or a field of wildflowers. Wrap bundled stems with colorful ribbons or add a bouquet adornment like a jeweled broach for extra flair.
7. Do it yourself invitations
one easy way to cut back on wedding costs is to create your own wedding invitations, save the date cards and other wedding stationary pieces. Design your own invitations allows you to be as creative you’d like, for a fraction of the price.
