Apr 5, 2019
Wedding Money Saving Tips – Episode #207
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It’s time for some more money-saving tips. We’ve had shows on individual areas such as floral but today we are giving you a great list to choose from.
- Offseason venues or get married on a weekday
- In – season floral
- Make a budget and stick to it
- Wedding website
- Wedding party Gifts:
- Pay for hair and makeup/ outfit accessories
- Guest list cull cull cull
- Small and intimate, limit plus ones
- Alternate bridesmaids' bouquets, single stem “bouquets”
- Go paperless
- Seating chart rather than cards
- Menu sign, rather than personal menus
- Rent House for a venue, housing, and honeymoon
- Consider college campus
- Courthouse wedding
- Borrow jewelry
- Dress:
- Consignment
- Samples
- Order early
- Borrow from newlyweds or go in together for floral and or décor
- Let your family help if they offer
- Reuse floral, bouquets as centerpieces, relocate large pieces, make large pieces from smaller ones
- Candles
- Borrow fancy car for exit
- Cut the floral boutonnieres and corsages,
- Limit alcohol options-signature cocktail, 1 red, and 1 white wine option, limit beer selection
- Consider college students for live music
- Price multiple options
- Cake, small cake for cutting, cupcake or other sweets for guests.
- Catering-buffet, passed appetizers, single menu options
- Drinks
- Charitable favor/no favors/favors as centerpieces
- Chairs moved from ceremony to reception
- Disposable plates for cake
- Suburb restaurants can be less pricey than inner city
- Ask about kids pricing for catering or have a separate menu
- Buy secondhand decor
- Late night snacks but not for everyone, since not everyone will close out the night
Listener Question:
Hello! So my mom and others really want to help me make decisions and do the research involved with hiring our vendors and such. How do I politely tell them when I expect them to do their part? I'd think that within a couple of days to a week it would be acceptable to check back in for a progress report, but I've been finding that they haven't gotten to that task yet.
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