Wedding Information Guide

How To Have a Cheap Wedding

The wedding market in the United States is at an all time high,over 25 billion dollars is spent each year on weddings, with an average 20-25,000 spent on each. Just because your budget cannot stretch to pay for all those expensive 'necessities', it doesn't mean that your wedding will be any less unique,the day should be about the couple, not what they have spent and a cheap wedding can still achieve this. If you follow the advice provided here, that bill could be reduced considerably,ideas that could help you achieve your dream day for less

Cheap Hand Made Wedding Gowns

Fortunately there are several options available to help reduce this cost, including the option of a dress that has been worn before. The huge cost of a new wedding dress cannot always be justified these days; many bridal shops carry a large number of previously owned dresses that can be hired or bought for considerably less than new.

The Wedding Reception

The bulk of the budget will be swallowed up by the wedding reception,with an average of just under two hundred guests attending it is easy to see how you can reduce the financial burden for your cheap wedding. There is a tendency to invite everyone you have ever known or is a member of the family but this is completely unrealistic and unnecessary; if you have a buffet instead of a four course meal, waiting staff will not be required either.

Although it is nice to hold the wedding reception in a beautiful hotel, this can be another huge expense but alternatives exist; there are many clubs that would be perfectly suitable or even the home of a good friend or relative that is large enough.

The Wedding Photographs

Photographers are expensive but there is generally no need to hire one for the whole day; why not have your friends and relatives take pictures during the reception. Some people save money by dispensing with the professional photographer entirely; using a friend or relation may sound strange at first but you can guarantee one of them is a keen amateur photographer.

Print At Home Contemporary Stationary

If you're on a budget and looking for less expensive wedding stationery items, then you might like to consider print-at-home stationery; there are many online stationers that will offer this service free of charge and all you pay for is the paper and envelopes. 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. If you have one of your friends make the wedding cake you can save some serious money; there probably won't be any need for five or six tiers either just as an alternative to the traditional fruit filling could be tried.

The Wedding Car

One last money saving tip is too use the car of someone you know for the day, using this instead of a fancy limousine; you can almost guarantee they will be more than happy too.

Savings can be made everywhere if you just know where to look but this doesn't mean it has to look like a cheap wedding; who will care providing everyone enjoys the occasion!