Newly wed Tips-How to have Club Card Wedding

Tight_Old_Git_2

I'm now Mrs TOG after marrying Mr Tight Old Git in September,

I just want to tell you how we saved a small fortune using those old faithful Tesco Clubcard points we save in 2007.

Firstly we saved enough to buy my beautiful white gold and diamond wedding band from Goldsmith's using the vouchers- a whopping saving of £495.00!!

I have just paid to have my wedding dress professionally dry cleaned at Johnsons Drycleaners, The Club Card vouchers saved me £90.00!

Other suggestions for saving on your wedding costs using Tesco points inlude the folowing:

• Great days out, top attractions and activity days-for saving on Hen/stag weekends.
• Weekend breaks in top named hotels, ideal for hen/stag, wedding night or honeymoon short breaks.
• Bridesmaid/gifts, wedding jewellery from Goldsmiths-total spend must be over £200.00
• Travelling; Cruising, Flights & Holidays available from a variety of companies perfect for saving on honeymoon costs. Virgin Holidays also have a Wedding brochure for those of you planning to get married abroad.

Other tips I have for those of you marrying in 2009.....

Use the internet to shop around....
Many top price items in bridal shops such as tiara's, costume jewellery, favours and table decorations can often be found on the web and particulary ebay for much less!!

I found hair jewellery for my 3 bridesmaids on ebay for £6.99 each which were priced at £59.00 each in the bridal store!!

Consider selling your wedding dress after the day-although it may be hard to part with, you could recover up to 50% or more of the cost of your dress if you sell it within a year, afterall it will only collect moth balls and go out of fashion if you put it away in the attic, never to be seen again!

Finally the major cost of a wedding is catering, especially if you are having a wedding reception banquet and then a buffet for evening guests later.
Carefully consider how many guests will be eating and at what time, weigh up the options, many venues have a minimum number for the reception, you may want to consider providing a sit down meals for all your guests in the evening and leave out the buffet option altogether, another nice way of feeding your guests without costing the earth is by providing a cream tea and scones in the early afternoon or bacon butties and chips later on at night!

Be inventive- its your day and does not need to cost the earth!:beer:

alfiesmum

I agree that internet shopping is definitely the way to go! I've picked up one or two things from car boot sales too - but I think I was REALLLYYY lucky there. Bought a bunch of bride magazines this weekend for a quid, and the price of the things i them! Not to mention the cover price this poor girl must have paid for all these mags in the first place. So many opportunities to save money, and still have a memorable day.

cedrickerry

:T We got married last year and at that time selected Greene King pubs were allowing you to spend Clubcard Deal Vouchers on meals. It was supposed to be max of 8 on a table, but our local pub said we could use for the whole party - bargain! (we would have probably booked our party in in separate tables otherwise) We had excellent time - were only ones in the place, and when 2 people couldn't come they let us spend the extra value on 2 bottles of wine. Not sure if Greene King are still taking vouchers but perhaps another chain would be as helpful