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10 best ways to save your money on weddings
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jackj
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Here you go :j
Tips to reduce wedding expenses
1. Find the best bargain. Do not stick into one supplier. Find as many suppliers you can find and then choose which you think has the best price. Best price means affordable price but with quality. You can find wedding suppliers (catreing, venue, cakes, flowers, gown, etc) at bridal fairs or from referrals of friends.
2. Review wedding packages and decide on which items or services you would really need or those not needed at all. For example, in a wedding photography package, we decided not to have a tarpaulin because we didn't want our faces hanging outside the reception venue. Then we asked the supplier to give us discount or reduce the cost.
3. If you have a friend who has very good voice, you can ask him or her to sing a song or two for the ceremony or in the reception. You don't have to hire wedding band or singer!
4. If you have a friend who has hosting abilities, request him to host for you wedding program during reception.
5. If you have a relative or friend who is super organized and willing to help you in your wedding preparation, give him or her an assignment in coordinating with suppliers or you can have him or her to do a program flow for the reception.
6. Are you a computer wizard? Know how to create your own audio-visual presentation (AVP) of you and your sweetheart's childhood pictures. My husband did our own AVP of our travel pictures.
7. Homemade invitations. Be more creative and stylish! All you need are handicraft papers and accessories, as well as a printer. You can also have your invitations emailed. That's what we did because most of our friends are from different towns.
8. Invite your family, close relatives, and close friends. Remember that even you have expected guests, not everybody will come, even though they had replied to RSVP. So you need not be pressured in inviting your neighborhood or all your circle of friends. Just pick those who would have a higher percetage to arrive at your wedding.
9. A place nearer to you and your future hubby's home is a better venue to hold the wedding. It's also good to have it where the guests can easily locate it (hey, if I had the wedding at Tagaytay, I'm sure that more guests would NOT come because it's very far from their place). In this case, you won't need to book them in a hotel.
10. Decide on which part of the wedding you may want to put extra effort (and money, too) but keeping other things in budget. If you love eating, then add some services from the caterer like a chocoloate fountain or a dessert bar. If memories is what you value, then create an interview AVP with the videographer or upgrade photo-video package. For my husband and I, we would like the guests to stay happy during the wedding, that's why we just created a short program (a very long program bores the guests to death) but a very lively one. We also added in the photography package a guestbook made from our pre nuptial pictures because we value the warm greetings of our guests (and well, the guests loved the pre nuptial photos!).:beer:
Tips to reduce wedding expenses
1. Find the best bargain. Do not stick into one supplier. Find as many suppliers you can find and then choose which you think has the best price. Best price means affordable price but with quality. You can find wedding suppliers (catreing, venue, cakes, flowers, gown, etc) at bridal fairs or from referrals of friends.
2. Review wedding packages and decide on which items or services you would really need or those not needed at all. For example, in a wedding photography package, we decided not to have a tarpaulin because we didn't want our faces hanging outside the reception venue. Then we asked the supplier to give us discount or reduce the cost.
3. If you have a friend who has very good voice, you can ask him or her to sing a song or two for the ceremony or in the reception. You don't have to hire wedding band or singer!
4. If you have a friend who has hosting abilities, request him to host for you wedding program during reception.
5. If you have a relative or friend who is super organized and willing to help you in your wedding preparation, give him or her an assignment in coordinating with suppliers or you can have him or her to do a program flow for the reception.
6. Are you a computer wizard? Know how to create your own audio-visual presentation (AVP) of you and your sweetheart's childhood pictures. My husband did our own AVP of our travel pictures.
7. Homemade invitations. Be more creative and stylish! All you need are handicraft papers and accessories, as well as a printer. You can also have your invitations emailed. That's what we did because most of our friends are from different towns.
8. Invite your family, close relatives, and close friends. Remember that even you have expected guests, not everybody will come, even though they had replied to RSVP. So you need not be pressured in inviting your neighborhood or all your circle of friends. Just pick those who would have a higher percetage to arrive at your wedding.
9. A place nearer to you and your future hubby's home is a better venue to hold the wedding. It's also good to have it where the guests can easily locate it (hey, if I had the wedding at Tagaytay, I'm sure that more guests would NOT come because it's very far from their place). In this case, you won't need to book them in a hotel.
10. Decide on which part of the wedding you may want to put extra effort (and money, too) but keeping other things in budget. If you love eating, then add some services from the caterer like a chocoloate fountain or a dessert bar. If memories is what you value, then create an interview AVP with the videographer or upgrade photo-video package. For my husband and I, we would like the guests to stay happy during the wedding, that's why we just created a short program (a very long program bores the guests to death) but a very lively one. We also added in the photography package a guestbook made from our pre nuptial pictures because we value the warm greetings of our guests (and well, the guests loved the pre nuptial photos!).:beer:
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Just to let you know that there's a specific 'Weddings & Anniversaries' board - this might be more appropriate there.0
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1. Remember that the whole purpose if a wedding is to join two people in a binding and loving relationship - not to show off or do better than someone you know.
2. Only invite people that actually care about you. That way, they won't need to be impressed by 'stuff'.
3. Don't go into massive debt for one day - spend the money on your future life instead.
4. Eh, that's it.:hello:0 -
its spam , same text posted over and over on different forumsEx forum ambassador
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Same US poster as before. Just wait for the SPAM.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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other post of theirs is another straight cut and paste from elsewhere...check out their save money on parkingEx forum ambassador
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Wedding prices are about the pomp & circumstance - frankly most of it is unwarranted. I know i'm probably saying this from a "guys" perspective, but the whole 10-yards to me is just excess, minister, witnesses & a church is all i need to make it the best day of my life, i'm getting married to the only woman in the world i want to spend the rest of my life with and if she's there in a bin bag with a dandelion it's as good to me as the big white dress & 173 different species of flowers! While i can see that it makes the bride feel better about her "big day" if you think about it, the whole point of it is the actual WEDDING - not the dress, the cake, the reception, the flowers or anything, that's only there to enhance the thing but it has no bearing on the actual point which is two people professing their undying love for each other.
Weddings are probably the biggest scam the world has ever seen.Retired member - fed up with the general tone of the place.0 -
Thought that was bottled water...bluenoseam wrote: »Weddings are probably the biggest scam the world has ever seen.0 -
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