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How To Plan A Wedding On A Budget

2009-09-04T19:59:00.008-05:00

Weddings can be costly
but...
Remember that
Dream Weddings
do Not always mean
expensive weddings.

How About...
Planning Your Wedding On A Budget?

If you want to
Plan A Wedding On A Budget,
here are 10 useful tips:

1. Plan early - even up to a year prior.
This will also allow you to
choose according to your budget.
You'll have more time to make the
best decisions on location, theme,
attire, etc.

2. Cut down the guest list.
A wedding truly is a family event.

3. Make use of talent in the family.
If you have relatives or friends
who are good entertainers,
ask them to help out. Let
that be their gift to you for
your special day !

4. Often, the family of the bride
or the groom will offer to pay for
catering so considering that would
be a great savings. Let that be their
gift to you for making your day special.

5. The right choice of time and day can
make all the difference to your budget.
Mornings can be a good time for weddings.
This cuts down on the expense of meal
and beverage planning. After all...
who says Saturday has to be the day of
your wedding? Be unique. Ever wonder
if a Sunday on a long weekend would
be the right day for you?

6. Make your own wedding invitations
and/or thank you cards.
Do it yourself products help with
this -- consider how unique and
special this would make your wedding.
A definite keepsake!
One very affordable site I found is at:
http://www.formal-invitations.com/invitation-instructions.html

7. Plan your own wedding.
Be creative. Make your wedding dreams
come true on an affordable budget.

8. Borrow a friend's car instead of
renting a fancy limousine. We all have
a friend or relative whose car we love!
Convertible, red, hmmm... leads me to
imagine ways I can truly create the
perfect dream wedding !

9. Special Decorations?
Think about wedding favors that are not
too expensive and focus more on ones that
are memorable.
It's the little "special" touches that
everyone remembers about your special
day! Instead of flowers on all the
tables, petals sprinkled instead would
be soo romantic. Chocolate lovers: candy
kisses would be really a nice idea, too.

10. Understand the difference between
"need" and "want." Not every wedding has
to have 5 bridesmaids & 5 groomsmen -
would 2 make your day just as meaningful?
Maybe a back yard wedding would be just as
beautiful as an expensive hall wedding would
be? and...then how much more intimate the
setting would be.

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Create A Dream Wedding On A Budget

2009-08-09T00:48:00.075-05:00

5 Secret Steps to a
Debt Free,
Dream Wedding

When we got engaged, my wife and I had no idea how
we would afford our dream wedding. We had little
virtually no savings, student loans, and no
expectation of a handout from our parents who
also struggled financially.

These five simple secret steps were key to our
success in planning our dream wedding for
just $2,000 in a community where couples spend
on average over $24,000 on their weddings.

1. The Rules For Budgeting

We all love the challenge of an exciting game.
The goal is always the same: To Win!

By understanding the rules of the game and
applying our creative thinking and other skills,
we can achieve victory.

The rules for budgeting for a wedding fortunately
are very simple: Find out how much you can
afford to spend on your wedding. Plan your dream
wedding; but don't spend more than you can afford.

In our case, we were big winners. We played by the
rules, which said not to spend more than $2,000 to
plan our dream wedding. Smart strategies led
to a triumphant wedding day full of incredible beauty
and the freedom of knowing that we were starting
our married life without a penny of wedding debt.

2. Know How Much You Can Afford To Spend

To know how much you can spend, you should take
a look at how much you both have in your savings
accounts. Also, find out how much your parents can
contribute to your wedding planning, if anything.

Consider how much you make each month. Also
calculate your monthly expenses. You should also
think about what your income and expenses will be
once you are married.

The first few years of married life tend to be full of
financial obstacles for most couples. So, you don't
want to add the heavy burden of wedding debt to your
new life together. You may even want to have some
extra money in savings to help your new life together
get off on the right foot.

Also, consider how much money you will want to
keep aside for your honeymoon.

3. Discover Your Magic Number

As you consider how much you can afford to spend,
you will become more and more comfortable with
spending a particular amount of money on your
wedding. We were comfortable with spending
$2,000 on our wedding. This was our magic number.

What is your magic number? Is it $10,000? ...$5,000?
...$500? Do not be afraid of the number you discover.
You will be surprised at how a bit of smart planning can
make your dream wedding possible even though you
can only spend a small amount of money.

Thousands of couples have been downloading our
book "Wedding Planning on a Budget" to discover
tried and true strategies for planning their dream
weddings at a price they can afford. Like them, you
can follow winning strategies to plan your dream
wedding at a price you can afford.

The amount that you decide you can afford to spend
on your wedding is your total wedding budget allowance.

4. Anticipate Where The Money Should Go

The best way to make sure that every part of your
wedding is paid for without spending more than your
wedding budget allows, is to assign portions of your
allowance to different parts of your wedding.
You can, for example, assign 50% of your total wedding
budget allowance to your wedding reception, 10% to
your wedding dress and other attire, and so on.

Once you know how much you plan to spend on
your reception, you can divide that money between
the various components of the reception such as
Room/Hall Fees, Tables and Chairs, Food,
Drinks, Cake, Linens, Service Fees, Staff and Gratuities,
Rentals, etc. Of course, you only have to apply money to
the components you plan to include in your wedding.

You can use our free wedding budget spreadsheet
that calculates all of these percentages for you and
keeps track of all your planned spending and actual
spending to help you stay on target. Our wedding budget
planner is available at Wedding Planning on a budget.

5. Making Your Budget Do The Work For You

Now that you know how much you plan to spend on
each item of your wedding, you can begin using some
winning strategies and creative planning to acquire
each item or service at the price your budget says you
can afford to pay.

Before making any wedding purchase, first consult
your budget to find out how much you can afford to pay.
After the purchase has been made, record the actual
cost of the purchase in your wedding budget.

If the actual price paid is less than what you had
planned for, then you can afford to spend that much
more on another item found on your wedding budget
spreadsheet. If, however, you paid more than what
you had planned for, then you must reduce what
you can plan on spending for other items on your
wedding budget.

In other words, the amount you actually pay for
each item can be adjusted but make sure that all
of the items end up totaling no more than your total
wedding budget allowance.

You now know the rules of the game and how the
game is played. With smart planning and by following
some proven strategies you can, like us,
achieve the wedding of your dreams at a price you
can comfortably afford.

We wish you a very happy wedding planning
experience and a beautiful, dream come
true wedding day.

About the authors:

Tim and Lisa Spooner -
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Wedding Favors - Which One To Choose?

Wedding favors are an old-age custom way back

to the early Roman regime. The traditional practice of

giving wedding favors are shared by different cultures and

has become an essential component of the wedding.

So, what are wedding favors? Wedding favors, souvenirs or
giveaways, whatever you want to call them, they are thoughtful
little gifts presented to wedding guests from the bride and
groom, symbolizes thanks and appreciation for giving time to
share the joy and success of the couple's nuptial. Wedding
favors traditionally started as edible treats for guests, such
as almonds, cookies, candies and the likes, and such still a
very popular choice up to these days. But since everything is
changing, and wedding trends are evolving into something more
creative and unique, many couples opt to personalized their
wedding favors. Today, a wide range of wedding souvenirs is
available in different styles, designs and themes - from mini
picture frames, custom labels for chocolate bars and wine
bottles, custom seed packets, custom candy wrappers, custom
favor bags and boxes to engraved snow globes. The selection is
plethora since it can be just anything that the wedding couple
wish to give out to their wedding guests.

One great idea when planning for wedding favors is to make your
choice unique and thoughtful. If you wish to go for alternative
souvenirs, choose items that are unique and reflects your
personality and taste of style. By doing so, it will create a
great effect and a long lasting impression with your guests.
Giving useful souvenirs is always highly appreciated. There are
also some couples who wanted to give out something that shows
their cultures and heritage, while others wants to be playful
with their wedding souvenirs.

Now, if you still aren't sure which is which, you can simply
browse the Internet and check out the most hottest wedding
favors nowadays. Many websites can surely give you different
hottest trend of wedding supplies and accessories you may
consider to choose from, including of course trendy wedding
favors. One of the most wanted choices these days are Chines
take-out boxes, which are made of inexpensive cardboard boxes
can accommodate take-out treats. These take0out boxes come in
different sizes and colors that are ideal for accommodating
different variety of treats.

Another hot wedding favors nowadays are personalized coasters
that also come in different style, design, shape, color and
theme choices. They can be personalized with names, monograms
and photos. There are also wonderful surprises with these
personalized coasters because some of them come with free
personalized thank you tags. Browse the Net to see some popular
favor ideas for your big day. With so many online wedding stores
you can visit, you are sure to find the best wedding supplies
you want for your special day - from wedding invitations,
favors, decorations, reception supplies, bridal accessories,
wedding gifts to etc. And as much as possible, make them
personalize by adding your own touch. After all, it is your day,
and if there's one person who will decide which is which,

it is you.

About the author:

Jnet is an author for a variety of lifestyle issues and topics.
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