Follow
these sensible tips:
1. Keep a Tracking
Sheet
This is very crucial. In
order to determine the specific allocation of funds and to monitor each
spending, you have to prepare a tracking sheet. This is a simple budget
spreadsheet that lists all the necessary elements for your wedding, from bridal
gown to groom’s attire to wedding cake and give aways and flowers. Prepare it
by having two columns, one for “estimated budget” another for “actual budget”.
Before inquiring how much you are going to spend for each wedding favour or the
amount to be spent on catering services and reception venue, you must first
assign a certain amount on the estimated budget column for each element. Be
sure to put the maximum amount on each estimation and make sure it is always
higher than the actual amount so that you won’t crack under pressure.
2. Get Organized
Never assume everything
can be taken care of without creating a tracking sheet or a journal of every
spending you have. Carry it wherever you go so that when you spotted a wedding
vendor somewhere or when you visit a function venue, you can easily check the
limit of your budget. Try to spend within your limit.
3. The Wedding Vendors –
Choose vendors (printing shop, reception venue, florist, bake shop for wedding
cake, catering/videographers, make up artist, jewelry shop for wedding rings,
couture house, etc) which offer prices within your budget, if not, then try
looking somewhere else, there are lots of choices for these vendors anyway.
4. Miscellaneous
In your tracking sheet,
try to include an item “miscellaneous” and assign a specific amount. This will
serve as your emergency fund in case of petty expenses or incidents beyond your
control like reprinting of wedding invitations because one important relative
has not yet receive, etc.
5. Separate Account
The smartest way to keep
your budget is to create a separate account so that you can easily monitor the withdrawals
and expenses you’ve done so far. Make sure to update and track your passbook so
that you will know where to put limitation on expenditure.
6. Wedding Cake
Make your wedding cake very simple,
besides, it’s just a cake, and it doesn’t talk about the entire style of the
ceremony, so keep it simple. Choose butter cream icing instead of Fondant and
order a cake without too many intricate design, go for simple yet stylish
wedding cake design.
7. Reception Venue
Look for an ideal reception venue that
suits your budget. Inquire for reception packages that will enable you to save
a lot more. Try considering home made foods rather than commercial foods.
Serving sumptuous dishes on the reception doesn’t mean everything is perfect
and stylish. Sometimes it depends on how creative you are. Try
considering a farm own by a friend, a simple garden with lots of flowers and
plants and a less expensive beach resort for your reception venue. Beaches,
Farms and Gardens need not to be adorned with too many flowers and decorations,
its landscape and natural surrounding are good enough to provide an exciting
gathering.
8. Attire
If you are serious with your
cost-cutting scheme on your upcoming wedding, you must begin your budget
planning with your outfit and that of your groom, it includes your attendants’
dresses too. Look for haute couture houses that offer rent packages for you and
your attendants.
9. Flowers
You can wed without the lavish
appearance of flowers, so forget about hiring a florist. Today, one of the
costly essentials of the wedding is the florist. They will heavily charge you
for the service they rendered and the flowers they would prepare. Florist
offers packages but still none of the packages seems pleasing. Try buying
flowers for yourself.
10. Limit your Attendants
As much as possible limit the number
of your attendants. Wedding Rings and Coins will be taken care of by the Best
Man himself, that’s the primary responsibility of a best man–to carry the
wedding rings. Historically, coins should be carried by the mother of the
groom.
11. Make everything simple
From the type of ceremony to the
kind of foods and reception venue, try to make and keep everything simple to
stick on your budget and minimize your headaches. After all the real life lays
on the future and not on the day of your wedding so prepare for your family
life rather than spend too much on your wedding day.
Now, you can proceed planning a kind
of wedding that will give you a peace of mind without worrying much where to
accommodate enough budget for your honeymoon.
There you go…just try to avoid
splurging too much on accessories and other unnecessary ornaments just to
impress your guests, bear in mind that guests at the wedding are more
interested on things they don’t witness everyday so instead on concentrating how
to stage a lavish ceremony, try to create an event which is more fun ,
entertaining and memorable, make it enjoyable where guests can freely roam
around, mingle with others and have a comfortable feeling at the reception.
Tips from online experts on how to
cut your budget cost sensibly without sacrificing the style you dream for your
big day.
Source:
wedding.theknot.com
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