Ladies and gentlemen about to be married, your wallet is about to undergo some serious surgery. If your wedding is coming up, there is a strong likelihood you will spend over £20,000 - the cost of an average wedding – on it. With this in mind, the wedding industry will make sure you start off your married life poor financially, despite being rich in love!
So what can you do to keep the spend down? Here are some of our top tips:
- Don’t let the wedding become a hobby. The average couple get engaged 18 months before the big day takes place. This means you have lots of potential spending days and opportunities to use your salaries on wedding paraphernalia…..a sure way to see those pounds add up
- Re-cycle. Check out e-bay and wedding web-sites for their marketplaces to sell anything you are not going to use again
- Buy second hand. Maybe you could find your perfect table arrangements or dress at half the price
- Flower sharing. Are there any other couple getting married at your venue at the same time? Why not see if your colour schemes meet and if you can share the cost of venue flowers
- Photography. Contact your local amateur photography club and see if you can enlist the support of someone for the day. You are likely to get the rights to photos at a quarter of the cost of a professional . Add to that a shoebox360.com gallery subscription to collect your guests pictures from the day and you will have hundreds and hundreds of pictures to choose from
- Ditch the following: Disposable cameras, magicians, ice sculptures, an outfit for your pet!
- Food. No-one will notice whether they have the most expensive menu option. They will just want to be fed well and enjoy the company. Does your cake need to be heavily embossed rich fruit variety or can you make do with a sponge or tower of doughnuts?
- Fireworks and Doves. These evening events tend to be very expensive to do well so unless you are a premiership footballer we would advise against having them.
- Look for Guest Talent. Look around your guests and pull on them for favours. Could your uncle make a great master of ceremonies? Do you have a friend who can sing at the ceremony?
- Finally, adopt the pound-per-view policy. Spend your money on the parts that will give you the most enjoyment and will have the most exposure.
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