if you re-did your wedding what would you cut costs on?
what did you buy/ spend on that was unneccessary
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I would have gone to a "one-stop" facility for the reception. We tried the whole do it yourself thing and saved nothing. The stress was crazy.
I will get blown out of the water for this, but I think the wedding dress number one. I mean who sees it ever again. I’d hire one.
I would reduce the flowers by half. Who cared when they were drunk!
plus they die.
People mostly remember food and booze and a good venue.
I’d rather spend that money on "us" then a few hours of being a princess.
The actual marriage part, it was the biggest mistake of my life.
the gowns and flowers
I would not spend much on the dress. You can get beautiful dresses for $400 instead of thousands. Also look around for prices on cakes. They vary dramatically and look the same You may also cut back on flowers. Just have flowers for you, the wed party, moms and dads, but no need to decorate the church. For center pieces at the reception ask the hall if they have something. Some have pretty center pieces with candles. Your table can be decorated with your flowers and those of the wedding party girls. Save the $ for important things like a deposit on house. The one thing I still enjoy about our wedding is the pictures, so so get a photographer… again, look around for prices. Some will sell you the negatives so later you can make as many copies as you like. Good luck!
i wouldn’t cut corners on anything because i cut corners on my wedding as it is. my wedding did not cost very much at all.
The bridesmaids’ dresses. I paid for them for myself, but lost my job a few weeks later. To top it off, my bridesmaids didn’t even appreciate not having to pay for their own gowns! Those dresses could’ve paid for the invitations and more.
The flowers could have been cut back. We had candle favors on the tables for guests that looked great without all the flowers.
Our dresses were not that expensive and we offset them with rhinestone jewelry that we also gave as a bridesmaid gift. So we saved money that way. Link below.
And we had our rehearsal dinner in a park as a picnic which was great.
http://www.theweddingfavorcompanylp.com/bridesmaid-gifts.html
http://www.theweddingfavorcompanylp.com/candle.html
I wouldn’t change one single thing. It was the best $15,000 I ever spent. We had a destination wedding in St Thomas. It was wonderful spending 4 days with our families having lots of fun!
my aunt and uncle held their reception at a nice bar in the countryside, i cant imagine that cost too much. and i work in a unlikely restaurant that held a wedding recption for free, and just gave out menus. I’d recommend finding a nice cheap venue where people feel comfortable rather than wowed. pick somewhere thats always nice rather than somewhere that needs decorating. If your getting "gifts" (i cant remeber the right word) for youre guests, limit it to a chocolate each, or a lottery ticket each, i no a wedding where that went down well.
first i wold make sure that all the bridesmaids, had simple dresses and mine would be a simple wedding dress. then scale down the reception a little
We only spent about $1,200 total. We were married in a small civil ceremony at the court house followed by a BBQ reception at our home a month later. A few months latter we had a honeymoon in Las Vegas. So we got married for the better part of six months. I’ve worn my dress a navy blue off the rack dress twice since for solemn occasions. The important part is the ceremony and the vows and the marriage. The rest is just a party. The fussy and expensive details are just that. Good food, friends and family are what truly makes any occasion. Focus your money and energy in those areas and you’ll have an amazing reception. One of the events I wore my blue dress to was a retirement party. The guest of honor was dying and everyone there knew it. The party was organized by men he knew from years of being a food delivery man. So all those men brought something to the party. The ice cream guy brought ice cream., bread guys brought bread etc. There were no flowers, no frills, no gag gifts. It was the most moving tribute to a man that I’ve attended. he was wheeled to the entrance of the pavillion and got out of his wheelchair and walked over to his familiy’s table a man among the men that he’s worked with for years as they ended up at the loading docks for the places we all shop. Grocery stores, Walmarts and K-Marts. he passed away six weeks later.
Everything…I would have eloped at my honeymoon destination or Vegas.