It looks simple enough but can get tricky when you actually have to make choices. Feeling like you are not having the wedding you always wanted never leaves a couple in wedding bliss when they are in the middle of wedding planning. That’s why these three simple tricks are helpful. Let me explain:
Prioritize Your Wants
What are your top three most important elements of your dream wedding? Whatever those are, write them down in order of importance. Let’s say for your wedding, it’s your venue, your wedding attire, and decor. In that order. These will be the areas you are willing to spend a little more to get what you want. But remember, if you spend more here, you have to save a little somewhere else So if you had your heart set on acrylic invitations in a suede box with a gold emblem for $35.00 per invite, then it’s time to start looking at other options. Maybe a paper invitation with gold foil printing, in a die-cut shape with a heavy card-stock envelope instead of $15.00 per invite.
Be Flexible
Yes, I know you’ve always dreamed of having your wedding at the best wedding venue in whatever city you live in. But when you went on a venue tour, you found out the venue will cost you your entire wedding budget. It happens all the time. You are not the first. You thought you were spending 40k on your entire wedding but that is the cost of the venue for a Saturday night wedding. Simple fix! Have a Thursday night wedding, or a Sunday or Saturday afternoon. The same venue at a different time for a cheaper price. But you have to be willing to compromise.
Keep Your Guests List as Low as possible
I can’t repeat this enough. Each wedding guest comes with a price tag and it’s not just the per plate price. You think you’re spending $145.00 per person to attend your wedding but you are really spending $250.00++ per person when you add on all the extras like decor, stationery, entertainment, and wedding favors. These add up real quick. So before you add another guest, do the math on how much that guest will add to your wedding budget.
I’ve never met a couple that set a wedding budget and it was correct. From 100k budgets to 25K budgets, the wedding vision never matches the actual wedding budget. You can have a lovely wedding at many different price ranges but you have to know what kind of wedding that budget will get you. Before you start planning your wedding do these three things: prioritize, be flexible and take a look at that guest list!
For more wedding budget tips, check out some past blog posts on The Real Cost of Wedding Decor and No 1 Tip to Keeping Your Wedding Budget.
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