What are some ways I can lower the costs of my wedding?

Planning ahead is the first step in lowering the costs of wedding. You could make it small in size without worrying the others might get hurt of not being invited. When you have your own yard and it is quite large, then you can find ways to put your budget in other considerations.

You can save your reception hall fee. According to surveys, the national average for a wedding budget is about $28,000 except for the rings and honeymoon arrangements. The bride and groom’s attire covers 5-10% of the overall wedding budget.

Floral arrangements and decors would take up 15-20% of the overall cost, and 5-10% for invitations, thank you cards, place cards, menu cards, and postage. Reception food covers 20-30%. With these assessments, the couple could make their best to make a low cost wedding party.

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First, be realistic about the size of your guest list, especially if you want to self cater. Self-catering anything over 100 is an invitation for disaster unless you have a commercial kitchen, have plenty of help and are very experienced. Best effect, schedule the wedding for 1 PM with an afternoon reception or 7 PM with a dessert/cocktail reception, both these cut the food costs about 1/3.

For example a 7 PM December wedding with a Christmas cookie/ cake reception. Mom started baking in June, it was a brilliant success. Some improvement- early wedding with wedding breakfast or brunch.

If you have a traditional 11-12 or 5-6 wedding, you are on the hook for a full meal- even if you have "hors d'oeuvres" people will eat twice as much as a true "hors d'oeuvres" event. If you do have a meal, have an appetizer table for the hour after the service before the meal, it cuts down on the amount of dinner food eaten. Buffet is usually less costly that plated.

Consider having it partially catered and providing some of the food yourselves. A dessert buffet with a smaller wedding cake is much less costly that a very large cake, and many people like it better.

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