Are you in the process of planning your big day? Are you worried about how costly it will become with everything you need? You don’t need to spend a fortune to make your wedding day amazing. The average cost of a wedding in the UK is around £30,000, what if you could plan a wedding for a fraction of that price, wouldn’t that be amazing.
Let’s look at some ways you can save money.
Venue
If you are wanting to save money then rather than looking at the big fancy places why not look at some smaller ones. Venues such as small hotels, pubs, churches and, village halls will have a special room suitable to hire for weddings. They can appear very plain and simple but don’t worry you can jazz it up with shop-bought flowers and lights, adding unique wedding hashtag sign ideas, and anything you really want. Having a blank canvas to play around with can be so much fun and a great way to get together with friends and family.
Photography
Photography will always be a pricey one as professional photographers can cost up to and over £1000 depending on the package you choose. There are ways you can save on this, you can either look into hiring a student photographer or a trainee who is just starting up and wanting to build a portfolio. They won’t charge too much for this because they value the chance to get some experience under their belt. You may have a family member who is a budding photographer and you could ask them how they feel about doing your wedding photography, as the saying goes ‘if you don’t ask you don’t get’.
Dresses
Wedding dresses can be expensive, especially if they are from a specialist dress shop. Why not save some money and get your special dress from a high street shop or catalogue instead. You may even have a family member who is a seamstress. She may offer to make you a wedding dress or you could ask, of course, you could offer a contribution for their services.
Ask your bridesmaids to either buy their own dresses or wear something they have at home with the theme colours for the big day. Mismatched bridesmaid dresses are very in this wedding season and make for wonderful photos that are sure to stand out.
Honeymoon
Oh, the dreaded honeymoon. Not dreaded because you don’t want to go but something you don’t think you could ever afford with your budget. Well, how about, rather than asking your guests for wedding gifts instead ask for a contribution towards your honeymoon. If you don’t want to ask in person, a good way to avoid this is to put a little note in the wedding invitations.
We hope this useful guide helps you realise you don’t have to spend a small fortune on your dream wedding.
*This is a collaborative post.
So many ideas to make the big day spectacular.