Practical cost-effective Weddings during the economic crisis
October 4, 2008 by Christine Gooding
Filed under General: Weddings and Honeymoons, Wedding Planning
With the current economic climate, I am sure many couples planning their weddings are having to consider wedding budgetary issues.
You don’t have to spend more than what is sensible to have a gorgeous wedding. There are ways to cut on costs and still have a memorable wedding that you can reminisce through the years 
Here are some tips for you from Ant and Dick wedding planners:
- Wedding fairs are ideal place to find a reasonable wedding package — “If you book there and then, you can attract major discounts. And haggle – you have to treat them like Turkish stall holders.
- Get married at home — We all know somebody with a big house or a big garden. It’s all about roping in the people around you. A friend can take photographs, a friend can do the cake, a friend can do the stationery.
- Do your own catering — it doesn’t have to be a five course meal. It can be a beautiful buffet.
- Go Vintage with your wedding dress — many brides are now saving hundreds by going for vintage instead of new – after all, you only wear it for one day. If you go online to eBay or Oxfam, you’ll find designer dresses for pennies because a lot of people want rid of them – for whatever reason.
- Flowers — rather than having a huge big bouquet, a nice single flower like a lily or a gerbera can be very effective. You can create a really stunning piece by doing very little.
- Wedding accessories — Stick on a couple of nice accessories and it looks like you’ve paid a couple of hundred quid.
These are fantastic tips! Do you have any suggestions for saving on photographer costs?