You can't afford David Tutera as your wedding planner, the latest wedding gown from the Vera Wang collection or to have roses flown in from Australia? Platinum Weddings can cost upwards of $200,000, plus.
The average wedding in the US cost $26,989 according to USA Today-Money.
There is one question that every bride needs to ask herself, before the wedding plan process begins. "Do I want my wedding to be romantic and special or to impress others?"
Let's take half the cost of the average wedding, $13,494.50 and see what we can create. Still too much money? Okay, let's go with one-third of the average cost, $8,996. No good either? How about a quarter of the cost, $6,747.25.
Wedding essentials, dress, guest, theme, venue location, reception and honeymoon. Yes, you can actually have a theme wedding and honeymoon in this price range. Provided neither the bride nor groom's parents are in a position to pay for the wedding? The out of pocket expenses incurred by parent/guest are small in comparison to footing the bill for the entire shin-dig.
Let's start with the dress!. Classic, vintage or modern, in tea-length to full. I know where you can find many styles and a huge selection. When buying a wedding dress, buy it in one or two sizes larger than your size for alteration purposes. Have the dress altered two weeks before the wedding to avoid weight drama. A neighborhood tailor will do just fine. There are a number of websites that offer dresses sporting "the look" without "the price."
Dream Prom.com, don't let the website name deceive you, this outfitter offers over 5,500 wedding dress selections, 6,500 special occasion dresses and over 4,000 wedding party dresses. The dresses are priced from $125 to $225. With literally, thousands of wedding dresses to choose from, you can find a real gem on this site.
The guest list. Cap it at 35-40 guest, mostly relatives and very close friends. A great way to cutback on the overhead cost of a reception hall, is to have a sit down dinner, at a mid-range price restaurant, after a late afternoon ceremony.
The key is to phone in the reservations in smaller groups to avoid service fees. The sit-down dinner theme allows the individual table groups to pay for their own dinner checks. For them the expense is nothing more than a night out for dinner, for you the collective cost is huge. Besides, this is your family and closest friends right?
Sub-total:
$200. Dress on average
$200. Suit-Groom
$150. Reception Dinner
$60. Invitations
To be continued...
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Posted by Catherine Wenzl with Destination Wedding Hawaii by Destination Hawaii Wedding, LLC on February 26, 2014 at 12:32p.m
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