Wedding Money Saving Tips – Episode #207

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It's time for some more money-saving tips. We've had shows on individual areas such as floral but today we are giving you a great list to choose from.

• Offseason venues or get married on a weekday
• In – season floral
• Make a budget and stick to it
• Wedding website
• Wedding party Gifts:
  • Pay for hair and makeup/ outfit accessories
• Guest list cull cull cull
• Small and intimate, limit plus ones
• Alternate bridesmaids' bouquets, single stem "bouquets"
• Go paperless
  • Seating chart rather than cards
  • Menu sign, rather than personal menus
• Rent House for a venue, housing, and honeymoon
• Consider college campus
• Courthouse wedding
• Borrow jewelry
• Dress:
  • Consignment
  • Samples
  • Order early
• Borrow from newlyweds or go in together for floral and or décor
• Let your family help if they offer
• Reuse floral, bouquets as centerpieces, relocate large pieces, make large pieces from smaller ones
• Candles
• Borrow fancy car for exit
• Cut the floral boutonnieres and corsages,
• Limit alcohol options-signature cocktail, 1 red, and 1 white wine option, limit beer selection
• Consider college students for live music
• Price multiple options
  • Cake, small cake for cutting, cupcake or other sweets for guests.
  • Catering-buffet, passed appetizers, single menu options
  • Drinks
• Charitable favor/no favors/favors as centerpieces
• Chairs moved from ceremony to reception
• Disposable plates for cake
• Suburb restaurants can be less pricey than inner city
• Ask about kids pricing for catering or have a separate menu
• Buy secondhand decor
• Late night snacks but not for everyone, since not everyone will close out the night

Listener Question:

Hello! So my mom and others really want to help me make decisions and do the research involved with hiring our vendors and such. How do I politely tell them when I expect them to do their part? I'd think that within a couple of days to a week it would be acceptable to check back in for a progress report, but I've been finding that they haven't gotten to that task yet.

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