Question of the Week: How Did You Decide on Your Wedding Budget?
Nov 3rd 2009 7:29am | by
Marta
If you're a regular Savvy Scooper you probably already know quite a lot about how to reduce your wedding costs and plan for a fabulous wedding on a budget. We've also got great articles on how to figure out how much of your wedding budget should go to what.
But, I want to know, how did you decide on what your wedding budget should be? How did you decide what amount of your savings to spend, or how much into debt you were willing to go? Or, was the amount given to you by your generous family?
Where did your magic number come from?
Let's discuss!
by
Marta |
3 comments
first i called around and found the reasonable range of prices for vendors and added it all up... FH n I decided what we could afford and set a reasonable number from there...
Interesting! In my opinion, the wedding budget including the cost of the wedding reception, wedding dress,wedding photography and so on. So how to reduce wedding costs? A cheap wedding dress may work! I know a nice online boutique--www.eastbridal.com, and the wedding dresses and other gowns of it are so fabulous but with bargain prices! Everyone of you could check it out and have a look! Maybe there will be an unexpected surprise!
Reality strikes when couples set their wedding budget. Most couples pick a number based on what they have saved or what parents are contributing. This is a great place to start. As a former wedding planner, I would say that nine times out of ten these budgets were unrealistic. For example, you can't have a sit down dinner for 200 guests and pay for the rest of the wedding with $2,000 (not even at McDonald's with value meal prices)!
Start with a list of items you want and/or need to put the wedding you want together. Then prioritize these items. If photos are the most important item on your list then you may have to shift costs or delete something from your list to pay for the best photographer in town.
Of course, there are tons of trade secrets on how to cut the costs of your wedding without giving up your dream wedding, so figure out ways to do this without sacrificing what you want!
Kristie
WeddingsDiva.blogspot.com
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