| When you think of an affordable wedding, what | | | | for the dinner and dance, but you can have many |
| may be affordable for one person may be way | | | | options in planning your own menu. For example, |
| over budget for another . When you start | | | | you can enlist the help of your family in preparing |
| planning your wedding, you have to first look at | | | | all the food and having friends do the serving. |
| your finances to see what you can afford to | | | | Check to see if there are any charitable |
| spend on every facet of the wedding. You can | | | | organizations in your town that do cater to special |
| look at the prices charged for the catering, the | | | | events. These organizations often provide a very |
| cost of the video and photos and the music. Then | | | | good hot or cold meal at a reasonable price. |
| you have to factor in the cost of the wedding | | | | Drinks add to the expense of a wedding. Very |
| clothing the dress and tuxedo the cost of flowers | | | | few people supply all the drinks for the guests |
| and decorations, favors for the guests and of | | | | nowadays, opting instead for a cash bar where |
| course the honeymoon. All of these things cost | | | | the guests buy their own. Depending on the rules |
| money and are included in the overall cost of a | | | | of the location you choose for your reception, if |
| wedding. | | | | you are allowed to bring in your own alcoholic |
| When you have a rough estimate of how much a | | | | beverages you can have a Bring Your Own |
| typical wedding costs, then you can start looking | | | | Booze event, which you can denote on the |
| for exact prices. The cost of the meal will | | | | invitation as BYOB. By buying wine kits, you can |
| determine how many guests you can invite, so | | | | save money by making and bottling your own |
| this means that if the costs are beyond your | | | | wine for the toasts at the table. |
| means, then you will have to start cutting down | | | | You don't need to go to any great expense in the |
| the guest list. You can take out a loan to pay for | | | | cost of the wedding cake, either. If you make |
| the wedding and make payments on it after you | | | | your own cakes, you can rent cake pans for |
| get married, but this means you will be starting | | | | wedding cakes at a very cheap cost. Make the |
| your lives together in debt . | | | | cakes you need and bring these to the bakery to |
| The reception is the main focus of cutting costs | | | | be decorated. You can make them well in |
| because you do want to invite as many of your | | | | advance and freeze them. The decorations and |
| family and friends as possible. The food is the | | | | stands to keep the layers in place are very |
| biggest expense for this which will impact the | | | | inexpensive and are readily available at dollar |
| number of guests. If you choose a sit down meal, | | | | stores. You can also buy your decorations at |
| you can save money by handling the catering | | | | these locations too and save a lot of money. |
| yourself. You do have to rent the building or room | | | | |