Help Any Ideas

brooklynbridge Posted: Oct 05, 2009 01:30 PM

Help Any Ideas

Need some suggestions regarding planning a wedding with very little money, want it romantic and beautiful

brittndave Posted: Oct 05, 2009 01:33 PM

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what is your date/season?? i love helping with this sort of stuff!! how about your budget if you don't mind me asking?

asg450 Posted: Oct 05, 2009 03:11 PM

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You can have it at a restaurant with a nice view.

StaceyWill Posted: Oct 05, 2009 03:18 PM

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Posted by asg450

You can have it at a restaurant with a nice view.

That's a great idea!

WeddingGem Posted: Oct 05, 2009 08:32 PM

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I´m on a tight budget as well. There are some threads for tight budget vendors. I´ll bump them for you. If you want to share your budget (you can fm me if you want) i can give you some ideas.

whtevjenny Posted: Oct 05, 2009 08:48 PM

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Some of my suggestions:
1) pick an 'off' month, and get married on a day other than a saturday. My friend is getting married on a sunday instead, and her quotes were literally HALF mine.
2) donation instead of favors
3) Beer/wine instead of full bar

I think with the economy, you can be straight out with your potential vendors about your limitations - I've heard about a lot of bending lately.

HTH and good luck!

brooklynbridge Posted: Oct 05, 2009 09:25 PM

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July 2010 or 2011, $20,000

brooklynbridge Posted: Oct 05, 2009 09:26 PM

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$20,000 is my budget

CandP2011 Posted: Oct 05, 2009 09:36 PM

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Posted by whtevjenny

Some of my suggestions:
1) pick an 'off' month, and get married on a day other than a saturday. My friend is getting married on a sunday instead, and her quotes were literally HALF mine.
2) donation instead of favors
3) Beer/wine instead of full bar

I think with the economy, you can be straight out with your potential vendors about your limitations - I've heard about a lot of bending lately.

HTH and good luck!

great suggestion on # 1

thats what we are doing ( March on a Sunday evening) and we meet our budget and then some...

i think you should also finalize your guestlist and stick to it! thats the main driver in the wedding expense.... if i have 80-100 people im in the 15k-20k range with everything else the same ( dj, photo, video) but i place 150people in my excel spreadsheet -- its a $35k wedding easy!

CandP2011 Posted: Oct 05, 2009 09:37 PM

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have you decide where you want to get married?

WeddingGem Posted: Oct 06, 2009 07:43 AM

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That budget is mine. Mine is lower!! What size is your guest list?

Just Cindy Posted: Oct 06, 2009 08:18 AM

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You can def do it on a $20k budget but it really depends on the # of guests you plan on having. The less guests you have the cheaper it becomes.

halfbaked Posted: Oct 06, 2009 08:53 AM

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You can definitely do it! I'd say make sure you have a smaller guest list, maybe 100 people and you will have NO trouble at all. I definitely agree with having it on a Friday night or Sunday afternoon, especially if you're aiming for July since the spring/summer months tend to be a little pricier. My wedding would've cost me an extra $50 pp to have it on Saturday, May 15th. Also, leave out all the unnecessary stuff- you don't really need a cake serving set, or toasting flutes, or a cardbox. And these are things that a lot of RHs will be able to provide you with! Good luck!