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After I booked my church and hall I waited on the rest of my vendors, I only had about 6 months to plan so if they had my date it was pretty safe to assume they would have it in a week or so.. so I would ask them if they could do any better and in most cases they did! -Friday Night Wedding -My own hair lady she did me for free -Mary Kay Makeup lady-free trials -Commack Wedding Center - they gave me the best price for my dress and my girls dress -My hall threw in my centerpieces which were being done by my florist anyway since I picked their house florist -Made our own programs -No STD's-- we had a less then a year engagement -booked our honeymoon a month away from the date. Was able to fly to New Orleans stay there a few days, have a car rental, cruise for 7 days and fly home for less then 2000 for all.
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No e-party, booked all my vendors over 2 years before my wedding, making my own menus and RD invites, brought BP, Parents, etc. gifts at different times so that I did not spend all the money at the same time, no STDs, etc.
The most important way, was that we each put money away every pay check.
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Having a FI's whose parents are friends with a good client of the hall owner, getting a 40% discount on kosher catering.
Craigslist.org!!!! - Jazz trio, Photographer, probably video eBay!!!! - supplies, favors gigmasters.com!!! - DJ theknot.com - referral for florist this site - wedding coordinator Making my own invites - would have cost at least $400 otherwise Using non-wedding business people - Lynda Lane (makeup) works on indie films and is SO much cheaper than other people.
A LOT of web trolling!
september2004
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Posted by no stress bride
Having a mother who is like Martha Stewart...
Me too
nsgraham
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Also, check out my budget vendor webpage, I put it together because I got all this info and I wanted to share it with everyone planning a wedding on a budget-
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Yeah I agree with Lisa...Booking our vendors 2 yrs plus in advance saved us A LOT of $$$.
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Marcela, you know first hand that having a 2 year engagement and booking vendors so far in advance saved alot on every vendor.
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Yeah Lisa. A few of our friends have gotten engaged recently and the prices they're getting (None wanted to wait more than a year to get married. )
nylisa
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It is funny how much things have gone up since we booked everything.
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i agree.... before i booked dj's i called up and one told me 1500, i visited them a couple months later then they told me 1700.. they went up 200 in literally 3 months!
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I saved a lot of money by bargaining and SHOPPING AROUND!!!
-My dress was discontinued, so I got a deal there.
-I made my favors
- Centerpieces, vieineise -(sp?)-desert- were included in my hall THAT saved A LOT!
-Bathroom baskets were made via dollar store or walmart sample size items.
-photo and Video we used Duet
-DJ we used High Voltage Sounds
-The church we used only cost 300 dollars
-The rose petals and delivery were included in my florists cost. We used Flower Michele
-limos were my best steal! Simply on bargaining! We used Serenity Limos
-Makeup I used a Mary Kay comsultant, free trials and it only cost $40 on the day of-She came to me!
-My hair only cost 75 dollars, she also came to me.
- Our caterer was the best and has the best prices! We used sunset harbour!
- I also made my place cards and the sunflower pens on the table, and our Wish bowl!
I am sure there are a lot more things I saved on that I cant think of off the top of my head! Feel free to FM me for any more info!
PS--My wedding budget was only 10K!
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not clever but its where i cut corners
borrowed my sisters tiara and veil wich she just bought last year when she got married- she paid a small fortune..
saved $$ on my flowers. if you pay cash for final payment, he didnt charge tax..
borrowed my friends underskirt for dress- that is a couple of hundred dollars!!!
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This site saved me literally thousands of dollars and I'm not done planning my wedding yet. I also got my dress on E-Bay and saved $$$$ there.
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I totally agree with the February thing, but in our case booking LATE really helped. We booked in early October for FEbruary and i think that with most of our vendors, if they hadn't booked already, they weren't going to, so they were willing to give us great deals.
Also we're having a small BP (Just MOH and BM) so that saves money on flowers, gifts, transport, etc.
No centerpieces--we're scattering rose petals on the table and lots of candles which CH is providing.
I found my dress on bridesave.com after I ordered it from the salon--I wish I would've ordered it from there, I would've saved about $300. But, I did find my shoes on that site for half of what I would've paid in the store.
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I totally agree with the February thing, but in our case booking LATE really helped. We booked in early October for FEbruary and i think that with most of our vendors, if they hadn't booked already, they weren't going to, so they were willing to give us great deals.
Booking late seems to have worked out well for me, too... it seems that the vendors I have booked were pretty happy to get the business at less than 7 months notice, so I go really good deals on just about everything!
And I will also add that LIW was a lifesaver -- two great vendors I would have never known about I got directly off this site (Duet and High Voltage!)
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Using our miles for the flights to Hawaii!!! - We are saving OVER $1500 that way!!
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Using our miles for the flights to Hawaii!!! - We are saving OVER $1500 that way!!
Us too! We used our miles that completely covered our flight to St Lucia ($1600) and then used the rest of our miles toward the Sandals Resort ($900 so far)
-I addressed all the invites myself -bought supplies for favors on Ebay -bought Tiara on Ebay -Sunday wedding
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My dress was discountinued so saved TONS of $$$ there.
Addresed invites with own computer.
This is the best...My centerpiece will double as a favor for all my guests. Using potted plants, probably african violets or tulips as centerpiece and the guests take them home at end of night!
