Everyone has a different experience when planning a wedding. It depends on so many things. Where you live, what kind of venue you choose, what your budget is…and on and on and on. I thought it would be helpful to share any cost saving ideas I have discovered during my planning.
Our venue, like a lot of venues, has a food and drink minimum you must reach one way or the other. You can invite 300 people and pick the cheapest meal option or have a small guest list and provide a more extravagant dinner. Either way you have to spend that minimum amount. When we got the first price estimate for our wedding we were only $3 and some change over the required minimum. Since that included everything we wanted we were thrilled with the price. After some time we realized there were a few things we didn’t really need and we were able to adjust the way we were spending our minimum. Since we are having an open bar we decided we didn’t NEED to have wine at each table or champagne for toasting. Since wine was available at the bar why did it need to be on the table as well? Sure…it makes it easier for wine drinkers to get their fix but what if the bottles weren’t empty at the end of the night and we still had to pay for them? Any why couldn’t guests use the drink they already had to toast with? With these changes we were able to provide guests with a choice of beef, fish or vegetarian for dinner. While this didn’t really lower our costs since we had to still spend the minimum, we were able to provide more options for our guests. They can still go to the bar for their wine with the added convenience of choosing their meal. Plus, it made the RSVP card really fun!
In what ways did you cut costs or find a better way to spend your money?
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