Wedding of Your Dreams

Our wedding day is probably one of the most important event in our lives. Naturally we want this occasion to be no less than perfect in every respect. People usually tend to think that in order to have a luxurious wedding they need to spend a fortune, whereas many of them would find it hard just to get by with even a modest one.

Statistically speaking, an average wedding today would costs about 30,000$, and the tag keeps rising. For some of us it can be a real life-savings breaker, isn't it?

Well, allow me to refute two very common misconceptions in this regard:

*You CAN save up to 50% AND MORE on ANY wedding- regardless of your budget!

*A cheap wedding doesn't have to LOOK cheap. It can actually look like a million dollar wedding for the same price if you like!

Here are 7 most basic tips that should be useful to anyone who wishes to have a beautiful wedding without 'crushing down' under the heavy expenses:

1) Try NOT to mention the word "wedding" while you go shopping- It is a known fact that most vendors would charge you higher prices for their goods, if they find out that it involves marriage.

2) DON'T buy a 'wedding dress'- Did you know that a wedding dress that retails at 2000$ costs less than 100$ to manufacture? You could actually buy a GORGEOUS 'regular' dress instead, and EASILY turn it into a stunning wedding dress, simply by adding some lacework to it (my wife really enjoyed designing her own wedding dress).

3) Buy your flowers from a wholesaler- By doing so you can easily reduce your wedding flowers costs by 50%. (No need to use artificial flowers or just settle for 'more greens' with the real ones).

4) Rent your OWN bar tender, and buy your OWN alcohol- Most wedding halls probably won't like it, but don't fall prey to their money making strategies. Buying your own alcohol and renting your own bar tender can reduce your expanses from a few thousands to as little as a few hundreds. Plus- choosing and renting your own bar tender will give you the confidence that your dear family and friends are going to be treated exactly the way you want them to.

5) DON'T hire a wedding photographer- A photography student from your local collage could do the job just as good, and be greatly indebted for even half the price you would have paid to a 'professional' wedding photographer. Wedding photographer's high prices are not so much for their better quality pictures as much as for the word "wedding" involved.

6) Your wedding time and date- Having your wedding during daytime and on a weekday, would significantly lower your wedding hall expanse. If you still wish to have your wedding on a Saturday than consider having it during the day- it will be much cheaper and you could also benefit from 'free decorations' that are already set up for a later event. Getting married on an "off" season, like during winter instead of spring will also reduce your costs (you may even find winter to be more romantic than spring).

And last and most important:

7) DON'T try to figure the whole thing by yourself- Planning a wedding is very exciting, but nonetheless demanding. If it's your first marriage you may naturally feel a bit confused and unsure of what needs to be done and how. I advice you to gather some help from anyone that can and is willing to help. Look for information on the internet, and if you feel the need, you may even want to hire a wedding planner. The only problem with those is that they can be quite expensive themselves, and many times won't catch up with your exact personal taste and preferences.

A very good way to easily master your wedding planning, save on costs and end up with the wadding YOU want is simply to get a grip on a good information source that puts things into place for you. Me and my wife for example, managed to save over 8,500$ on our wedding, simply by purchasing a cheap e-z guide that cost us less than 50 bucks. It also helped us manage everything smoothly and quickly, and we ended up having the Las Vegas wedding of our dreams for only 17,000$ (and yes- it included the limo).

To sum it all up- There is an abundance of ways that can help us reduce our wedding costs without compromising our wedding's style. All we need to do is explore, discover and implement. In this regard it is very interesting to note that the average cost of a SECOND wedding today sums up to about 12,000$ only (as apposed to the 30,000$ mentioned above). I am quite convinced that one good reason for it is the knowledge and experience that people gathered from mistakes they may have done on the planning of their first marriage.