Planning a Cheap Wedding That You Can Afford

These days the whole world seems to be worrying about financial problems and planning and discovering how expensive a wedding can be might leave you wondering if you will ever be able to afford one. But costly weddings don’t necessary mean the best or the happiest of days.

If you’ve been adding up the costs for a huge wedding with the most expensive of venues, and are considering borrowing or taking your credit cards to their limit, think twice, then think about planning a cheap wedding. Your marriage needs to get off to the best possible start without huge debts. There are beautiful weddings prepared by simpler means and you deserve a beautiful and happy wedding with the least amount of financial worry.

Over 50% of the budget for a wedding is spent on the reception or banquet venue and the catering and decoration for it. This is where you can cut costs with a little re-planning. Depending on the time of year, you could consider a more natural setting outdoors, like your garden or the garden of someone you know. When planning a cheap wedding saving on one thing allows more for another.

With carefully chosen lights, banquet tables, balloons, and lots of flowering big pot plants, you could decorate an open space your own way, even have a summer theme where the female guests wear sundresses and flowers in their hair, and you could cater for everyone with a special wedding barbecue.

Consider a beach wedding, or a forest wedding with filled picnic baskets provided. Catering halls are cheaper on weekdays, and out of season wedding bargains can be found. For indoor venue savings, consider between October and April when planning a cheap wedding because you might find a great offer.

Decorating the venue yourself and asking the local catering college to meet the challenge of providing the food for your reception are all great money savers. Find all that you need to easily make your own invitations at http://www.lcipaper.com/weddingens4.shmtl and make your own favors with little boxes filled with hearts. Your wedding will be a great success.