Budget Weddings - Create a Flawless Wedding on a Small Budget

Maybe you want a fairy tale wedding, but you don't necessarily want to sacrifice all the college money for your future kids. Although that's what most of us want, it's hard to keep a 'budget wedding' within budget. There are a lot of ways to avoid stepping on one of those financial minefields that explode the cost of your wedding. Here are just a few.

Don't Hire Unnecessary People:

You can have music at your wedding without having to surrender thousands of dollars to a performer or a band. Here's another option: Make a bunch of CDs with all your favorite music, then have a friend or family member play them for you. This works well with a large disk changer CD player. Budget weddings can be pulled off with little things like this. By using this method, you can save $1000 or more.

Keep it Smaller:

No matter how tempting it is to invite everyone you ever knew, as well as all their friends and family, STOP! Keep the wedding small and only invite your very best friends. And your family too, of course. Leave everyone else out of the list. Ask everyone you do invite to please not bring extra guests. Stick with the people you invite only. This way, you don't have to worry about the expense of feeding all of these people.

Think About Food:

One of the most major expenses for weddings is the food and catering. Avoid fancy little foods that nobody normally eats, especially the ones that few people can pronounce properly. What you should consider instead is a potluck wedding. Or, you can simply enlist some friends to help you serve finger foods and hors d'oeuvres. Budget weddings can be just as wonderful as expensive weddings, and you won't spend yourself into a pit. Who wants to enter their marriage in debt?