Making Weddings More Affordable

Planning a wedding can get pretty expensive, especially when you have to pay for it yourselves, but no one ever talks about how expensive weddings can be for your guests. Unfortunately, you will get to the age where all of your relatives and friends start getting married at the same time and it won’t be uncommon to attend at least four or five weddings each spring and summer season. When you estimate all the money spent on clothes, travel, lodging, and gifts for these events, it can get costly for wedding guests. There are few ways that you, the bride and groom, can make it a little more affordable for everyone involved.

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What Happens When The Groom Wants a Cheap Wedding

Unbelievable….

My wedding this coming Saturday was supposed to be done on the cheap. No DJ, no photographer, no caterer. Just the people we love, a nice meal, and a wonderful day. Everyone thought it was a great idea. At first.

My mom was the first to defect. “You’ve got to have dancing,” she declared, just two weeks after expressing support for the no-frills idea. “I have to be able to dance with my son at his wedding.” When Belzie, my fiancee, came home soon after and announced that she had purchased a $750 dress, I could see my dream of a miser’s wedding disappearing. One by one, items once considered superfluous became essential. Formal invitations really were important, Belzie decided. Digital pictures taken by our guests wouldn’t do, everybody but me came to understand.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/09/30/knot_cheap/

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