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Planning Your Wedding on a Budget

Not everyone has lots of money to sink into their wedding day. But lucky for you, there are plenty of people on Dave Ramsey’s MyTotalMoneyMakeover.com community forums who know how to save money when it comes to celebrations. Let’s find out how to save some marriage moolah!
First Things First
Don’t spend one penny on anything that isn’t either practically necessary or personally important to you. Figure out what your priorities are and make a budget. If you give yourself some breathing room, you won’t get stressed out about overspending a bit here and there as needed. —blondchen
Keep the frills to a minimum. Bathroom baskets, out-of-town bags, candy buffets, midnight snacks, brunch the next day, and things like that are nice touches but unnecessary budget busters.
Date and Time
Have your wedding in the afternoon so you avoid mealtimes and can have a finger-food reception. Our wedding was at 2 p.m. and the reception was over by 6:30 p.m.
Consider a Sunday wedding. Our reception location fee was half the price on Sunday versus Saturday. Also, we had far greater availability of vendors like bakeries, photographers, and other stuff since they get booked up quickly on Saturdays. —blondchen [Read more...]

