Your wedding budget can be thin on the ground when you finish with your wedding plans. Maybe there’s a couple pounds left in the jar? Maybe there’s just a few pennies? Either way, your budget won’t stretch to anything else, and that can be a big problem for your big day!
What if someone pulls out and you lose a service? What if you need to hire an extra car? You’re going to need a bit more space in the budget to manage both of these problems. And with the points below, we’re here to help you create the room you’ll need in case of emergency.
Avoid the Summer
The summer is the ‘peak’ season for weddings, and if you want to have a budget wedding that’s still the big day of your dreams, you’ll have to avoid the sunny months like the plague! You’re going to want to pick a late autumn or winter month instead – these are usually the cheapest times for getting hitched.
A Christmas wedding is going to be quite expensive, of course, but if you go for after New Year, you’ll find most venues and vendors will have plunged their prices right down.
Manage Your Vendors
When it comes to hiring out wedding services, it’s always a good idea to cut out at least one potential vendor hire when you’re on a strict budget. Sure, you’ve got a caterer, but if your friend knows how to get the party started with their playlist, who needs a professional DJ? Save at least a couple hundred by thinking about where you’re going to need vendors on your big day, and whether or not you can still have the perfect day without them.
Skip Printed Invites
How many people are coming to the wedding? Well, even if there’s just 10 to 20 guests, skip the printed invites you’re planning to send out altogether! Not only will you save on paper wastage and do your bit for the environment, but you’ll also save on getting the invitations designed and printed in the first place. Instead, send out invitations via email or text message – you can also design the invites yourself and get that exact look you’re going for!
Bake the Cake Yourself!
Finally, why not get into the kitchen and put your baking muscles to good use? You can make your own wedding cake from scratch, even with a fancy box mix, and save a lot of money on hiring a professional baker to do it for you.
Make sure you bake big, so go for 3 or 4 tiers, and get out your most dazzling piping tips to ensure the icing looks fantastic as well. And thankfully, there are a lot of pre-made wedding themed icing figures you can buy from craft stores, so you can save yourself a lot of time there too.
Strapped for cash? If you’ve got a wedding budget that just won’t budge, make some room with the points above!