Tips for Slashing Your Wedding Expense During This Recession

If you are a couple about to be wed, the best tip you can take is to go easy on the wedding expense. Yes, it is your day and it is an event you want to cherish but you don’t want to bury yourself in debt while entering into marriage and trying to start out in a recession. Here are a few tips to help you economize on your wedding during this recession and enter your marriage stress and debt-free.

Know how to handle everyone’s advice. Do you want to maintain your sanity while trying to stick to a wedding budget during this recession? Then make a commitment now to make your own decisions as a couple and politely disregard everyone else’s advice unless they truly have something of value to bring to the table. You will get a lot of well-meaning advice, comments, and opinions by family and friends but remember that they are not the ones spending the money. They will gladly advise something more expensive that will not make your wedding or the recession any easier to handle. It’s in your control. Another tip to remember is that you cannot please everyone.

Have you considered buying a pre-owned wedding dress? Here’s a tip that can save you a bundle when having a wedding in this recession. If you look in the classified section of your newspaper you can find where people are selling their old wedding dress at a greatly reduced price from when they bought it new. It is easy to buy the dress and you can customize it with sequins or apply some other idea you might have.

Economize on the reception. Take a tip and economize across the board here and give yourself a break this recession. It is a matter of shopping around for the best prices on catering, entertainment, and venue.

Look for public areas to have the ceremony. For example, one couple had their wedding ceremony at a gazebo in a public park in the downtown section of the city. It was inexpensive and actually interesting because it gathered more onlookers than they had expected (those already in the park). And the price was recession-friendly as the city only charged a fee of $50 to rent it and the judge performing the ceremony was happy with whatever the couple could contribute.

Make as much on your own. You can search the internet for tips on how to make your own wedding decorations and gifts to give to your guests. For example, you can make imitation flowers from regular bathroom tissue and paint them different colors.

Cut back on honeymoon destinations. Some like to take a trip overseas for their ideal honeymoon but make sure you check the exchange rate for the dollar to local currency first. During this recession, the dollar’s value is dropping compared to many foreign currencies. Shop around. Have you considered a honeymoon in Panama instead of Europe for instance?