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Wedding Budget - What Can You Do To Shave It, Yet
Still Have A Memorable Wedding?
By Rob Alberti
OK, so you have your heart set on the top banquet
facility in the area. The only thing is once you've
done that, your wedding budget is shot. The $75/pp
meal charge quickly becomes $100/pp with the 18%
gratuity & other hidden charges. Your heart races as
you hear that the facility won't even lock in the
prices. You book your wedding in 2004 and by the
time the wedding comes around in 2006, there could
be a 10-20% increase in price.
Once your budget is blown on the banquet facility -
the thing is - you've doomed yourself. Now, you have
to compromise on your photographer and which package
that you wanted. You end up with a $500 DJ instead
of the $1,500 one that you really liked. You can't
afford a videographer and the roses you wanted
quickly become carnations.
Let's look at the numbers - if the 150 guests costs
you $100/pp - that's $15,000 of your wedding budget.
If you were to look at a facility that was one step
down in pricing - say $75/pp - now your budget is
only a bit over $11,000. That extra $4,000 in
savings could be the difference between all the
other budget items that you wanted or wanted to
upgrade.
Take a very close look at what you spend in what
area of your wedding budget.
Remember, the meal is done in about an hour.
There are 5 hours in a typical wedding reception.
Spend a better part of your budget on a quality
photographer and entertainment and you'll be much
happier in the end.
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