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Your wedding event and I call it an event, because:
A. It can sometimes be thought of as an event of a lifetime. Embarking on a new portion of your life with your significant other.
B. You are inviting others to join in on your celebration.
C. Most events have some form of food or beverage or dessert.
D. A wedding is a party, usually, an event. (Most consultants will call your wedding a special event. Special to you and an event for them.)
Once you decide on your guest lists and your final count, you will then be able to determine how much you want to spend on each portion of your wedding. Since you are a bride of means on a budget, you may have to completely eliminate some portions of the traditional wedding segments, but still have that wedding event feel.
Most Event Coordinators will tell you the largest portion of any budget is going to be the food and drink budget and that is true. It is true because the wedding is a big celebration and that usually entails at the very least champagne toasts, even if you hold a cocktail reception, that portion could be in the range of thirty to forty percent of your own budget. Feeding your guests along the senses sight, sound or even tactile is great, but they expect to imbibe in some fashion it is a wedding after all. Even pulling at their heart with emotion will make a person hungry for food as well it should. It is only common courtesy to feed your guests. Think about, when was the last meeting or games night or celebration you had your house and you did not put anything out for your guests. Sounds crazy, yes? YES! Do 40% of your budget, really more like 38% of your budget is not too much to make your guests and extremely you happy and having a great time during your celebration.
The imbibing part can be divvied up in whatever form you are comfortable with, but even if you are tea-totalers, you will want to have something for a toast whether it is sparkling apple cider, seltzer or sparkling fruit juices. Spring for enough so your guests can toasts you. Food-wise there are so many options at your disposal. You can of course, have it catered and there are plenty of places around this city in which you can find catering establishments that will fit into your budget. I will include those at another time. For now let me name a few ways your 38% will not break your budget.
Barbecue
Picnic
Potluck
Passed Hors d'Oeuvres
Buffet-style lunch, dinner or even breakfast
Sit down repast of any of the above mentioned meals
Desserts only
Themed Foods
Beverage tastings (If it is alcoholic, I am sure your guests would want something to snack on, still.)
Out to your favorite restaurant
These are just the tip of the iceberg. I am sure you can come up with any number of different types of food events. Make sure the quality of the food is great and that you have more than enough. Remember at your place, no one goes home either hungry or empty handed, so why should you have a big party and suddenly do not have enough food. No you would never do that at home. Do do not do it here either. People hungry is not a pretty sight, especially from a celebration.
Oh do not forget the cake. The cake is one of those time honored things at the wedding, or any party. People come to dinner, they almost always expect dessert, it is the perfect ending, right? If you are worried about the cost, even that can be bought or obtained inexpensively. Think sheet cakes with additions, or cupcakes or
If you do go with alcoholic beverages and you are not at a bar, you can supply wine very cheaply and it will still be good. Why not have a pre-wedding night of checking out different inexpensive springs? Maybe a pre-wedding tasting. I found a nice white wine that is great tasting and recommended for dinner especially, but is good anytime, according to its label. I had gone into Trader Joe's to purchase their 3 buck chuck, or a pink Zinfandel when I ran across a Gewurztraminer, which was under $ 6, so that could be a possibility. All of these are light weight fair, but I am a light weight offering you information. If you do not want to have a tasting, then trust the taste buds of one of your friends or an expert online.
The next expenditure could be a "Day of" Wedding Consultant that you can afford. It is imperative that you have someone, preferably a professional watching your back especially if you are having things delivered at the reception site and you are not there. It will save you peace of mind and help for things to run smoothly. Whether it is someone who is a dear friend and used to be a wedding consultant or yes, I am saying it you have to hire someone. Do it! I did not and there were a number of things that went wrong, but just because you hire a wedding coordinator does not mean things will not go wrong, nothing in life is perfect and things do happen. The beauty of having someone else in charge on your wedding day is that it is not your headache. The pricing is usually 10 – 15% of your entire wedding costs, minimums in some cases. So if your wedding is $ 500, you probably do not need a wedding consultant, especially since they probably will not work for $ 75. If your wedding is $ 5000 and up, you will need help with all the moving parts, especially the ones you will not be able to attend to while you are getting MARRIED. I am just saying.
The photographer and or videographer are persons to whom you will probably want to spend some bucks on as well. Both the photographer and video person will provide you with memories of your special day that you can refer back to from time to time. The photographer even in this day of digital video overload is probably going to be the most meaningful to review.
The above are the most important parts of your celebration and there are various other things you can add on, but those are the add ons. Even the dress or the wedding party's apparel, could have considered an add-on. With the dress or a suit (of your choice) there are so many ways of getting something that is beautiful and inexpensive whether it is new or used, which includes your mother's (or father's) with alterations or second-hand store or consignment shop or even from an online specialty used clothing website. A friend's wedding dress or one she has made for you. Perhaps you know a designer who wants to become known and wants someone to wear one of their designs. How about an FIT student designer. It would certainly be so & so's original. Go to one of Filene's Basement Wedding Events, or check out David's Bridal or NBO rentals.
A word of inspiration, never think that because you are on a budget that you are cheap. There are plenty of people with -lliionnaire at the end of their net net who like to operate on a budget. You are not alone. A lot of folks like to use and spend wisely, and not all of it on one event.
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Source by CharLena M. Pearson
