| Your wedding day, possibly next to the birth of | | | | you're happy you've covered the most important. |
| your children, is likely to be one of the happiest | | | | Don't worry about being to exact, you can |
| days of your life. However, there are no | | | | always add more later. |
| guarantees that this special day will go according | | | | Next, take each key heading and expand into |
| to plan. In fact, unless you properly prepare and | | | | sub-categories. For example under Reception you |
| allow for contingencies then something will almost | | | | will likely have something like: |
| certainly go wrong! | | | | Reception |
| That's why it's important to start planning your | | | | Food |
| wedding as early as possible. The more time you | | | | Wedding Cake |
| spend in organising and preparing your big day the | | | | Reception Invitations |
| less likely unforeseen problems will occur. | | | | Wedding Favours |
| On average a typical wedding will cost around | | | | Music |
| $30,000.00, this figure seems to be rising year on | | | | Band |
| year as people are prepared to spend ever more | | | | DJ |
| on their wedding day. However, throwing money | | | | Decorations |
| at a project is not they way forward, and does | | | | You get the idea, right? Continue filling in the |
| not guarantee everything will run smoothly. . | | | | sub-categories until you're happy with your |
| The good news is you can spend far less than | | | | wedding blueprint. You will want to organise each |
| this whilst still having your dream wedding day. | | | | category into order of priority. A good tip here is |
| The secret to cutting costs when planning a | | | | to start by working backwards from the big day, |
| cheap wedding is to know where to look and | | | | this will help focus your mind and help you |
| what to buy. It's possible, with careful planning to | | | | visualise everything you need to remember. |
| shave thousands of dollars off the cost of your | | | | Hopefully by now you will have a concise list of |
| wedding without sacrificing the quality your rightly | | | | everything relating to your wedding? Now it's time |
| deserve. | | | | to work to your budget and allocate the |
| Let's start at the beginning. Get a pen and some | | | | approximate costs of each category. Be realistic |
| paper at the ready, or better still use a | | | | and you should end up with a total estimate of |
| spreadsheet and write down key headings relating | | | | what your wedding will cost. If you have gone |
| to your wedding. For example your list is likely to | | | | way over budget, it's time for a rethink. Do you |
| include the following: | | | | really need to two hundred wedding guests? Take |
| Wedding rings, Honeymoon, Church, Reception, | | | | the hard line approach and trim any excess where |
| Transport etc etc | | | | you can. |
| At this stage only right down the key points until | | | | |