| Planning a wedding can be quite stressful! In the | | | | from: will you and your partner pay for |
| process the couple can meet a lot of | | | | everything? Will your families help? Do you split |
| disagreements and lots of fights can take place. | | | | the cost between them? Are there traditional |
| Although you've met your soul mate, that doesn't | | | | rules about who has to buy what? To have |
| necessarily mean that you two have the same | | | | success in not excelling your wedding budget |
| ideas regarding everything. Maybe each of you | | | | requires you to be aware of who has agreed to |
| has different expectations regarding the wedding, | | | | pay for what and stick to it. |
| or maybe you belong to different religions or | | | | Another helpful solution is to start saving early for |
| cultures. One of the most important things that | | | | the happy event. Your lifestyle and your monthly |
| can help you spare the trouble is to set up a | | | | budget will not be so affected if you put a small |
| wedding budget and stick to it (as hard as that | | | | amount of money away on a regular basis. After |
| will prove to be during the organizing process). | | | | a while you'll have sizable savings. |
| Decide what kind of wedding you want, a big or a | | | | It can also help if you can pay some of the items |
| limited one, a traditional or a non- conformist one; | | | | (restaurants, catering services, photographs) in |
| where will the wedding take place; what do you | | | | advance. |
| have in mind for the restaurant's menu, the drinks | | | | Don't go for the first offer, don't be afraid to |
| and the wedding cake; how much are you willing | | | | negotiate the prices, take your time to compare |
| to pay for the decoration and the bride's and | | | | them and don't say no to home made items |
| groom's attire; transportation; how many of your | | | | (invitations for example); they will spare you |
| guest need hotel rooms; how expensive is the | | | | some costs and they will add a special |
| photographer, the band and so on. | | | | personalized note to the event. |
| After you made the list with all these issues, | | | | No matter how restrictive your budget is, if you |
| establish an estimative cost and at the final sum | | | | organize everything carefully, you will have the |
| add 20% for unexpected expenses. Then you | | | | time of your life and your wedding will be unique. |
| have to decide where all the money will come | | | | |