Having Your Beautiful Wedding--Without "Busting" Your Budget.Written by Larry Denton
He's popped question. And you said "Yes!" Congratulations on your upcoming wedding, one of most anticipated and important days of your entire life. You want it to be a one-of-kind, Cinderella-like, unforgettable and memorable occasion for both you and your guests. So now planning begins. With literally a thousand things to arrange before big day, this is going to take some real decision making. Where do you start in planning for "perfect" wedding? As with everything else that involves marriage, it is vitally important that you discuss event with your future spouse. Communication between partners is absolutely vital for a strong and enduring marriage. It is important to get your life as a married couple off to a good start and talking with your partner about upcoming wedding is an excellent place to begin. No doubt, weddings can be expensive. The average cost of a wedding today is near $25,000 and wedding industry makes $25.3 billion a year. But your wedding need not bankrupt you or your parents in order for it to be as unique and special as you want it to be. With a little guidance, a few tips and some recommendations we can fulfill your fantasy wedding dreams without starting married life in serious financial difficulty. First, talk to your partner about expectations. How do you see wedding? Do you want a formal wedding in a grand cathedral or something more casual? Will it be a large wedding or a small, intimate ceremony with family and a few friends? Indoor ceremony or outdoors? Next, begin to budget for items two of you have agreed upon.
| | Creating A Wedding Budget You Can AffordWritten by Alan Allport
The most important part of planning a wedding is setting your budget. Your budget is important because it is next to impossible to know what you can afford for each major part of wedding if you don’t set an overall cost that is comfortable for you. You will probably find that deciding budget is hardest job to do because, of course, you want to have best and most memorable wedding you can possibly have.The days when wedding was paid for by parents of bride are almost gone now. Parents will often contribute to wedding cost as a gift to couple, but it is pretty rare for parents to cover whole cost of wedding. Usually this is because parents simply can’t afford it. But couples today often prefer to pay for their own weddings because it ensures that they can plan them way that they want to without interference. These days, 4 out of 5 couples pay for their own wedding and it helps to know how your budget should be broken down. When creating your budget, you will first begin with overall amount that you can afford to spend. The average wedding today costs approximately $19,000. This is not a definite, but this is what statistics currently show. Now you will need to take that overall budget amount and split it percentage-wise for each major aspect of your wedding e.g. how much to spend on wedding clothing, rings, catering, decorating venue etc. If you are not good at percentages, you can always utilize Internet and check with various websites that offer you free or cheap wedding budget calculators that will do it for you.
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