Comments on: Save Money On Your Wedding By Focusing On the Big Picture

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:43:50 +0000

Well said, I think a lot of people get carried away and use it as an excuse for a big party and to patch over relationship cracks in the hope that a big wedding will solve the problems. A small wedding based on a solid relationship with focus on unity rather that expenditure is the right way to go

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By: Camilla

Camilla — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:39:13 +0000

I definitely don’t think that it’s necessary to spend a huge amount of money on your wedding, just to make you happy. The wedding is supposed to be personal. It’s supposed to be exactly what you want. The most important thing, well the most important thing to me at least, is that you’re happy with your spouse. Everything else comes secondary.

I also support the idea of setting a budget. It doesn’t really matter what it is (although setting it too low can be difficult). Even if you’re willing to spend however much money, having a budget helps the caterers etc. So definitely set a budget.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:00:45 +0000

I couldn’t agree more – it’s the symbol of the marriage which is important. I had a friend who spend a very large amount of money on his wedding, in excess of £50000. It was beautiful, really a lovely day, but we went to a friends wedding recently where they spent less than £6000. It was intimate, and personal and just as emotional.

I would say though, that even though weddings can be done on a budget, don’t scrimp on your photographer – good ones are worth their weight in gold.

By: Jia

Jia — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:58:37 +0000

I totally agree with you. You should do whatever you CAN to make yourself and your spouse to be happy.

As long as you are satisfied with what you have at the wedding, you are okay.

As long as you don’t leave anything to regret later on, you are okay.

By: TheHappyRock

TheHappyRock — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:19:17 +0000

Lazy thanks for the comment,

It sounds like you made conscious decisions on how much you will spend on your wedding and what will make you happy. That is a huge area for people to conquer, as we usually spend first then think. If you are want to live with the cost or if you think it will be a benefit then spend away.

I do agree it is cool to get all your friends in one place, it probably won’t be able to happen again on that scale. I don’t know about you, but I was only able to shake hands and briefly schmooze with most people. I didn’t realize it would be such a fast paced day.

By: Lazy Man and Money

Lazy Man and Money — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:35:35 +0000

For my wedding, I had some self-imposed peer pressure to be a little more lavish. I know it sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s a keeping up with the Jones’ thing. We could have gone with something less, but we make more money than some in our social group and I didn’t see a reason for it to be significantly less fantastic than theirs. So when everyone else had an open bar, I figured that it doesn’t make sense for us, who make money, to ask people to pay. We definitely wouldn’t have gone into debt over it.

You make a great point about it not being a significant change in many people’s lives nowadays. However, it is often one of the few times you really have an “excuse” to get everyone to drop what they are doing and have a party. I’ve tried to plan events for as few as six people and found that it can be difficult to sync up a schedule. That was our thinking behind the wedding.

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plonkee money » pfblogsround 8th June — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:06:30 +0000

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By: Ed B

Ed B — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:59:28 +0000

We had our reception in a historical building. It was amazingly cheap ($500) and available (we only had a 3 month engagement) http://www.haddonfortnightly.org/default.asp I’d recommend it to anyone.

I think a big part about the overdone weddings. Is that women have been dreaming about it as a fairy tale all of their lives. Guys don’t care about the food/flowers/music. Let’s just Git ER Done. Any go on the honeymoon.

By: Double Eagle

Double Eagle — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:13:50 +0000

The sad part is that the actual commitment often takes a back seat to the giant wedding extravaganza. Depending on the source, it’s believed that between 40 and 50% of first marriages end in divorce. Perhaps if more couples paid closer attention to what’s really important, this trend would change.