Money Saving Tips for Weddings
Weddings are one of the most expensive things you will encounter in your life, but as wedding culture evolves, so do ways to make your wedding more unique AND more cost effective. COVID undoubtedly turned the world upside down, but some of the practices that we adopted to have safe, outdoor weddings have impacted wedding trends and are sticking around for a long time. Some of these changes can even be used to save you money, and definitely have made more non-traditional weddings more popular, which means you can feel more free than ever to plan the wedding that YOU want!
Wedding changes thanks to covid
Friday and Sunday dates: a lot of venues now offer Friday and Sunday dates as they aren’t as popular as Saturday. This way, they can accommodate more weddings in a year!
Small Ceremonies: It’s common now for couples to have a small ceremony at churches, homes, or even the courthouse. Sometimes ceremonies are even private and then guests are invited to the reception portion of the day only.
Split dates: the ceremony can be now, and the party can be later! Clients are still having their big, dream receptions, only a year later. This makes having an elopement or destination wedding much easier!
Smaller Bridal Parties: A way to cut down on expenses and day-of chaos is to downsize your bridal party. There are lots of ways you can honor your family and closest friends and have them be a part of your wedding, such as having them as ushers, read a passage during your ceremony, give speeches at dinner, or dedicate songs to them at the reception.
House Parties: Some couples are opting to scale down from start to finish, having a small ceremony and then a banger of a house party after!