If you are thinking of having a small wedding, the first thing that will probably come to mind is who you are going to invite and who you are going to leave out.
Obviously, the guests will include your immediate family and close friends. Now how do you choose the rest?
Make a list of the people who you would like to be there at your wedding. But rank them as well. So say your wedding can only have 40 people.
If you receive 5 notices saying they can't come, then you invite the next 5 people on your list (plus their spouses/partners).
This way, when you wedding comes along, you will have the 40 most important people who are available that day to come along to your wedding!
To Learn more, please go to http://www.weddingbudgetnow.com
Monday, May 4, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Where should you stay on the first night after your Wedding?
Hi there!
When planning for your wedding, have you thought about where you might want to stay for the first night after you wedding?
Since this is a very special night, I would suggest going to a luxurious hotel!
Now, you may think that would cost too much, costing you at least $300-$400, but it doesn't have to!
3 years ago, I went to the website http://www.lastminute.com.au and got ourselves a really good deal. They have soemthing called a "Mystery Hotel". Now they don't tell you which hotel it is, but they usually tell you how many stars it is and around which area this hotel is located. Only after booking it, will it reveal to you which hotel you have booked!
The good thing about this is that is is usually sunstantially lower than the price of what it usually is. We paid $99 for a 4 1/2 star hotel in North Sydney called the Vibe Hotel. It was great! The location was near the water, the room spacious and clean as well!!
There are sites like these you might be able to find in your local area, this will save you a few hundred dollars to live in a great hotel with a fraction of the price!
Till next time!
To learn more, you can go to my website http://www.weddingbudgetnow.com
When planning for your wedding, have you thought about where you might want to stay for the first night after you wedding?
Since this is a very special night, I would suggest going to a luxurious hotel!
Now, you may think that would cost too much, costing you at least $300-$400, but it doesn't have to!
3 years ago, I went to the website http://www.lastminute.com.au and got ourselves a really good deal. They have soemthing called a "Mystery Hotel". Now they don't tell you which hotel it is, but they usually tell you how many stars it is and around which area this hotel is located. Only after booking it, will it reveal to you which hotel you have booked!
The good thing about this is that is is usually sunstantially lower than the price of what it usually is. We paid $99 for a 4 1/2 star hotel in North Sydney called the Vibe Hotel. It was great! The location was near the water, the room spacious and clean as well!!
There are sites like these you might be able to find in your local area, this will save you a few hundred dollars to live in a great hotel with a fraction of the price!
Till next time!
To learn more, you can go to my website http://www.weddingbudgetnow.com
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wedding Shoes
Hi,
A thought that came into my mind was Wedding Shoes. Depending on what kind of bridal dress the female chooses to wear, there may be no point in buying expensive shoes if the dress is going to touch the floor. If this is the case, the best thing to do is to buy a flat shoes with no pointy ends. As you will be on your feet all day, you want to make sure your are comfortable, rather than at the end of the day, your feet are throbbing in pain.
To Learn more, come to my website - http://www.weddingbudgetnow.com
A thought that came into my mind was Wedding Shoes. Depending on what kind of bridal dress the female chooses to wear, there may be no point in buying expensive shoes if the dress is going to touch the floor. If this is the case, the best thing to do is to buy a flat shoes with no pointy ends. As you will be on your feet all day, you want to make sure your are comfortable, rather than at the end of the day, your feet are throbbing in pain.
To Learn more, come to my website - http://www.weddingbudgetnow.com
Monday, April 13, 2009
How to Pay off the Reception Costs
Hi,
Ever thought about the quickest way to pay off the reception costs? Well, if you live in any parts of South-east asia, the couple will ask the guests to give them money instead of gifts that Westerners request for. This idea is acutally catching on to other cultures as well.
So you can think of it as the guests paying for their own meals. Since the reception costs will potentially be the most in your wedding budget, using this technique will save you a massive amount of money, and in most cases can even pay off the whole wedding by itself!(provided your guests are not stingy and they pay equal to or more than the cost of the meal).
For our Wedding, our reception costs were all payed off by the money gifts from our 300 guests. With this incredible saving, you could use this to put a deposit on your new house or have an extravagant honeymoon!
To Learn more on how to cut costs for your wedding, please go to http://www.weddingbudgetnow.com.
Ever thought about the quickest way to pay off the reception costs? Well, if you live in any parts of South-east asia, the couple will ask the guests to give them money instead of gifts that Westerners request for. This idea is acutally catching on to other cultures as well.
So you can think of it as the guests paying for their own meals. Since the reception costs will potentially be the most in your wedding budget, using this technique will save you a massive amount of money, and in most cases can even pay off the whole wedding by itself!(provided your guests are not stingy and they pay equal to or more than the cost of the meal).
For our Wedding, our reception costs were all payed off by the money gifts from our 300 guests. With this incredible saving, you could use this to put a deposit on your new house or have an extravagant honeymoon!
To Learn more on how to cut costs for your wedding, please go to http://www.weddingbudgetnow.com.
Monday, April 6, 2009
What to Reduce First to Reduce Your Wedding Expenses
Hi there!
Thought I'd give another quick note on how to reduce your wedding!
The biggest expense for your wedding will most likely be your Reception Venue. So if you are cutting costs, that would be the first place to turn your head to.
Reducing your guests to your closest family and friends is always a popular choice to still have a quality wedding. If you are a person who doesn't care if you have every person that you've ever met at your biggest day of your life, then I would choose this option. You get to spend more time with everyone and actually have a conversation with all the people in your wedding.
Also, think about how much the reception venue means to you. There are pleny of other alternatives other than your 5-star restaurants and hotels. You could maybe have it at a beach house, one of your friends backyard, or rent a local community hall.
To Learn more please go to my website www.weddingbudgetnow.com.
Thought I'd give another quick note on how to reduce your wedding!
The biggest expense for your wedding will most likely be your Reception Venue. So if you are cutting costs, that would be the first place to turn your head to.
Reducing your guests to your closest family and friends is always a popular choice to still have a quality wedding. If you are a person who doesn't care if you have every person that you've ever met at your biggest day of your life, then I would choose this option. You get to spend more time with everyone and actually have a conversation with all the people in your wedding.
Also, think about how much the reception venue means to you. There are pleny of other alternatives other than your 5-star restaurants and hotels. You could maybe have it at a beach house, one of your friends backyard, or rent a local community hall.
To Learn more please go to my website www.weddingbudgetnow.com.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Planning Your Honeymoon after your Wedding
Hi,
Just thought I would put in a note about Honeymoons after you wedding. Make sure you allocate some money to your honeymoon, otherwise you will be spending a cheap night in a local 2-star motel.
We went to Penang for our honeymoon and stayed at the Shangri-La Golden Sands Resort for 5 nights. It was perfect!!! The best value holidays in my opionion are in South-East Asia. We had an Ocean-facing view which was magnificent. The resort consisted of 3 different syled pools and right next to it was a 10 second stroll to the beach. The food gets a worthy mention here as this was our Favourite subject to talk about anytime someone mentions Penang to us. You have to try the Asam Laksa. It is a sour based soup which contains cucumber, pineapples, little fish pieces (I think it is sardines) and long tube noodles.
We would recommend Penang to anyone, as it was very affordable and very relaxing! Plus there were lots of shopping complexes to visit to if you didn’t want to stay in the resort all day!!!
To Learn more, please go to my website www.weddingbudgetnow.com
Just thought I would put in a note about Honeymoons after you wedding. Make sure you allocate some money to your honeymoon, otherwise you will be spending a cheap night in a local 2-star motel.
We went to Penang for our honeymoon and stayed at the Shangri-La Golden Sands Resort for 5 nights. It was perfect!!! The best value holidays in my opionion are in South-East Asia. We had an Ocean-facing view which was magnificent. The resort consisted of 3 different syled pools and right next to it was a 10 second stroll to the beach. The food gets a worthy mention here as this was our Favourite subject to talk about anytime someone mentions Penang to us. You have to try the Asam Laksa. It is a sour based soup which contains cucumber, pineapples, little fish pieces (I think it is sardines) and long tube noodles.
We would recommend Penang to anyone, as it was very affordable and very relaxing! Plus there were lots of shopping complexes to visit to if you didn’t want to stay in the resort all day!!!
To Learn more, please go to my website www.weddingbudgetnow.com
Monday, March 30, 2009
Planning your Wedding Day on a Timeline
Hi there,
Darren here. Just thought I would like to share a tip on planing your day during your wedding.
If you are anything like myself and my wife, we wanted our wedding to be as perfect as possible. So this included tight timelines for almost everything we could think of!
Usually, a typical wedding would consist of the following:
A Marriage Ceremony at 12:00pm
Photos with the bridal party between 1:30-4:00pm
Reception at 6pm – 11pm
We used this timeframe to plan everything else around it.
If you are of an Asian Culture like we are, you might even have a Tea Ceremony between 9am – 11am.
By using these 3 or 4 main milestones during the day, you should be able to have an estimate on what you need to do.
Hope this helps!
To Learn more, please go to my website www.weddingbudgetnow.com
Darren here. Just thought I would like to share a tip on planing your day during your wedding.
If you are anything like myself and my wife, we wanted our wedding to be as perfect as possible. So this included tight timelines for almost everything we could think of!
Usually, a typical wedding would consist of the following:
A Marriage Ceremony at 12:00pm
Photos with the bridal party between 1:30-4:00pm
Reception at 6pm – 11pm
We used this timeframe to plan everything else around it.
If you are of an Asian Culture like we are, you might even have a Tea Ceremony between 9am – 11am.
By using these 3 or 4 main milestones during the day, you should be able to have an estimate on what you need to do.
Hope this helps!
To Learn more, please go to my website www.weddingbudgetnow.com
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tying the knot without breaking the budget
Tying the knot without breaking the budget: "Groom-to-be Dixon Tam wasn't trying to be trendy by opting to use e-mail invitations, or e-vites, for his wedding.
He just wanted to save a little bit of money.
In today's economy, budgeting is a necessity for many people -- even brides and grooms.
Tam, who works for a Vancouver public relations firm, will no doubt be one of many couples in 2009 seeking innovative ways to say 'I do' without breaking the bank.
Lynn O'Brien, producer of the Fraser Valley Wedding Festival, which takes place March 8, says e-vites or self-designed invitations are just one way people will be saving money.
O'Brien says she expects weddings will be smaller too.
'Obviously [the economy] is far-reaching and it's going to impact everything.'
People will also be looking to wed in more interesting and inexpensive venues such as museums or parks, she says. And more people will probably use online or electronic RSVP sites instead of sending out postage-paid envelopes."
To Learn more about how so creat a wedding on a budget go to WeddingBudgetNow.com
He just wanted to save a little bit of money.
In today's economy, budgeting is a necessity for many people -- even brides and grooms.
Tam, who works for a Vancouver public relations firm, will no doubt be one of many couples in 2009 seeking innovative ways to say 'I do' without breaking the bank.
Lynn O'Brien, producer of the Fraser Valley Wedding Festival, which takes place March 8, says e-vites or self-designed invitations are just one way people will be saving money.
O'Brien says she expects weddings will be smaller too.
'Obviously [the economy] is far-reaching and it's going to impact everything.'
People will also be looking to wed in more interesting and inexpensive venues such as museums or parks, she says. And more people will probably use online or electronic RSVP sites instead of sending out postage-paid envelopes."
To Learn more about how so creat a wedding on a budget go to WeddingBudgetNow.com
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Memorable Wedding with a Budget
Hi,
My name is Darren Ho, and I've been creating a website that will show people how to create an incredible wedding if you are on a tight budget. If you were like me, it was a stressful time, wanting to get the best of everything, but knowing you could not afford it so you had to use alternative solutions.
I've been married for 3 years and I was able to minimise a huge amount of my cost with thinking outside the box. This absolutely did not compromise on quality, but it made it more personal and memorable with our guests. Also I got to use the money that I saved on my wedding with more permanent things later on such as furniture and putting a down a deposit for my first house.
We had a budget in mind and we wanted to do everything needed to keep within it. Easier said than done when sometimes all you see from businesses is jacking up the price because they can justify that you should be spending that huge amount because it is your wedding.
Our marriage day is one of the best days of our lives, like so many others and wanted it to be perfect in everyway. To get the end result of everyone loving our wedding made it even more special. They were entertained every moment there was a break, and if you are like me, wanted to make everyone confortable and happy that they were ther during your wedding reception, not feel awkward sitting with people they didn't know.
To learn more, go to my Wedding Budget website.
My name is Darren Ho, and I've been creating a website that will show people how to create an incredible wedding if you are on a tight budget. If you were like me, it was a stressful time, wanting to get the best of everything, but knowing you could not afford it so you had to use alternative solutions.
I've been married for 3 years and I was able to minimise a huge amount of my cost with thinking outside the box. This absolutely did not compromise on quality, but it made it more personal and memorable with our guests. Also I got to use the money that I saved on my wedding with more permanent things later on such as furniture and putting a down a deposit for my first house.
We had a budget in mind and we wanted to do everything needed to keep within it. Easier said than done when sometimes all you see from businesses is jacking up the price because they can justify that you should be spending that huge amount because it is your wedding.
Our marriage day is one of the best days of our lives, like so many others and wanted it to be perfect in everyway. To get the end result of everyone loving our wedding made it even more special. They were entertained every moment there was a break, and if you are like me, wanted to make everyone confortable and happy that they were ther during your wedding reception, not feel awkward sitting with people they didn't know.
To learn more, go to my Wedding Budget website.
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