Cut Your Wedding Costs in Half - Top 10 Money Saving Tips Without Sacrificing Quality!

Have you ever wished that you knew the secrets of getting the wedding that you want without drilling a hole in your already half full pocket? Bridal sources claim to have money saving tips; however, it is easy to cut costs while foregoing the quality of your wedding. What is more challenging but absolutely not impossible is to plan the wedding that you want without sacrificing on the quality of your big day.

Below are insiders saving tips that you should consider when planning your wedding day.

1) Keep a Comparison Chart: In order to have clear picture of what you are really getting when booking a venue consider keeping a comparison chart. In order to get the best bang for your buck choose the venue that provides you with a better value, for example, some venues will include a cake and some decoration items for your wedding reception.
2) A Note about Reception Spaces: The rental fees for some empty spaces may be low however they are empty, which means that you will need to pay for furniture rentals and pay that much more for decorations. Consider booking a reception space that is beautifully decorated already, by decorated I mean that it already has the basics such as beautiful chandeliers or elaborate couches.
3) Book One Location for your Ceremony and Reception: Many reception spaces accommodate ceremonies; if possible you can save on rental fees for a ceremony space by utilizing what you already have at the reception space.
4) Free Reception Space: Did you know that if you belong to the military or a community organization as part of your benefits you may be able to use an impressive space for free? You can then splurge a bit on decorations and get the look that you have always imagined.
5) Your Photos and the Power of the Internet: Although the internet is widely used nowadays, it is absolutely underestimated by brides. Your photographer is now able to put your printed proofs online and not spend money to get them printed which save you a nice chunk on photography, allocate the difference to more impressive wedding albums.
6) Wedding Video: The difference between an "ok" wedding video and a "wow" wedding video is in the editing. Your videographer may have all the right shots but if it's not cleaned up and edited with taste then the video is not as impressive. An option for someone looking to save while keeping great quality is to have a talented videographer edit an amateur wedding video shot by a friend or a family member.
7) The Bar: Alcohol will be one of your bigger expenses and potentially eat a large chunk of your wedding. Your key to saving will be in negotiating with your caterer and/or reception space on buying your own alcohol and paying a cork fee instead. You can save up to 40% by going this route.
8) Benefit by Default: The benefit of buying your own alcohol is doubled when you negotiate a deal with a liquor store and pay wholesale prices as a part of a "bulk purchase" discount. When you have successfully used the strategy outlined as tip 7 and have successfully implemented tip 8 you can now offer your guests a more impressive selection of alcoholic beverages and not reserve to offering inexpensive beer and soft drinks in an effort to save of costs!
9) Abundance Strategy: Do one thing in abundance and make a statement. For example, lots and lots of branches will make an impact on your décor and branches are not as expensive as flowers. Another option is to go green in order to create an ultra modern look. Greens look modern and cool for half the cost of using exotic flowers!
10) Simple Elegance: Worse than not having floral center pieces on your tables is under spending and having cheap looking center pieces on your tables. Also, avoid having centerpieces consisting of 5 roses and filling out the volume with greens. Instead, keep it simple. If you do not have a budget for a proper abundant center piece that has enough roses to avoid gaps keep it simple, elegant and romantic with the flowing technique: Have your event designer gather long see through vases (if they are in house they might be free!), fill up vases half full with marbles, the marbles can be any color. Next, gather green leaves and fill up the other half of the vase. Your next move will be to add lots and lots of branches to the vase, the taller the better. Surround the centerpiece with lots of candles, mix and match tall and short. The result is a simple but elegant center piece that will impress you and your guests.

For your free report on how to plan a luxury wedding on a shoe string budget, visit http://www.luxuryweddingsecrets.com. Nadia Digilov is Manhattan's premier luxury wedding expert and the founder and CEO of NYC luxury event production firm Celebrating in Style, celebrating-instyle.com. After seven years on the trading floors of the largest investment banks on Wall Street, her passion for production led her to begin creating luxury events that leave a lasting impression. Since 2002 Nadia has created weddings, corporate events, concerts, trade shows, and marketing events in major cities around the world; including New York, Miami, Moscow, Tel Aviv and St. Petersburg.

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