Indian wedding ceremonies are an elaborate and expensive affair. A budget plan is an important
requirement for any wedding so that only that money is spent, which you can afford to. Even if
your wedding ceremony is a small affair it is important to plan your wedding. Nowadays you can
hire wedding planner to plan everything for you. They will plan your wedding according to your
budget. If you want to cut down on your cost than you have to cut down on your gust list. You
have to invite only selected few of your friend, relatives, neighbors and colleagues. The ways
you can plan your wedding are as follows:
Make a separate gust list for close relatives, distant relatives, close friends, friends,
neighbors, and colleagues. Prioritize on the basis of your closeness. Depending on the size
of the wedding you have to prepare your guest list. For small wedding, keep your family invites
restricted to close relatives and friends only. The distant relatives can be avoided. In these
cases the parents only decides the gust list. In the gust list include only close colleagues
of yours. The other ways you can budget plan are as follows:
- For wedding decoration select flowers, which are less expensive and
use the wisely.
- While deciding on the date of the wedding try to choose the winter
dates like November, January or February. Winter weddings can be
beautiful.
- Friends who are good at painting and art and craft you can take the
help of them in decorating your house or in mehndi function as a mehndi
artist. They will contribute in your wedding function and help you to
save some money.
- Have a friend take the photos and video shoots of the wedding
function instead of hiring professionals who will charge a lot. But if
you really want a professional, than you can hire them only for the main
day evening function.
- If you are planning a cocktail party than go for wine instead of
champagne. This will reduce your cost.
- For invitation card print your own invitations, instead of going for
costly papers use simple papers and simple, classic fonts, and colors
and add a decorative touch like a bow or stamp or a zari border.
- While selecting your menu choose carefully. Go for simple items that
require less ingredients and time are less costly, but should be
delicious and tasty.
- So these are some of the ways you can reduce your costs. Other than
this there are areas like wedding decorations, venue fee, bridal and
groom attire, cosmetics and jewelry to be looked after.
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