Saving Money on Your Wedding Reception

Weddings are expensive to plan, everything from a venue to the decorations and the food costs a lot and most couples want to add some sort of personalized touch to their wedding and that's more than likely to add to the price tag. Planning the wedding you've always dreamed off and doing it on a budget often takes a lot of compromising on your part because whenever it comes to a choice between getting something over budget or an alternative, you always end up with the alternative that isn't so great.

What you need to know is that you can save money on literally every part of your wedding if you have a good idea of exactly what you want. Make a list of the top ten things that you absolutely cannot have a wedding without and then find out how many of them require a professional to do the job. As a rule hiring a professional will add to the cost of a wedding so unless your top ten list has something like a certain DJ that you want at your wedding, consider having it done by family and friends.

If you're more concerned with what you serve at the wedding reception as opposed to who makes the food you can have family members make it or find a local cooking school who'll cater the wedding for the cost of the food. Find unique ways to combine different elements of the decorations. You can use fruit bouquets or fresh fruit arrangements as table centerpieces and give your wedding arrangements an exquisite touch of originality.

If you don't plan on having a live band and you don't have a favorite DJ then compile a list of your favorite songs and have someone who is tech savvy play it at your reception.