Tying the Knot: Wedding Planning on a College Student's Budget

Choosing a Wedding Venue: Setting the Tone for the Party The next thing to do is choosing a venue because this will set the tone for the party. It’s essential to know before sending out the wedding invitations (While for the “Save the Dates”, it is only important to know the city where the ceremony and reception will take place). Once you have the venue, you can plan everything else: decor, table arrangements, any food bars that you may have the space for (i.e. alcohol, coffee, candy, donut, dessert), etc... The average wedding venue cost is about $13,385.00 . And that may or may not include music, photographers or cake. And for a college student on a tight budget, it is a significant cost! When it comes to booking a wedding venue there tends to be three major options. There are some options for reducing the cost on this item, and thereby, the whole wedding. These are the three options ranging from least expensive to most expensive. Backyard ($) (Image credit: Ruf...

Ballin' on a Budget: Setting Your Wedding Budget Establishing the budget for the wedding is probably the second most important things (if not the most important) a couple needs to do before the wedding. It is also one of the tedious things about wedding planning, but after it is established you will know where you can splurge and where you will need to cut corners. Here are some of the most important steps you and your significant other can go over to calculate your wedding budget: (Photo by Elizabeth Murphy ) Figure Out All Sources of Income This is an opportunity fir you and your future spouse to communicate and compromise while also making important progress on your wedding. It is essential that you ad your significant other sticks to the budget that you both set. This is also an excellent practice for when you and your spouse will be managing the household's finance as a married couple. It's important to talk about all of the possible combined sou...

The Beginning of Planning a Wedding: The Date CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'RE ENGAGED! getting engaged is very exciting, but as soon as you start telling others about it, the first question they ask you is: When is the wedding? Something that I have learned in this process, is that the wedding date is the first things that an engaged couple should discuss as soon as possible... although it is okay to knot know it right away. Choosing a Date When it comes to choosing a date to get married, there are a lot of factors to take into consideration: Whether a particular venue is available The availability of the chosen church (if you are having a church ceremony as well) Healthy conditions (of either partner or a loved one) Preferred climate season (and weather conditions in the area you are getting married) Budget Academic schedule Etc. Ask Your Priest (or Minister/Rabbi/Ordained person/Religious leader) If you are planning to have a religious ceremony, i...