7 most practical ways to cut down costs for your wedding.

Yes.. this is one question that always comes to our mind when we are about to get married.

Everything suddenly seems to be important and we just cant do away with certain things. We really cant decide where to cut costs and where to not and ofcourse the whole 'log kya kahenge' comes up in case you decide to NOT do something.

Here's presenting 7 simple yet extremely practical ways to cut down costs for your wedding. You wouldnt even feel like you are compromising on anything and trust me guys no one would even know that you are cost cutting.

1.  Flowers-

In your wedding decor opt for fake flowers topped with a few real ones. This will end up saving so much cost I cant tell you. The bill of real flowers can run into lacs but this way u shall ensure a good cost cut and at the same time it wouldnt look like you have compromised since the top layer shall have real flowers only. And these days the fake flowers look so good that you wouldnt even be able to guess the difference between the fake one and the real one.

Fun tip: Project an LED light on white flowers and set it on pink, blue or purple colour to give a soft glow to the venue. This shall look classy and no one shall ever know whether the flowers are real or fake.

2. Talk to your decorator -

 

Have an exact idea of what you want and don't let the decorator take you for a ride. Learn some jargons of the event industry and throw it in front of them while speaking to them. The decorator shall know that you know the industry well and wouldn't dare to take you on a ride.
Also check if there is a wedding happening at the same location a day prior. If there is then check for the decor that the decorator is putting up. In case you like it and its as per your taste, speak to the decorator to keep the same decor intact. This way he might charge you only 10% of the whole decor bill since he doesnt have to end up doing double work.

3. Bridal outfit- 

 

While shopping for my bridal outfit (the bridal lehenga) I realised that there is nothing below 75-80k that I like. And the costs just kept shooting up. I was really sad since I thought this is the most wasteful expense. I would look like a million buck on the D-day but would not be able to wear it ever again for my entire life.
I then entered some shops to just check stuff and to my surprise (a pleasant one that is) I found an awesome lehenga which was beautiful and my jaw dropped when I heard the price of it. It was below 20k.. I was like whaaaat, Im picking this up. So the trick here is to go for unstitched lehengas instead of the stitched ones. You just have to get it stitched from the same guys you buy your lehenga from and they charge you a couple of thousand bucks extra for stitching but trust me its totally worth it. Rather than spending 80k on an outfit that is stitched, you might just buy an outfit that is not stitched and get it stitched later.
You can get these great unstitched outfits at shops like Bawree, Aishwarya Design Studio, Kanchana, etc
P.S- Kanchana also has some great bridal unstitched lehengas for 4500rs. Just in case you like some bling, it is just the thing for you. In my case, I dont like bling too much so I let it go.

4. Use regular water instead of mini mineral water bottles:

How many of you have been to a wedding recently and seen a bunch of bisleri bottles adorn the centre of the table. I am sure most of us have. Guys, its not only fancy but the most wasteful thing to have bisleris at your wedding. One you end up wasting gallons and gallons of water and two you have to pay the caterer a minimum of 6rs for each bisleri bottle. And for a crowd for 1000 people you have to end up paying for 10000 bisleris as caterers believe in getting 10 bottles on an average per person. So you waste a good 60000rs and waste tonnes of water. And in case your guests end up drinking more than 10 bottles of water your expense shall just keep shooting up.

Instead keep the regular filter water that caterers usually offer. It is not unhygienic and trust me no one shall even notice that the bisleri bottles are missing.

5. Choreographer:

 

We all have that one friend whos a great dancer, the life of a party and can swing to any tunes. Rings a bell? Ask that friend to choreograph for your sangeet instead of hiring a professional choreographer who shall charge a bomb. And in case the friend is not too sure of the whole sangeet, you can assign them a few songs and divide the task amongst two- the choreographer and the friend. That way you shall end up paying half the amount to the choreographer. And trust me it will be a lot of fun to learn dance moves from a friend rather than a stranger because you can be totally comfortable in front of your friend.

6. E-invites:

 

Go digital guys. There is not a single relative of yours who's not on whatsapp or facebook. You can design a cool invite and send them all an e-card and ask them to consider it as a personal invitation.
This way you end saving a huge chunk of money on the card itself and also ancillary costs like sweets or chocolates that go alongwith the card, fuel required to reach to people's places because you personally want to invite them, etc.
In case your folks believe that there are certain people for whom we shall need a card because 'log kya kahenge' ,then just get a card printed for those people. Strictly do not exceed the no of people on that list.

7. Centrepieces:

 

 Center pieces on tables end up adding quite a lot to the whole bill. Because they use fresh flowers there as well alongwith other props. Instead why not come up with something creative like a vintage globe in the center that can also double up as a message book. Whoever sits on that table writes a message for the couple. Or a mason jar filled with fairy lights or cut fresh fruits and fill them in a mason jar. There are a lot of innovative ideas for a fun and innovative center piece. You just have to 'google' it.
P.S- People would not even know you are saving some money, they would just go like 'wow you are damn creative'

I hope these tips might seem useful to you and that you end up using a few or all of them.

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