At $100 per head for guests for food and drink, thats $10k gone quicker than you have ever seen. Then even if you add the essentials, the dress, the suits, celibrant, the invitations and hair and make-up on the day you already well and truly at $15k! Then if you would like a photographer, videographer, some decorations, favours, a guest book and transport, you are easily pushing $25k! Plus your honeymoon? I'd say most people end up around the $30k mark.
Now I dont know about you? But thats 75% of my yearly earnings, even higher after the government take their cut. So it is an expensive business.
So what do I reccommend?
- Shop around, get quotes and ask if they can beat or do better.
- DYI where you can
- Call in favours from friends and family who may have talents in singing, decorations, MC-ing?
- Consider doing your own hair and make-up?
- Pick a line for the guest list and stick to it. No cousins? No partners? No children?
- Avoid wedding planners and try sites like easyweddings.com.au first and foremost
- Find out if your parents wish to contribute and get a figure on how much....this is something I have had extreme difficulty with, our parents will help ofcourse but wont give us a figure which makes like a bit harder when it comes to budgeting.
- I will be starting a second job, hopefully to give the bank account an extra $100-200 boost each week going directly into a wedding saver account
- Start looking into loans. Will your credit card suffice? Do you need a personal loan? Can you add the cost of the wedding onto your homeloan?
If all else fails elope....its all the same in the end....i guess hahah
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