{"id":846,"date":"2016-08-29T07:37:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T07:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/?p=846"},"modified":"2016-08-21T07:39:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T07:39:55","slug":"how-to-do-wedding-planning-on-a-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/how-to-do-wedding-planning-on-a-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do Wedding Planning on a Budget?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">First things first \u2013 set a limit<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">If you want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingbranch.co.uk\">plan a wedding<\/a> for \u00a310,000 then you may want to plan your budget like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a33,000 for venue<\/li>\n<li>\u00a32,500 for catering<\/li>\n<li>\u00a31,500 for drinks<\/li>\n<li>\u00a31,500 for dress and suits<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3500 for transport<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3300 for a cake<\/li>\n<li>\u00a3700 for a photographer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Separating the budget accordingly means that you know where the money is allocated and it gives you a little bit of leeway to adjust your price on each aspect. One thing we would always say is never hire a budget photographer \u2013 everything else may just be for the day, but those wedding photos will last forever!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Pick the Cheapest Time to Get Married<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">When you decide to get married can make an even bigger impact than where you decide to get married. Choosing to get married in the middle of the week or on a Sunday, compared to a Saturday wedding could save you a small fortune. Similarly, picking a date in Spring, Autumn or Winter will also see big savings coming in when compared to a summer wedding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Choose Your Venue Carefully<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">You can have some amazing budget weddings if you pick the right location \u2013 often, somewhere you wouldn\u2019t typically consider. There are lots of venues around the country that are licensed to hold marriage ceremonies, why not pick something a little bit different?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">This holds two benefits really \u2013 1 your special day is truly special in a unique location and 2 these venues tend to be a lot more affordable than places which are booked up years in advance! Some of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingbranch.co.uk\/wedding-venues.html\">the best budget wedding venues in the UK<\/a> are still yet to be discovered\u2026 you could just be one of the first people married there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Personalisation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Budget doesn\u2019t mean \u2018stock\u2019, in fact it is very different to that. Taking the reins and deciding to add or remove certain parts of the wedding package is a great way to save money. For example, making your own table decorations could end up saving you around \u00a3500 plus you have the added bonus of spending time together making them yourself!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Scrap the DJ<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Honestly, cheap wedding DJs are the worst! Instead of forking out your hard earned cash on someone who will just play a generic wedding music playlist, why not create your own playlist with all your favourite songs? You probably already have one \u2013 plug this into some speakers and you\u2019re good to go!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First things first \u2013 set a limit If you want to plan a wedding for \u00a310,000 then you may want to plan your budget like this: \u00a33,000 for venue \u00a32,500 for catering \u00a31,500 for drinks \u00a31,500 for dress and suits &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/how-to-do-wedding-planning-on-a-budget\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[346,320,287,319,286],"tags":[305,304,317,292,288,296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}