The Most Basic Wedding Budgeting Tip

Before I go on, I feel the need to say something about how to save money with a wedding budget that I have said a hundred times in as many ways. Still, it is so important that it cannot be missed:

The first, and most important thing any couple can do to keep their wedding budget in line is to take the time to prioritize. They must stop and consider what elements they want in their wedding - especially if the budget is tight. It might be wiser to get married in a rose garden at the peak of the season if one is available than to spend any money hiring a florist so they can have that dream wedding cake. Or skip the cake, have Aunt Elie make her killer fudge torte served with drizzled chocolate and caramel sauce to serve the guests so the couple can spend more on flowers, or photography, or...

More than that, however, is to consider priorities within each discipline. Not everything is a matter of all or nothing. Sometimes it is a matter of considering the options. The more a couple can approach a professional knowing exactly what they want the smaller the chance they will be susceptible to "upsale" (a technique all sales people use to increase the sale) and they more they will be able to keep their wedding budget in line.