Planning a Cheap Destination Wedding
October 26, 2009
A destination wedding will not only focus on the location and all trips, it will also require a lot of wedding expenses. Remember, there are several areas of a wedding destination that will definitely need a great amount of dollar, and most major case is you and your guests will have travel expenditures. Apart from the travel expenses, of course, you will have the basic wedding costs. Also, there are the expenditures associated with hotels and accommodations. However, if you want to make your dream wedding destination come true without breaking the bank, there are some tips and ideas that you may consider.
Who says you can’t save on travel expenses? One way to save money when it comes to the traveling aspect is by requesting your guests who will be flying from the same location to make their travel plans a group. You can save as much as ten percent on the plane tickets when you request for the airline’s group rate when booking the flight. The date of the wedding is also a great factor. Consider choosing a wedding date, especially if it is a destination wedding, that is off season. Avoid peak season wedding dates for most airline companies increases their price at those times. While on the other hand, off season dates is where airline companies lower down their rates.
If you opt to have a resort venue, consider some resorts that are giving freebies such as a free wedding ceremony for those who will stay on them. You may ask this particular benefit when you make your initial calls to several resorts. If you are utilizing a travel agency, you may be given brochures for resort destinations. Check them over for this feature and other similar savings.
Also, if you consider checking different websites and even hotels, some of them are offering wedding benefits for their guests such as offering wedding planners at a lower costs or even for free. Check out some hotels at your selected wedding location to see if they have any wedding services offered, and if they do, there are often great discounts and even free wedding plans. Some websites are also some wedding services that can help you cut your wedding expenses. Just make sure you know how many guests are included in any package deal offered by a wedding planner.
You can save money also on accommodations of the guests. There are some great options to accommodate your guests that are also a great money saving idea. You alternatives like villas or apartments in the area they could rent. Most popular destination locations are used to these request. Also, they may have special prices for wedding parties.
You can also save money on the other details of your destination wedding. Of course, you don’t want to spend a fortune for gifts alone. As much as you want to end you destination wedding by thanking your guests, but that doesn’t mean you are required to prepare a great amount of dollar. You can cut down your wedding expenses buy just giving cheap wedding favors, or perhaps give inexpensive bridesmaids gifts and groomsmen gifts. After all, having a cheap wedding ideas doesn’t mean you will be having a low quality wedding. Actually, these are few ideas on how to make your dream wedding real without sacrificing a fortune.
Janet R.
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5 Responses to “Planning a Cheap Destination Wedding”
My cousin is planning a destination wedding and her parents revealed to us that it’s cheaper than in our city.
I sympathize with the desire to save money, but feel a little irritated that their savings are basically being transferred into all the guests’ expenses. We all live in the same metro urban area so it’s not a matter of convenience for certain people who might not otherwise be able to go. My husband has already told me that we won’t go on principle. Despite all of the facts I would still love to witness this couple’s wedding.
I guess my question is two-fold. Are destination weddings a way to reduce the number of guests without actually omitting them from the guest list (an un-vitation)? And, what is the best way to decline when both families know the costs involved, although they will be high, are not an issue for us, we’re not afraid to fly and they are giving us plenty of notice so we can’t tell them we have other plans??
By blueberrybalance on Oct 26, 2009
Why not see this as an opportunity for a short vacation ?
If you object, simply decline the invite. No reason is necessary.
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By Cammie on Oct 26, 2009
Sometimes destination weddings are in order to reduce the number of guests, thereby reducing the costs even more.
But don’t underestimate the price of getting married in a metro-urban area. If you can even get the facility you want on the date you want, it could cost thousands of dollars. Caterers, flowers, etc are all much more expensive in the city.
Keep in mind also that the couple may be embarrassed they can’t afford a huge wedding, and her parents shouldn’t have revealed that to you.
Not attending out of spite is a childish way to behave. And how is your husband going to tell you what to do, when it’s your cousin?
Bottom line: this is the couple’s big day, NOT YOURS, and you should be grateful you have the financial means to attend. They can have their wedding wherever they please!
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By luisa_mapacha on Oct 26, 2009
Sounds like the couple doesn’t want a lot of guests at their wedding, or they would’ve did what they could to have some sort of presentation in their own area without making guests go out of their way. I don’t thnink a destination wedding reduces the guests without omitting them, because deposits on guest numbers must be made in advance, and that money goes whether the guest attends or not.
An aquaintance of mine couldn’t afford a full wedding, so they got married at City Hall, and had a lovely banquet reception at a later time. They had a much nicer party, and guests ended up giving them better wedding gifts!
It’s going to come down to your personal choice. How bad do you want to go, and do you have the means to do it? Once you make your decision whether to go or not, accept it without regret.
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By Flea© on Oct 26, 2009
I do not understand it. Trying to manage a wedding long distance, getting a flight, carrying all the wedding stuff on the plane, and after the ceremony, back on again. Making people who are supposed to be your family and friends do the same.
It would not surprise me to learn that it is a way to limit the guest list without hurting anyone’s feelings, they think. But it does hurt. People who do not have the money to go, and people like you, who would like to, and think it is ridiculous to go so far and spend so much money. And people, who did not get an invitation, who have figured out that they got eliminated from the guest list.
You have the option to say no, and your have the option to turn it into a holiday for yourselves..To decline, return the RSVP card, and mark will not attend. If the happy couple calls and asks why, your option to tell all of , or part of, the truth.
Bet they expect the un-invited to send a gift anyway. And by the way, do not bother buying a gift, the only acceptable gift is money. But that is an answer for another question!
Good luck.
PS, one of my friends wants to get married in the bahamas. It would be the happy couple, her three adult children and me. And she will be paying for it. That is a really cool idea. And I know her well enough to know that a big present[money] is expected, close to the amount that the trip is costing. and that is OK.
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By riversconfluence on Oct 26, 2009