is it possible to have a cheap wedding??

[Starsandthemoonx]

hi I would like advice from anyone who has had a low budget wedding! I would like to have a cheapish venue but nice I'm in Glasgow. I would also be booking this few years in advance can anyone roughly tell me how much they spend on what please thanks

Can you say roughly how many people you would want to invite? And roughly what kind of event you'd like to have e.g. church / sit down meal / music and dancing Vs small ceremony and lunch type thing?

You can get married for very little money, but a wedding is a different thing, it's hard to tell without some detail!

I got married for under a grand.
SO glad I saved my money because I'm now divorced
Had civil ceremony then party in church hall. Friends decorated to make it pretty, another friend made wedding dress, another friend did music, another friend made cake. In laws made all food.
Paid for hall hire, ex's suit, fabric for dress, some of food costs.
Realise I'm very lucky to have friends with the necessary skills and generosity to be able to do this.

As a 2019 bride, who also wanted a ‘budget wedding’ I can safely say that there is a definitive ‘get what you pay for’ situation within the wedding industry.

Although the extent to which you’re willing to DIY does factor in.

If you’re willing to go for an unconventional venue, non traditional sit down dinner, inexpensive band/entertainment and have moderate expectations for things like guestlist/flowers/dress/honeymoon/decor...etc then yes it’s possible to have a lovely wedding for a few hundred pounds!

🤔 However, you really need to keep in mind that the weddings on Pinterest and social media, which everyone seems to think are ‘rustic’ and ‘low budget’ actually cost quite a lot, to create that look.

A friend of mine is a wedding co-ordinator and reguarly runs into brides wanting to create the ‘rustic low budget’ look with absoloutley no perception of cost!

Hiring some shabby chic tables, only like £200 right? WRONG 😂🙈

Get married later in the day, then you only have to feed your guests once

yes, under £200.

Book registrar (this is the official legal bit)
Have ceremony
Fuck off home and have sex

Yep.

I had six people at my wedding, including registrar, groom and me.

It was bloody perfect.

Ask yourself who needs to be there?

hi sorry should of realised I should of gave more detail, yeah I would like an outdoor wedding or church and mabye 50 guests.

We did it for 2 grand. My advice would be:

1. keep the guest list small (we had 40)
2. only feed once (we had an 11 o'clock wedding and the reception finished at 4 so only had to cover lunch) but if you want an evening do then get married around 5 then you only have to cover dinner
3. go for out of season (we were December which had the added bonus of not having to decorate as the hotel was decorated beautifully for Christmas)
4. do away with things like favours/table plans/flowers etc
5. risky but we booked six weeks in advance and the hotel offered us some fab deals as they knew they wouldn't get anyone else at that notice and any booking was better than no booking.
6. rope in anyone who will help (grandparents made invitations, parents made the cake etc)
7. get an off the peg dress (mine was Coast)

Forgot to say by doing that we got married in a fab 4* hotel with lovely food and a free bar for the £2k