Who isn’t fond of big fat Indian weddings but not everyone goes by the idea of spending their lifetime earnings on a celebration so temporary! Waking up to the realities of life, being practical is quintessential. Wedding planning is no cake walk and thus requires a lot of planning and budgeting, especially when you’re a little tight-handed. Below are listed some ways that might help you roadmap your wedding preparations:
Plan, plan and plan
Planning is undoubtedly the best thing you can do before taking-off with any important work. And when it comes to wedding, planning is the first step involved. Get hold of a notepad and a pen and get going with the checklist, beginning from most important to-dos. Also make a list of things that are not-so important but you want it to be a part of your wedding, so that you can include them later if it fits in your budget. Do not begin without a game plan.
Avoid bloating your guest list
The lesser and closer the gathering, the better. As they say, quality before quantity. Distant acquaintances can be doffed off the guest list if you’re planning a low-budget wedding. Get hold of all your close cousins and besties; people who matter, be a part of your d-day.
Make utmost use of your own property
For small functions like Mehendi or Sangeet, you can make clever use of your own house if you own a big property. Or else reach out to someone you know, who would agree on lending their property for a couple of functions. Any celebration, may it be a get together or a party, is best enjoyed in the comfort of a house. Makes you feel free and obviously way cheap on your pocket than you would’ve thought. Worried about the music and dance arrangements? Think technology instead. There are many apps available in the hi-tech trunk which can replace contemporary DJ. Just get your playlist ready and give your virtual DJ a chance to get you grooving. Pacemaker, Cross DJ, edjing Mix are some apps to give it a shot.
Go the modern way with e-invitations
Traditional wedding cards are quite passé now. Carrying bulky lot of cards from relative to relative leaves you half dead already before the real celebration begins. Get a little techie and doll out e-invitations to your entire guest list. That’s being real economical, saving both time and money. Have a bunch of relatives who wouldn’t appreciate your techieness? Consider printing a small amount of invitations for them.
Choose these solitary locations as your wedding venue
Instead of a banquet or a traditional farmhouse wedding, try exploring places that are completely uncommon to get married around. Chucking the traditional way could help you save plenty. Can’t think of any? How about, a garden wedding? No! Not your colony garden. A garden like Garden of Five Senses in Delhi’s Saidul Ajaib village or in a vineyard. A beach wedding sounds quite posh and classy and a lot tranquil while you say ‘I do’ and it is way inexpensive than a regular banquet wedding.
All you’ll be required to do is, invest in a wedding planner stating your budget and they’ll get things fixed for you; right from catering to decoration to everything in between.
Rent or get your outfits stitched instead of purchasing
Wedding outfits are hardly worn anywhere else. One, because they are too heavy and embellished and secondly, there won’t be any occasion in your life as special as your wedding to get a chance to wear an attire like such. Renting would lower your expenses to a lot extent because wedding outfits are hell expensive. If you don’t go by the idea of renting, you can get your outfit stitched which would considerably lower your expenses.
Bring a photographer acquaintance to your rescue
Photography business has taken a leap generation by generation, and therefore, prices have hiked-up insanely, especially during the wedding season. Spending a couple of lakhs on just photography sounds unreasonable and a complete waste of money. To our rescue; we all know that one photographer acquaintance who clicks amazing photographs. Here’s your chance to get hold of that gem and ask for some help, promising them some reasonable appraisal.
Wise advice: Do not compromise on the food. That’s the most essential and looked out element of any wedding. After all Indian weddings are all about potpourri of cuisines and people’s reason to cheat on healthy eating.
