Creative Wedding Ideas

Planning your reception can be as simple or elaborate as you desire. But if you wish to have to have an elegant reception and you are on a limited budget, there are ways you can creatively cut costs. Here are some great wedding reception ideas that will allow you to have a beautiful wedding reception and lower your costs.

Plan Your Reception for Less Popular Times of the Year

If you plan for your reception during the spring and summer, you are bound to pay much more than a fall or winter reception. The reason is because the majority of receptions are booked during that time and venues are charging premium prices.

If your heart’s desire is to have a spring or summer wedding, then another idea is to plan your wedding for a Friday or a Sunday. Very often venues will charge much less for those days because they are not as popular.

Catering Tips

Not only by booking your reception venue during off-peak times can help save money, you may find as well that some caterers will charge less for less popular days.

Plan chicken instead of a steak dish, most caterers will charge less for chicken.

When planning your wedding dinner, you do not have to include an extra dessert. Your wedding cake as dessert is all that is needed. That will be a savings of $2 -$4 per person right there!

Another thing you could do save even more money is change the wedding time from evening to noonish and plan for a lunch instead of a dinner. A lunch per guest will cost far less than a dinner. Another benefit of having your wedding at lunchtime is that your guests probably won’t drink as much alcohol.

Serve Your Own Alcohol

Here’s a way you can save a tremendous amount of money. Buy and serve your own alcohol. Caterers usually make a huge profit at the alcohol bar, and by supplying your own cases of wine and beer, you’ll be saving thousands of dollars by not having a bar bill. By working out an agreement where you purchase the alcohol, you can return any unused portion.

These are just a few wedding reception ideas to help you cut costs. These tips will allow you to save thousands of dollars and still provide the fabulous reception you have your heart set on!