Are you thinking about getting married? Wedding scheduled? Would you like to know what the costs of a wedding are? So we will show here what the biggest expenses are and how to reduce costs without harming the ceremony.
Everyone knows that a wedding is not a very cheap dream, quite the opposite, it is synonymous with expenses, and depending on the type of wedding, a lot of expenses. Since the world is the world, expenses can and should be divided between both families, of course, if they can afford it, as it is a very special moment for both parties.
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Traditionally, what is generally done, is for the bride’s parents to cover the costs of the trousseau and the party, while the groom’s family covers the costs of the new house and the honeymoon. However, today things have changed, and we can now see the bride and groom themselves inviting everyone, including even their parents! Because today women generally work, women are getting married later, often after they have already lived together and everything like that. But what matters is that, at the end of the day, the wedding belongs to the bride and groom!
Firstly, you must be realistic with financial matters, the ideal is to plan your wedding always thinking about how much you have available for it, without being stuck in debt for years. It’s even more worth it, in addition to being super elegant, to make a beautiful cake and champagne after the ceremony and enjoy the life of newlyweds without any hassles, offering a luxurious banquet, indulging in party houses, usually very expensive, being full of debts at the beginning of your life together.
However, if getting married with a buffet and everything else is your dream, know that the biggest expenses for holding a wedding are spent on this item, the buffet, and the Photography and Filming service. It is therefore necessary for the bride and groom to reach a consensus on what is a priority, if the ideal is to invest more in photos, filming, in short… private options, which should not be the responsibility of anyone else, other than the couple.
On average, a wedding for 150 people costs around R$100.00 to R$150.00 per guest, including everything related to the party and ceremony.
Tips to save on wedding costs:
1 – Ring– take into account small changes in metal type or carats, which can drastically change the cost of a piece of jewelry. The price of a Tiffany solitaire, a dream for many girls, can drop from 164,000 reais to 9,800 reais, but it is also possible to buy a pair of platinum rings for 8,810 reais. The yellow gold ones cost 4,940 reais per pair. The silver ones, 1,720 reais. If you don’t want to invest in foreign jewelry, Casa Vasconcellos, in Jardim Paulista, sells a pair of gold rings for 800 reais. For another 400 reais, one of them comes with a small diamond.
2 -Invitations– small changes can make a big difference, for example, changing the embossing for simpler prints. American relief is cool and, on average, 40% cheaper. Choose good quality national paper, which costs around 4 reais for a pack of 100 sheets, compared to almost 7 reais for imported paper. What’s more, choose an invitation template from the supplier’s catalogue, as creating a new template will cost between 200 and 300 reais alone. And an important and almost always forgotten rule: print 10% more invitations to have a reservation. There is always the risk of forgetting someone and printing a few units costs more. It’s worth knowing that classic or modern letters on envelopes cost 2 reais (unit value) and gothic ones, five times more.
3 – Wedding dress– certainly the dream of 99 out of 99% of women is to marry a custom-made model, with a price starting at 15,000 reais, however, it is worth knowing that opting for a ready-made model reduces the bill to a third of the value. and for those who don’t care about these details, there is the option of renting the dress, when the first rental (if the bride has made a dress and then returned it to the store) costs around 6,000 reais and if you walk down the aisle with one that has already been used still costs half that amount. Another way to make the dress cheaper is to replace French lace with American lace. A French woman’s meter, for large purchases, costs from 500 reais – on average, 7 meters are spent on a dress. The American option starts at 200 reais. Another option is instead of 100% silk fabric, opt for variations that contain polyester. But be careful with the proportion: 70% silk is the minimum.
4 – Veil– to save money, the tip is to use tulle with a lot of volume, which takes the place of lace in this case.
5 – Wreaths, crowns and tiaras – replace with very delicate natural or artificial flowers, but if you want a wreath, rent it, prices vary from 200 to 4,000 reais.
6 – Jewelry– don’t be afraid to use family pieces, as in addition to being chic, the pieces carry a story… Want something more romantic than that?
See also, 10 tips for you to organize your wedding on a budget
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