- Have your bridal shower at your own home providing home
cooked food.
- At your bridal shower purchase decorations that can also
be used as parting gifts such as personalized candles etc.
- Celebrate your wedding at a local pub or tavern. This will
give you the benefits of having all of your friends with you and none of
the financial responsibility. Basically this night is no different than
spending an evening with friends to celebrate a promotion, only the focus
is on your wedding instead. Many couples will do this together instead of
a bachelor/bachelorette party.
- If you or a family member have memberships at a local
legion, you can often convince them to let you use their halls for you
bridal shower.
Some
Last Minute Extras
For all of the tips and money saving
advice that was mentioned here, there are still some extra tips and advice to
help you have the nicest wedding ceremony, reception etc that you can afford.
There are still some tips that should be mentioned for the purposes of this
guide.
These tips cover some of the extras that
you might want to include. Let’s take a look at them now.
- Save money on your thank you cards, by placing an ad
thanking everyone on the internet or your personal web page. You can get
free web space from many ISPs like yahoo Geocities.
- Limit the number of tables at your reception party so that
you can lower the number of centerpieces and other extras.
- When offering door prizes as a fun addition to the
reception stick to the basics such as special wine bottles with glasses
and candles, or gift certificates.
- Hosting a pig roast is a great way to have fun at your
reception at a lesser cost. Some couples will offer their guests free
liquor and food for a per person fee.