hermoney Weddings on a dime
By CARA DAVIS Wedding planner
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wedding is no longer a one-day affair. It has grown into a wedding weekend extravaganza with expensive festivities lasting two, three days or more. It’s estimated that guests alone will spend $500 to attend a wedding, and that figure doesn’t even include the wedding gift.
Bridesmaids can plan on
spending up to $1,400 to be a part of a friend’s big day, when you factor in the showers, the gifts, the dress, the travel and so on, according to
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So if you are the lucky bride planning your big day, it helps to get a game plan together
long before the actual day to help ease
the financial strain on your friends and families. And if you’re like most couples, you’re likely already looking at ways to save money wherever you can. Think of this as just another way to extend your planning beyond your own wallet.
Here are some unique ways you
can save your guests and wedding party money: Limit the guest list to locals and
closest long-term friends and family. The same applies for
your bridal
party. Keep it to your best friends and siblings. While it may be nice to reconnect with your best friend from elementary school, it’s a huge commitment
for someone you
haven’t talked to in years; and likely won’t after the wedding is over. You’ll be part of a growing trend. Couples are inviting fewer guests to weddings these days (144 compared to 152 in
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