Planning to Save Money on your Wedding

Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 78 March 20, 2010

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Over the next few weeks on Saturdays we’re going to be talking about saving money on your wedding. One note if you have tens of thousands of bucks to spend on your wedding, then this won’t be the series for you. We’ll be working thru some ways to save money on your wedding by going thru a checklist we found on the Wedding Channel. http://wedding.weddingchannel.com/planning/checklist/12-10months.asp We’ll work thru the list from 12 months out to the day of the wedding. Here are some highlights on things we’ll be talking about. If you have someone you know that is planning a frugal wedding, we would love it if you sent them a note to check us out.

Your wedding budget - we’ll talk more about that below.

How many people should you invite / how big should your wedding party be.

10-12 months

Start looking for a wedding reception site.
Figure out where the wedding is going to be.
Think about your honeymoon.

9-6 months

Buying your wedding dress
Getting a photographer
DJs and the Band
Food for your wedding
A gift registry

4-5 months
Your wedding cake
Your wedding Ring
The Tux
The family dresses
Invitations
Wedding Favors
Bridal shower

2-3 months
Send invitations

1-2 months

Attendant gifts

3-4 weeks

Figuring where to get your hair done