Does a great wedding need to be an expensive one?

Philippines
April 16, 2009 4:39am CST
Every bride and groom want their wedding to be a memorable occasion not only for them, but also for their guests. How does one able to pull a great wedding especially in this recession? I say smart planning and a wise use of available resources-including that of money. With a dash of creativity thrown in.
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@NIECIE21 (365)
• United States
17 Apr 09
I dont think you have to spend an arm and leg to have a great wedding. I think that if you look around, you can find vendors pretty cheap. And they are always giving away stuff at bridal shows (I had one friend get a free honey moon, veil and invintations at one) It is hard, but it can be done :)
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@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I think a wedding can be great and memorable without it being expensive. I have seen beautiful weddings that didn't cost an arm and a leg. My best friend had this wonderful wedding and she made the decorations, invitations and other things she could have made. It was amazing but not incredibly expensive.
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• Canada
19 Apr 09
No, a great wedding does not need to be an expensive one. My husband and I got married twice. We eloped in AZ, but we had another ceremony for friends and family in Canada, at a latter date. We hardly spent any money at all (a couple thousand dollars). OK it could have been even cheaper if we wanted to go tiny, but we had a few centimental things we wanted to include AND it was his first chance to meet most of my family, so we thought "why not have a bit of a party, in the process?"
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@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
16 Apr 09
Well, it doesn't have to be so expensive.. in fact, a simple, solemn ceremony would do.. you can make your wedding memorable by being practical.. try to look for a great designer that offer his/her service for a low price, try to look for a simple venue and just make it look extravagant by adding a beautiful motiff, ask some of your friends to look for inexpensive flower arrangement service for you or if you know someone who is into gardening, you can ask him/her to give you a discount and many many more.. just be creative and resourceful and you'll go places..
• Philippines
12 May 09
Budget your money wisely. You don't need to have an expensive wedding in order to be memorable. Do all your creativity so that you can stick with your budget but still create a very memorable wedding.
@pink_lady (361)
• Philippines
20 Apr 09
Expensive wedding? nope, for me, it doesn't need to be a expensive one. You can celebrate your wedding by using simple resources that you have. In our wedding it was a nice and a memorable wedding with a 300 guests, but you will be surrpised by the budget we have, we only budgeted our wedding around 250 to 300 thousand pesos only. (here in the phils.) It is because of our great friends you have helped us. The church wedding is free, coz my husband's father is Retired Air Force. The Reception area is so cheap also,the dress, it cost us about 35 to 40thousand for the whole set of bridemaids, flowergirls, dress of my mom and his mom, barongs and of course my wedding gown, I design my own gown. Then the food, the checf is a good friend of my husband. and it is a very great wedding for me. My emcees are a good friend of my sister-in-law, so it's free of charges, my musicians also are friends but we have paid them so very cheap. Many ideas and many ways to do just to have a great wedding, it don't need to be an expensive one. Just be wise enough.
@surajben (262)
• India
20 Apr 09
Wedding need not be an expensive one. It is to make ourselves happy with others enjoying it. What if the wedding is an expensive one and the life after that is miserable. There are lot of people in this world living together for a life time without getting married.
@larish (2234)
• Philippines
12 May 09
A Wedding is just a one day event. How to stay married is the most important focus. It doesn't really need to be expensive. What is important is that it is organize and the expense should be on the set budget only.