After the pandemic, the wedding season has again emerged in full swing. It is the time of the year when your mailbox gets flooded with a wedding invitation, and you must be stressing about the cost incurred due to attending these social events. In such a situation remain a wedding on a budget becomes hard for us.
One of the biggest reasons that attending a wedding becomes a costly affair is that all the invitations we receive are from the ones who are utterly close to us, and we can not say no to them.
According to a study by The Knot, the average cost of a wedding was $33,391 in 2017. The spending of couples on average was $268 on a single guest.
A study by The Knot has been revealed that the average cost of attending a wedding was $800 in 2018. Couples used to spend $1000 on a single member, on average.
All these numbers show why it becomes essential for guests to survive a wedding on a budget.
There is n number of money-saving hacks that will help you savor the palatable delicacies of the wedding without worrying about the expenses.
Let’s begin!!
There are chances that you receive many wedding invitations in a single month. Create chaos in your mind and pocket. Therefore to keep things manageable, you should check your calendar before you send your RSVP card.
Check all wedding cards. Any wedding date is conflicting with others. Highlight the wedding that requires travel, bachelorette parties, and many more requirements.
After analyzing all the things, you will get an idea of where you can be at what date. It will also streamline your travel plan (if required). Through prior planning, you can also learn about other hidden expenses and the best way to survive a wedding on a budget.
Weddings often come with the obligation to travel. If the wedding is of someone main then fulfilling this obligation becomes mandatory. In the present time, there’s a trend of destination weddings. Travel expense becomes obligatory, and challenge comes when it comes to surviving on a budget.
The expense suffer on traveling can be optimized by taking care of the following things:
Going to a friend’s wedding is not an easy task. You have to look the best of yourself. One important thing which you have to take care of is the choice of wedding attire.
Multiple weddings in a month and only a few clothes to wear, it is not an option. But one cannot buy different attire for every new wedding. It will cost a lot and would be difficult to survive a wedding on a budget.
A report by CNN has been revealed that the average cost of a wedding dress cost around $81. We understand that most of us do not have a budget to buy anything new for every event.
To enjoy wedding season on budget with you can re-wear a dress to a wedding. You can always experiment with the look with different shoes, different belts, or any other new accessory.
If you do not have more options to wear, you can always go for a classic, evergreen, versatile black dress. Black wedding attire is perfect for all wedding occasions. Either you can invest or borrow a dress.
In this way, you can survive weddings on a budget without worrying about the burden on your pocket.
Invitation to multiple weddings simultaneously brings a lot of stress for wedding guests as they have to make arrangements for different wedding gifts. In this way, surviving weddings on a budget become an arduous task.
To offer a fascinating and exceptional gift to the couple, you should make sure that you are aware of their choices, likes, dislikes, etc.
While selecting the gifts of their choice has to take care of the budget constraints. Here are some tips to save on wedding gifts and enjoy a budget wedding.
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