7 Smart Ways To Prepare For Your 7 Vows

It’s that time of the year again. The bells are ringing and the wedding industry is prepped up to rake in the moolah. But before you pour out your life’s saving in celebrating the best day of your life, here are a few basic money tips that may help you plan your big day within your budget. .

Hire a wedding planner

No, we aren’t talking of Marion St. Claire of the 2009 flick Bride Wars. But we are definitely talking about Shaadi Mubarak from the 2010 hit Band Baja Baraat. Remember, how they manage to pull off a lovely wedding on their own with a very limited budget. There are several upcoming wedding planners, who are ready to give you the best within your budget. These people know the best caterers, the best decorators and most importantly, the best deals that would give you exactly what you want within your budget. So, open up to the idea of a wedding planner and you will excuse yourself from running around in the city looking for the best bargains.

Explore city outskirts

Venue is an extremely important part of the wedding. We all want to have a lavish wedding with some great interiors but we need to remember that they cost a few good grand if they are within the city. Banquets halls and hotels within the main city offer limited space coupled with a major parking problem. Explore farm houses that are on the outskirts of the city. They are spacious, can house several outstation guests and in fact, can be quite a change from the city’s hustle bustle. Besides, farm houses that are on the city’s borders are generally available at a much cheaper price than their counterpart in the city.

Go for local bijouterie

It is best to plan in advance and do most of the jewellery shopping. But if you have been doubtful about your wedding plans before, then it is best to check out small jewellery stores first. Every city has plethora of small jewelers, who offer great designs at a much lower price vis-à-vis the big brands. They not only offer you great designs but also have lower making charges which can save a good few thousands. Also, one can try some of the established online jewellery retailers such as Caratlane.com, Bluestone.com among others. The designs available are good and the prices are ridiculously lower than that of brick and mortar retailers.

Offer healthy gourmet

Let’s admit that Indians love food! Thus, this makes catering an extremely important part of the wedding ceremony. And it would be a task if you aren’t planning to get a wedding planner on board. So, while deciding on the menu, ensure you have a lot of seasonal vegetables which are easily available. Dishes that have vegetables in their off season are a great risk as they are not just exorbitantly priced but are also not fresh and healthy. Besides, storing such vegetables is also an expensive affair.

Do your couture shopping smartly

We all love to dress up in designer dresses. But rather than spending a fortune on designer dresses, explore the city and look for places that offer similar designs at a much lower price. For instance, Chandni Chowk in Delhi has stores that offer the latest fashion in bridal couture at a very affordable price. So, explore the city and check out these stores and who knows, you may just end up buying something even better than what just walked the ramp!

Check out for coupons

We all want to look our best on our wedding day and so probably shell out a lot in the salons. But before you grab your purse and run to the nearest parlour for the bridal routine, wait and check out all the websites that offer coupons on wedding make-up. Websites such as couponduniya.com and Groupon.com, have a plethora of coupons that offer packages for bridal make-up as well as a couple of other beauty regimes in some popular salons at very reasonable prices.

Brief your photographer properly

Pictures remain with us forever even after the event is long over. So before you hire a photographer to go click click on your wedding day, understand how you would want your wedding pictures to come out. There are various photographers who exclusively shoot weddings. You can hire one of the wedding photographers but if they are a little over your budget, hire local photographers to do the job. These wedding photographers have their own websites that display their work so you can idea on how to shoot the wedding and can ask your photographer to shoot accordingly.