Lisa Dominguez and Alex Perez met on a dating app almost two years ago and it was love at first click.
“A lot of people are criticizing, ‘Are you sure?’ ‘Are you so in love?’ ‘Are you getting married?’… And I said yes, but I didn’t see it that way, I saw it as something very intentional, I wanted something specific and look at it here it is,” Lisa said.
The chemistry between them was so strong that Alex did not hesitate to ask for her hand, and a year later, they are ready to say yes.
“The first thing I thought was the money, I said ‘wow’ and what a show is this, they say wedding and it’s the ‘dollar sign’, the money to the maximum,” added Lisa.
Although inflation is giving them a headache, that does not take away the desire to have the wedding of their dreams, making a small cut in the budget.
“And let the intention be seen, because ours is the intention to see the detail of love, before the cost. What a flower costs, that’s why the ‘budget’ had to go up a little more, but not that much, we didn’t want to go over 10 thousand dollars and it’s possible,” said Lisa.
For them it’s all about creating a unique, personalized, purposeful and memorable celebration, but they couldn’t do it alone, and they enlisted the help of wedding planner, Belinda Aguirre.
Aguirre.
“An average wedding costs between $50.00 to $70,000 in this area, I think you can do a small wedding for less than $20,000, but the problem comes from how many guests and what are the luxuries you want,” explained Aguirre, from Sovereign Bee .
Aguirre says that these are some tips for an affordable wedding:
*Fix the budget in advance and reduce the guest list
*Look for a non-traditional place and book during the week
*And that it is equipped with chairs, tables and even sound included
*If the place allows it, buy drinks in bulk, instead of an open bar
*Choose seasonal flowers, they are usually cheaper
“Take a year to plan a wedding, a year is extremely the perfect time, you have time to find the room, you have time to send the invitations, to choose the photographer, for the dress, everything,” added Aguirre.
Lisa for her part, chose to forego the traditional wedding dress.
“That’s all very simple.”
According to wedding planning website Zola, getting married in 2023 in the United States can cost between $29,000 in some cities and can exceed $35,000.
The five cities in the United States where it is most expensive to celebrate a wedding this year are:
1) New York – $43,536
2) San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose – $37,284
3) Boston – $35,902
4) Philadelphia – $34,111
5) Miami – $33,622
“At the end of the day, all you need is love and that’s what’s important,” said boyfriend Alex.
2023-07-07 19:28:00
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