Friday 28 October 2022, 05:46
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A wedding is one of the most important events in a couple’s life, so newlyweds are often tempted to spend money left and right, especially if it’s their first wedding.
Besides the fact that there is a certain set budget, most people hope to have some money left over after the event, but this is very difficult considering the very high costs that a wedding entails.
One woman told the group of Facebook “Family budget”Who was about to celebrate a small wedding and asked for advice on what he could give up. Dozens of people shared their experiences and explained what they wouldn’t spend money on a second time.
“Hi. What advice do you have for a fairly small wedding (maximum 60 people)? What is needed and why can I lose it? I accept any advice,” the woman wrote about the group.
“Hi, I deal with wedding stationery and since I am in all kinds of bridal groups I can tell you what is not worth it or to what extent from this point of view:
Invitations: the vast majority end up in the trash, so you can opt for an electronic invitation or something not very elegant, up to 2 lei
Gift Envelopes: You can buy DL envelopes from any stationery store, custom envelopes are not worth worrying about.
Table numbers, menus – are optional, depending on each wedding, but not a necessity
Dress / dress – from what I’ve heard, you can’t even find dresses under 1000 lei in Red Dragon (2-3 years ago you could have them for 600-700 lei), but it depends on everyone’s budget and how much they want to invest. Many brides have chosen to sell their wedding dress, as just for one night is not worth the investment at least from my point of view.
To quote: guests will not give a bigger gift than they had planned from home regardless of whether or not you have a photo booth, arrangements by I don’t know what company, I don’t know what band, etc …
Now it all depends on everyone, there are people who believe that the wedding dress represents the whole wedding (I have seen brides who paid 10,000 lei for the dress because “you only get married once” and brides who have chosen to invest the maximum of 1,000 lei). The point is, even when you have a large budget, I don’t think it’s worth investing in things that aren’t absolutely necessary.
What I think is more important: the food and music, meaning a restaurant you know or have heard is safe from a health point of view and a lady DJ helps. Otherwise, let it be as fun as possible! “
“What I think is not worth it is the lineup, especially for a small wedding, giving 3,000 euros is clearly not worth it. You can get yourself a cheap DJ or a small popular band.
Not worth the money for flower arrangements, go with what the restaurant gives you for free.
The dress and the suit, I wouldn’t spend thousands of euros “
“We decided to only take photos, not videos, asking the family to film the waltz. Even if it doesn’t look like it, no one will be watching your wedding videos, so it’s not worth the investment. If you want more photos and videos, which people do. they do anyway, you can create a whatsapp group and ask young people to post what they did there. Don’t risk 4 courses, because nobody eats that much. Testimonials are not mandatory, they seem really strange to me, especially those like fridge magnets or other , which I myself would not put in the house “
“I spent money for nothing for a band (2 years ago, being a wedding during the pandemic, I gave 2,500 euros for 2 singers … and they played 3-5 songs, and I also paid for their menus … therefore I do not recommend), nor 3 dishes that I do not recommend since many people in the meantime leave and in any case you pay for them for nothing, also I do not recommend spending a lot of money on clothes (I had two clothes, together they cost me about 2000 € and I I regret the decision, for 2-3 hours it was not worth it especially because nobody wants to buy them for you later), ah, and another aspect is the drinks … everyone will tell you that you must have 3, 4, 6 dishes different … refuse! Better to opt for the classic wine of a local company at a decent price.
Oh, and look for a restaurant that gives you as much stuff as possible in that contract! We had menus for almost 300 lei and almost nothing was included: not even water, not to mention juices or drinks … And look, we ended up perplexed “, are some of the comments.
