So, you want a gorgeous wedding, but you don’t want to spend the rest of your married life paying for it? Although that’s what most of us want, it’s hard to keep a ‘budget wedding’ within budget. There are many ways that you can keep from forking out money that wasn’t planned in your budget. Here are a few of them.

Don’t Hire Unnecessary People:

You don’t need to fork over tons of cash just for a performer or a band if you want music at your wedding. Here’s another option: Make a bunch of CDs with all your favorite music, then have a friend or family member play them for you. It works especially well if you have a CD player with a large disk changer. With little things like this here and there, you can easily pull off budget weddings. You’ll easily save $1000 if not more.

Keep it Smaller:

You may be feeling the pressure to invite anyone and everyone who is remotely connected to your family and friends. Don’t do it! You should pick your very best friends, and of course your family. Anyone else should be left out. Ask everyone you do invite to please not bring extra guests. Stick with the people you invite only. This way, you don’t have to worry about the expense of feeding all of these people.

Think About Food:

Food costs a ton, and will be a major expense for your wedding. Don’t choose some fancy food that half of your guests can’t pronounce anyway. Instead of a professional catering service, why not have a potluck wedding? Or you can do little hors d’oeuvres; get some friends to help with that. You can keep yourself from drowning in debt with budget weddings, and they’ll still be beautiful. Who wants to start off married life with debt to pay off?

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- Coreen Christobel