It Takes Both Love and Money for the Perfect Wedding Part 1
written by Credit-HQ ExpertYour wedding day is one of the most exciting events of your life. Just navigating the hazards of dating and engagement are a big enough challenge. But staging a big wedding is a huge undertaking. Between two families coming together with brides, mothers of the bride and groom and many other “voices”, sorting out what will go on and how to prepare for a wedding is a large scale event. The emotions are strong but just as important as the various aspects of planning are the behind the scenes concerns for how to pay for a big wedding.
Traditionally the family of the blushing bride bears most of the costs of the wedding. The groom’s parents get off light with a few expenses such as the wedding rehearsal dinner and the flowers. But that is how it used to be. Modern weddings are often paid for by the bride and groom themselves. So in addition to the nervous anxiety about getting married, bride and groom have the concern about how to put the biggest event of their lives on for everybody they know.
If you go by national averages, the costs of weddings continue to skyrocket. People that study such things tell us that only a few years ago, a wedding could be expected to cost over $25,000 and the situation where the couple pays for all of that was hardly uncommon. In recent years, that average cost for a nice wedding event has shot up to close to $35,000 and trends tell us that the average price tag to get hitched is likely to keep going up in the future.
Obviously, the wedding is something that can get way out of hand. If you and your spouse to be are going to be paying for the wedding yourself, there is a lot you can do to get those costs under control. By sitting down before the first wedding related expense is paid and setting a budget for the event, you are showing some common sense. Sadly, for many couples, even with a solid budget to live by, many weddings cost twice what the bride and groom planned for. So make sure you continue your strict and sensible approach to wedding preparation to stop those expenses before they eat you alive.
Now this doesn’t mean you have to buy your dress from a thrift shop and get married in the back of a van. But if you keep the focus of the wedding on the love that is being shared and the joining of the couple in a blessed event, you can still have a blow out party without going into your first year of wedded life with a debt that could cripple you. The internet is a rich source of information on how to have all of the accoutrements of a lovely wedding without spending like there is no tomorrow.
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