Cheap Wedding
Welcome to Blackpool Weddings, we have many unique features for helping you to plan your special day. Not only have we successfully arranged weddings for those with deep pockets, we are also adept at making your day as magical as possible whatever your budget. Weddings on a shoestring are our speciality, and we can cut costs on everything from car hire, limo drivers and venues, to more personal items such as the bridal gown and suit hire.
We believe that it's you that makes your day special, whilst it's us that make it sparkle that little bit more. So whatever your price range we can plan your day to perfection making sure your wedding day is the perfect start to your happily ever after.
For many people the thought of a wedding on a budget is horror story brought to life, however, when you really think about your wedding day and all that it represents, it can produce the most enchanting experience for couples in love.
Budget Wedding
Let's face it: in these austere times, everyone is searching for a bargain and when it comes to organising a cheap wedding, it's certainly no different. Still, despite couples in the UK cutting back on their household budgets, there's no let-up in the relentless boom experienced by the wedding industry. It was estimated last year that prospective life partners were still spending an average of £21,000 on their big day.
Surely, there has to be an end to this madness? Thankfully, it's not too hard to find advice on planning a wedding that needn't break the bank.
The symbolic designer frock doesn't have to be a costly couture number that means you and the new hubby will have to spend the first year of married life eating cold beans from a tin.
No, scouring a number online outlets can provide the solution to minimising your spend on the bride's most important dress of her life. You'd be surprised at the number of individual sellers and discounted designer stockists on sites like eBay, all displaying their wares.
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See our guide on wedding dresses on a budget; we help find the most beautiful gowns for that special occasion whatever the price range you have in mind. There are countless other ways for UK couples to tie the knot on a budget. For example, why spend hundreds of pounds on wedding stationery when you can just get crafty and make the invitations yourself? Sites such as pureinvitation.co.uk and thehandcraftedcardcompany.co.uk provide more than enough inspiration for you, your family and friends to pool together and create a more personal and inclusive set of invites.
In the same communal vein, you'll want to hire a cheap photographer to capture all of the day's special moments. So, why not look closer to home before you fork out hundreds, possibly thousands of pounds on some bespoke company who will follow you around incessantly and make you and your partner pose for an infinite number of awkward pictures?
If you have a friend, relative or know of any budding photography students searching for decent experience and a fun gig, get them in on the act. Also, if you gather together all of your guests' photos from the day, you can create your own tailored wedding album online through a number of specialist websites!
Having someone you know behind the camera will also add a more relaxed feel to photos, they may even entice some genuine smiles, rather than the forced grins family and friends feign after hours of staging from a seasoned photographer.
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Passing a video camera to a child is now the most fashionable wedding accessory, as from a unique angle they capture the real essence of the day that is innocent and pure with the right mix of cheekiness to make it entertaining viewing for all.
Then there's the venue and food. You might not know anyone with a free barn, willing to transform it into a makeshift cheap wedding marquee, but if you are going to eschew an expensive church do, look at bringing costs down further by hosting the after-party at a friend's place, pub or a hotel at a quiet time of year, cutting you reception in half by having one long do can make for a great night out that guests will talk about for years to come.
Food wise, you don't have to ask your grandma to make her own lemon drizzle wedding cake but any help friends and relatives can provide with buffet items is always going to save you money, reward their efforts with little cards next to the food, such as "Aunty Sally's Garlic Mayonnaise" and they'll be so proud to have helped you on your special day, they may just cater for your anniversary too!
Ultimately, the key to planning a cheap UK wedding is doing your research, thinking outside of the box and be prepared to get others involved. By doing so, you could save thousands of pounds. Plus, you'll have that same warm sense of satisfaction and happiness that you'll hope to hang onto for years after that special day!
