There are many benefits to acting as your own wedding planner, one of the biggest being the amount of money you can potentially save. Besides not having to pay a planner for their time and service, you get to maintain control over the planning when you do it yourself. Below are three reasons why couples looking to save money, should plan their wedding on their own.
Planning Your Own Wedding Helps Too
a. Minimize Outside Influences: Outside influence can quickly drive the price of a wedding up. A planner who insists on adding certain elements to the wedding can begin to cost the couple more money than they planned on spending. It can be difficult when the planner seems to have your best interest at heart. He or she may really be sincere and want the day to be a beautiful for you but at the expense of busting their budget. When you opt to go it alone and plan your own wedding, you won't be constantly presented with new ways to bust your budget unless you find them all on your own!
b. Lower Costs: Not having to hire a pay a planner will save you money of course. Wedding planner fees will vary greatly depending on their experience and what level of involvement they have in your wedding. Location can also have an effect on the cost of your wedding planner. None the less, in terms of payout, you won't have this expense if you do it yourself.
Ok, so you're not hiring a wedding planner. How do you keep costs low while doing it y ourself?
Enlist Friends : What if you could have three or four wedding planners, for free?! Of course you can. Your friends are just as excited as you about your wedding and most of them would be more than happy to help you hunt down reception locations, look for flower deals, shop for the perfect dress and more. That's what friends are for. Keep it on the cheap and keep your friends happy at the same time.
Make Deals : One thing that some wedding planners will tell you makes them indispensable is their relationships and ability to get 'exclusive' deals with vendors. Don't let them fool you. Find your own deals. Make a resolve right now to never accept full price. Wheel and deal yourself into a better priced wedding, you can do it!
Give People Jobs : You've got a wedding party, right? Give them jobs. They've agreed to be by your side and assist you in this amazing time of your life. Take a little time with this to consider the personalities of your crew. Make sure you assign the right jobs to the right people. There's no point assigning the booking and planning of your staggette to 'party all night Rhonda', that's probably better left to 'responsible mom Wendy' while Rhonda heads up the rounding up of guests and being a hostess at the event.
Look For Skilled Guests : Got a guest who does fabulous cakes as a hobby? Or maybe a cousin who's a wonderful singer? Why not look for the guests who can contribute in some way to your wedding and ask them if they'd be willing to offer their skill as a wedding gift? That way they save money and so do you!
Many people feel they NEED to hire a wedding planner because they don't have the first clue how to do it themselves. If you feel that way but want to save yourself the cash then know that you can certainly do this. Thousands of brides and grooms plan beautiful weddings without the help of a planner and they do it without mortgaging the house they're yet to own. You can too!