How to prioritize spending when you have a small wedding budget
If you were to take all of the people you know and put them in one room altogether and ask them what is important to them they would all have a different answer. The same goes for everyone getting married. If there were a cookie cutter approach to weddings the world would be a boring place to live in. We all are very similar but very different when it comes to what is important to us. Some like chocolate while other’s like vanilla. Some like me, like both. But that may have more to do with being born under the Gemini sign and I never really know what I want anyway.
Your wedding could be very similar looking on the outside as many other couples getting married but on the inside very different. It comes down to what is important to you. You could have a large budget and just have everything you would like at your wedding. But like most you may be working with a set number. Some might say a smaller budget but people tend to say many things when they are not the ones paying the bill. How do you deal with a small wedding budget? Simple you prioritize your spending to what is important to you. And yes that includes both of you.
I may be bias here but we feel that creating and capturing your wedding day memories is the most important aspect of your wedding. To other people that may not be the case at all. They may want one awesome party that is talked about for years to come. That is perfectly fine as long as it is what you want. No one can tell you were to put your money, it’s yours after all. The best thing you can do for your wedding is make sure whatever amount you have to spend it should go into what is important to you. We love to do make pro and con lists around the studio whenever we have to make a big decision. It is a fun exercise that can benefit the decision maker in multiple ways. You can brainstorm and figure out what is your best coarse of action.
Sure there may come a few comprises between the two of you. But in the end you will both know where you stand and what is important to each of you. A small budget can mean you spend less on vendor 1 and more on vendor 2, or nothing at all. But if you really want vendor 1 allot more than vendor 2 does it matter. You will be far happier knowing that you put many towards something that is important. Just as long as vendor 1 is a photographer.
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