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eLearning Series: Cut Your Wedding Costs
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Hot Tips To Slash Your Wedding Costs
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How
To Plan A Wedding
Reception: Renting A Hall
Great deals can
be found when you know how much money you are working with.
It really doesn’t matter how small your budget is for the
reception because all budgets can be accommodated.
Your reception
budget should consist of approximately 30% of your wedding
budget or more. Most wedding receptions are so expensive
due to the fact of providing meals, decorations, hall rentals
etc.
For the purposes
of this guide, I will give two different examples of common
receptions (Renting A Hall & Themed Receptions) and an idea
for cutting costs on the food and drinks as well as give
you
the best
tips
for
throwing
your
reception on a budget.
Renting
a Hall
If you prefer
to rent a hall or space for your reception, you must consider
many things before making this decision. You will have to
think of the prices for the hall rental, the cost of using
their servers (most halls include servers in price and they
are not negotiable), decorations, flowers, meals, drinks
etc.
When you wish
to rent a hall for your reception there are some things that
the hall will include in your rental that you can’t avoid
paying for such as: servers, decorations, and wine. However,
some halls will give you the option to pick and choose the
extras that you want.
Depending on the
type of hall that you choose to rent, the costs can vary
greatly. For example, if you rent a large hall, you could
pay more than if you rented a legion hall.
You might also
want to consider that if you are starting with a small budget,
that renting a hall might not be worth the effort and money,
or it may leave you with less options.
There are a few
tips when renting a hall that could keep a great deal of
your costs down. Let’s take a look at them.
- You should
only consider renting a hall if you have invited 50 or
more people to your reception.
- When renting
a hall, you have to decide if you are opting for a cash
bar or an open bar. A good compromise is to purchase a
few cases of beer on your own and host a cash bar for those
who want mixed drinks if you are trying to keep costs down.
- Rent a hall
that you can decorate yourself.
- If you must
have servers, rent a hall that includes servers in the
price of the rental or go with a hall that lets you bring
your own.
- Choose a hall
that will cater to whatever your needs or budget is.
- When it comes
to the food, you should go with a hall that will allow
you to bring your own food if you would prefer to not pay
extra for catering.
- Serving vegetable
and fruit trays, as well as finger foods like finger sandwiches
will be of great value in accommodating vegetarians.
- Opting for
a casual reception will allow you to serve your food buffet
style which will be predominantly cheaper.
- Opting to tell
people to forego giving you a wedding gift and serve a
completely cash bar is a great way to accommodate guests
and recover some of the money for the hall.
- Opt for non-weekend
dates because these are not peak hours for the hall and
the prices may be cheaper.
- You should
choose to host your event during the winter for the best
rates
- Negotiate a
special discount by paying cash instead of credit card.
Most reception halls will do this.
- Choose to go
with a non-dinner reception offering instead snack foods
and munchables.
Hosting a wedding
reception at a hall does not have to cost through the nose
if you know how to get around the basics which I have just
mentioned.
Most people would
like to host their reception at a reception hall because
they feel that it is more elegant than hosting it outdoors,
however, this is not always the case. Sometimes, hosting
your event outdoors is more fun and it is also much cheaper...
 
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