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Tips: Save Money On Your Wedding
- by KissMeGoodnight.com
A wedding held today may be twice as expensive
as an identical wedding held six months from now, or half the
price. It all depends on the season. Holidays, the
weather, and tourism all affect the prices and availability
of services
you may want to reserve for your wedding. Ask about seasonal
price changes when you are pursuing general information.
Allow yourself plenty of time to consider several seasons
for your wedding. This might mean up to a year of waiting and
planning, but you can save a lot of money with careful research
in this area.
Ask about seasonal
charges for the ceremony location. More
popular wedding months may see a rise in location fees.
Ask about seasonal charges for the reception location as well.
Again, busier wedding months may mean the manager has boosted
- or dropped - package rates.
The season of your wedding also determines if you will have
weather factors to consider. Are you planning an outdoor wedding
during the rainy season? If so, the garden tea party you found
to be so much less expensive than the sit-down dinner will
wind up costing you much more than you had planned when you
have to move everyone and everything indoors. What about the
air conditioning or heat you'll have to provide?
Will it be the stormy time of year where you are planning
to spend your honeymoon? A great deal of money is wasted if
you lose a day or two of your vacation because a flight was
delayed by a hurricane. So consider the seasonal weather when
you plan your wedding and honeymoon.
The travel
industry is also controlled by seasonal rates.
Off-season airfare and hotel reservations can amount to hundreds
of dollars' savings over high-season tourist prices. Check
with your travel agent about seasonal travel prices when you
begin your planning, or check directly with airlines and hotels.
Holidays also affect the price of travel for the bride and
groom and for family and friends who will come from miles away
to share your day with you. Either travel and lodging fees
will soar skyward due to holiday visiting, or special holiday
travel packages may be offered to lure passengers away from
competitors. Research holiday travel rates thoroughly before
you plunk down a few thousand on Memorial Day weekend. You
might be able to get a better deal at another time.
Another
way to facilitate travel: Plan your wedding for the
weekend of a family gathering or reunion. Everyone will be
in the general area, and they'll get two great events for one
trip. One bride found that when she moved her wedding date
to an earlier weekend, more of her guests would be in the area
after a family party, and she saved over a thousand dollars
in travel and lodging for her guests.
The season of your wedding will also affect the price of the
flowers you choose for your bouquets and decorations. Blooms
and plants are usually cheaper when they are in season, so
consider your florist bill when you set a date on the calendar.
Furthermore, a wedding planned for Valentine's Day faces an
increased charge for much-in-demand roses. Sixty-dollar bouquets
on Valentine's Day go for less than twenty dollars the day
after, so imagine what your wedding flowers will cost.
Prices
and types of food on the wedding menu will also be
affected by the season. Warmer days mean lighter, simpler foods,
and certain types of seafood are less expensive when in season.
Which
months are the best to consider? It's hard to say. May
through August is the busiest and high demand usually means
inflated prices and slimmer choices. December, too, is a popular
month for weddings, and, due to the high prices of the holiday
season, it's also costly. Spring break may see a fare hike
on airlines. Graduation time may mean caterers and entertainers
are busy with those celebrations. So what's left? January through
April as well as September to November. Be careful, though.
These may be the natural down time for the wedding industry,
but there's no guarantee that rates will be better than at
the busiest times. In fact, depending on where you are and
what kind of wedding season preceded the down time, prices
just might be higher. Research is the key.
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by KissMeGoodnight.com
: 2007
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