What is the best way to save money on a wedding????

I can give you one suggestion; it's customary to introduce yourself round here before asking for help. It's just manners, you see.

It's also customary not to be rude to new members, it's just manners.

Hey Peter, groom i assume? correct me if I'm wrong!

there are lots of ways to save, high street dresses, DIY decor, buffet/hog roast instead of sit down dinner. haggle, haggle, haggle. it all depends on budget and what you want

I wasn't rude, just asking for an introduction from someone who is new. It's accepted practise in any forum. I'm sure the OP will understand.

Getting married in low season- oct through feb and also weekdays can save loads on venues, photographers etc. We have saved loads by getting married on a fri in dec x

Also never underestimate ebay and high street for decorations, attire, accessories etc x

Added my signature now Sange, are you the Forum Enforcement officer?!

Good shout Mai, thanks

Yes Elexia, the Groom, soon to be skint married man!!

Thanks for the tips, i will look into them

Great tip, although summer wedding required !!

I stumbled across a great site, i think its new, weddingsave.com, worth a look, everyone offering discounts

So tell us more about your plans? We don't get so many grooms round here.

Why is a summer wedding required?

No, I just like manners, that's all. No need to be snippy. Where are you, when's your wedding, engagment story, etc? It's really not hard to be civil. And like I said, it's customary whenever joining a new group to introduce oneself.

thats more than enough....

not everyone needs to expose their life story on the World Wide Web..

i guess someone is just having a bad day and was easy to take it out on you!

manners and respect work both ways!

any way if a summer wedding is a must still try to consider a weekday or Sunday! My venue hire is 50% cheaper on a Sunday and around 75% cheaper midweek than it would be on a Saturday!

Ebay is amazing for finding items too.

The biggest savings for us was paring down the guest list. There are lots of ways to save. I just keep telling myself how ridiculous it is to spend so much money on one day. We took our budget of 5k paid for our honey moon which was 3k and are having the wedding with the rest. Our 2k is enough to have an amazing wedding for 30ish people. 800 quid for our venue/food, 450 for the photographer, 300 quid for transport for all our guests. The rest is for decor and stuff like that most of which I will make myself. Candles are cheap but can be very pretty.

Loads of budget tips on this site.

Suspect Sange is entirely vindicated now; it was only a matter of time (something she was aware of well before others here ?)

I know, I think have the right attitude and don't be defeated girl. The glass is half full! Whoop. I reckon shop around on caters as they can be a bomb. DIY with cards, table decorations is always a good starting point. And booking during the week will also save £££!! Let us know how it goes

Lost with that one! ...

A few people have said mid week is cheaper, looks like the way forward

Thnaks

Rosco298:

It will be a surprise up until about 4 weeks before when i take my wife to be to a bridal shop for a fitting, i'm the woman in this relationship, she catches the spiders!!

Thanks again, day of the week doesn't matter really, so long as we are not scheduled to work + hopefully no one can get time off to attend = (less mouths to feed, thus cheaper reception!!) AND yes about info, anyone would think Sange has got mixed up with his/her weekly AA meeting (hope that doesn't touch a nerve)

A lot of my couples have started getting executive taxis for their cars saving a lot. Or a black cab like Sundays bride!

I think you'll find he's not a new member, he joined in 2010....

Oooh I got a white a cab for my city wedding and loads cheaper anyway

That's fab! Never seen a White one.

Can't believe people think manners consist of being rude because someone didn't exactly follow 'forum etiquette' ... Oh please I went straight into posting!

as for saving money we went for a mid week wedding peter - saved us a fair bit! Erm also pulling in favours from talented family and friends is a good one x

I don't think people are rude to those who genuinly want help and advice, just those they strongly suspect of posting to advertise their business againts the forum rules.

The first post IMO mentions nothing to do with business etc --- a genuine question ?! X

I think people are referring to the fact that his second post was suddenly 'bigging up' a website he'd supposedly just found. I don't know if it is his business or not but sadly it happens a lot. I think some of the OMs are understandably jaded by such goings on.

Go to registry office, get married, go home.

In my experience, people are pretty friendly to newcomers but what isn't liked is time wasting, trolls and people trying to sell things without being a listed supplier and pretending they're just 'one of us'. I know it's starting to grate on me and I still don't spot most of them as I'm pretty new here. There's a couple of things that flag up this post as a potential fake - the fact the person joined in 2010, then suddenly posts as a new member, that there's no 'hi I'm new here' 'hi i'm getting married next year' type start to the post (most people do this naturally), and that he's asking if there's an online directory - a bit of a specific question for a post that's otherwise very general), also the lack of a story around it makes it seem like it could be spam/advertising (no details of what to save on/priorities/budgets etc).

It might be genuine but for people who've seen spammers advertisers over and over again over the years you can see how they'd be suspicious/get fed up of it and they're more likely to pick up on it. It seems it's right in this case because after saying he's looking for an online directory, he's then suggested one nobody's ever heard of and is 'new'. You do wonder how he stumbled upon it and if it's so great why he's on here asking for tips.

We'll I'd disagree

I went straight into posting too people don't need to know my name, age where I'm from we're all here for advise and if people carry on being out right rude, sarcastic or just bang out of order no one will come on here. I have already had 1 or two people trying to be funny with me it blows ur excitement out of the water and makes u think well I don't like it on here !

You missed another vital clue, trolls/spammers always 'file threads under' a tonne of different tags to make it more easy to find (like the OP of this thread).

I don't see any regular users ever use that function.