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How to get married for less than $5,000!

WOW Your Guests And Have A Perfect Day With A LOW Wedding Budget

Whether you have a small wedding budget or simply don't want to spend a fortune on your wedding (other priorities) we have tips and advice that will ensure you have a classy elegant wedding that doesn't break the bank!

Your friends and relatives will ask you afterwards how you managed to pull off such a lovely wedding on such a small budget. You can direct them here!

Favored online retailers for low budget wedding items
  • Amazon - view our handpicked selections.
  • For handmade, crafty items brides choose ETSY

Plan to fail if you fail to plan

Planning ahead and being organized is all-important for any wedding but especially so for a small budget one. A budget of $5000, £3000 I believe is realistic. If your budget is smaller than this then trim costs further by making savings on numbers attending, venue and dress. This article will show you how to keep £'s or $'s down without losing anything on style.

Top Tips

  • Keep guest numbers as low as possible.
  • Have a family residence/garden for a venue.
  • Have a POT LUCK catering arrangement where guests bring a food dish each.
  • Grow your own flowers and get creative with single stem table decorations and DIY arrangements.
  • Send email save the dates and invitations or create a free website, use social media.
  • Use a free app to budget and plan and keep track of spending.
  • Use a family, friends car for transport to the ceremony, venue.
  • Keep ceremony and venue in one place.
  • Book out of season and a weekday.
  • For photos - try not to skimp .. hire a talented photography student for a major discount. Or ask a talented family member (or two) with a good phone to take over.
  • Make your own wedding cake or buy one to decorate from a high st. store.
  • Buy preloved or online wedding dresses (Amazon or Cocomelody).
  • Have a friend, family member qualify as a celebrant to officiate the ceremony.
  • Stream your music from a device instead of hiring a DJ, band.
  • Use recycled bottles as vases for table decor
  • Make edible favors such as cupcakes and cookies.

Wedding Planners  and Organisers


To help you get organized you may want to invest in a wedding planner journal. The Knot wedding planner and organizer is especially popular among new brides to be. Another popular one which is super cheap can be seen below for under $10.


OR .. you can start making savings right now and print off a FREE wedding planner checklist such as that provided by Martha Stewart. This is a very comprehensive wedding planning checklist that is available as a PDF doc. It includes a wedding time line, budget planner, guest checklist, photography planner, music planner, flower planner and reception seating planner.

If you have a spreadsheet program, you can record wedding budget costs and schedules via that and update it easily as things change - they will!

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