Millennial Money: How to have the wedding you want for less
BNN Bloomberg
This one goes out to all you lovebirds who got engaged over the holidays and are now left planning a wedding with zero event-planning experience.
This one goes out to all you lovebirds who got engaged over the holidays and are now left planning a wedding with zero event-planning experience.
Somehow you're expected to craft a day that's traditional, yet modern. Well-attended, yet intimate. It's about you as a couple, but also shouldn't be offensive to any of your guests. And most crucially, don't overspend, but make sure it looks expensive.
Sure, weddings are fun, but the most important part of any wedding is everything that happens after -- your real life, together. Don't start that life with credit card debt that lasts until your fifth anniversary.
If you focus your spending on what you and your guests will actually notice, and skip expensive things no one really cares about, you'll have a beautiful wedding without the debt.
Before you plan anything, set a budget based on what you (and your families, if they're contributing) can afford. Make every decision with that number in mind, whether it's US$250, US$5,000 or US$50,000.
