How can i get a sponsor to help pay for my wedding?
First off, I'm sorry so many rude people have given you such rude answers when you've asked a legitimate question. Now, I don't know exactly how this is all done, but I do know some places you can look into. An aquaintence's sister had her wedding sponsored by AVON. So one place to start may be to check out their website & try contacting their corporate offices to see if they do such a thing. Also a couple of years back, Oprah did a huge thing on how to have your wedding sponsored. There used to be a ton of information on her website ( www.oprah.com ), not sure if it's still there, but if not I'm sure you could contact them by email off of her site & request the information you need. I'm not sure where you live, but in bigger cities you could probably find places to sponsor certain parts of your wedding. I would get in contact with your friends & see who "knows" anybody at different corporations that you could approach. I would try approaching a hotel for the reception or catering; that type of thing. Also, take into consideration who you know that might be willing to donate some of their services to help you cut costs. It might make it easier to find a sponsor if the costs aren't quite as high. For example if you have a friend who is an amazing baker, maybe they could make your cake as a wedding gift; or if you have a really crafty friend or relative maybe they could help with favors or decorations to help cut costs. Same type of thing with photography, you get the picture. I hope this helps. Good luck & congratulations on your wedding!
Im paying for my own wedding. What are some way to save money and not take away from the night?
My wife and I got married a little over 3 years ago, and we had a fun wedding and reception that lasted over 5 hours. Total cost for everything was about $12k.We started a cocktail half hour from 6:30 - 7:00 p.m., ceremony from 7:00 p.m. to 7:07 p.m., then we did photographs with the families and bridal party in an adjacent room while everyone else was eating. Once we were done with pictures of the family, they left to eat, then the bridal party, then us. Once we finished dinner, it was time for the first dance, cutting the cake, and toasts. After that, it was a party until midnight.My wife found a seamstress to make her dress from a pattern she liked, and that was inexpensive.We reserved a banquet room at a local hotel, which was free with the catered dinner, and we did the ceremony and the reception in that room. They provided a dance floor.Uplighting instead of flowers is cheap and makes the room look great. Most DJs have this available.DJ and photographer came from recommendations from the hotel, and they were much more reasonable than the rates we found shopping around.For food, we did a fajita buffet. It was about $14 a person.A friend who bakes cakes did the cake for us at a reasonable cost. I bought a topper from Amazon.The hotel wanted $40 per person for a full bar, and with the number of kids and non-drinkers, we couldn’t justify that, so I asked if they could put a register in there and just run me a tab, which they did. We paid for a keg of beer, wine by the bottle, and drinks as they were being mixed. $5k dropped to $3,200 for full bar service all night for 125 guests.We still have friends tell us that was the most fun they have ever had at a wedding, and it didn’t cost us a fortune.
Beach wedding, who pays for plane tickets?
If you can afford to it is a very nice gesture for you to pay for your friends and families airfare -- but you can surely understand how that would get out of hand very quickly. You are not expected to pay for your guests airfare to attend your wedding, nor are you financially responsible for their lodging while they are there. When they RSVP yes, they are taking on the responsibilitie of managing their own transportation and expenses for attending your wedding. For a destination wedding, it is easier to manage if it is kept small since so many other arrangements need to be made as opposed to if it were local. You can invite whomever you want, as long as it suits what you wish for your wedding. If you prefer to have the smaller beach ceremony, but want to celebrate with everyone you would've invited to a local wedding, you can always host a reception in your hometown once you return. One poster had a great idea, about inviting everyone that you would, and allowing them to accept/regret for both dates, like they pointed out, you will be surprised who would come.
Wedding gift for long distance weddings...?
I can see the point from the people attending, with the prices of gas now days. I know I have been unable to attend quite a few of my nieces/nephews weddings for that very reason. We could not afford to pay for gas and lodging, we made the choice to give a nicer gift at the wedding shower then to go, we wanted to go but just simply could not afford to go...the bride/groom understood. I guess the bride/groom just need to ask their selves would they rather get good gifts and people not attend because they cannot afford to drive to the wedding or would they rather have the people there and maybe not get the good gifts. As for future brides just remember before you go looking at places at the people you are going to invite and is it going to be inconvenient for them to get to that place..like do they have small kids or elderly that will not handle a long car ride well. And if you find your dream place that may be "off the beaten path" then get what ya get and don't throw a fit. (can you tell I used to teach!!!)
Disagreement Over Wedding Size?
I think you'll get further with him if you approach the issue from a standpoint of "this is what we can afford" versus "this is how many people I think we should have." Because the issue here is really how things are going to get paid for, who has financial responsibility for your future together, and how money should be spent. These are bigger issues than "what kind of wedding should we have." If you haven't had some pretty serious financial conversations yet, do so. It's clear that you have different spending/saving habits and different attitudes toward money. You should talk about that. You should talk about your long-term financial goals, and how you're going to achieve them. How will the money be managed in your family after you are married? There's no right or wrong answer, but you should both be on the same page. It might be helpful to speak with a financial planner/advisor, who can offer you some objective opinions on meeting your goals. As far as the wedding goes, come up with a dollar amount that makes sense based on what you can BOTH save specifically for the wedding (keeping in mind that you'll still want to put $ in savings for your other goals like a house, etc) between now and your wedding date. Then do a little internet research and give him three broad-strokes scenarios using that budget: - the small wedding that you want (either in the town where you live or Vegas/whatever) - the enormous wedding that he wants in the town where you live - some medium-sized compromise situation It's possible that when he sees what guests "cost", he will be more willing to scale down and meet you halfway. For example, if it comes down to offering a full meal and open bar to a wedding of 70 guests, or cake and soda only to a wedding that includes all 200 of his "closest" friends and family, he might be more inclined to start crossing people off the list. And be totally honest about how much you are willing to put in (either on your credit card or of your income/savings), and don't yield a dollar more. "Spenders" like him have no problem trying to justify going over budget, but you're right that you will have financial responsibilities beyond the wedding. If he's not willing to contribute some amount that you both consider fair, then how do you think he's going to contribute during your marriage?
How much would it cost to have a wedding at Kolkata?
I got married this 31st May in Calcutta, so have a decent idea on this.Disclaimer - This a middle class Bengali Hindu white money estimate.Main expenditure points -Venue - Depends upon number of guests, for 200–300 it’s around 1.5 L + decorations and flowers -> 30 K. For 500 or more, 2.5- 3 L.Caterer - Around 800 per plate for dinner. Around 350 for bashi biye (if you have that ritual).Bride’s reception dress - 20 to 70 k. Wishes of you missus :)Bride’s jewelry - One set of earrings, and a decent necklace, along with a loha badhano ( bangle, gold plated), two decent gold bangles would cost you 3 to 3.5 L.Wedding ring - Mine costed 65 K (good quality solitaire). You get decent ones from 25k.Bridal make up package - 15 for make up, 12–15 for body polish and what not.Groom’s dress etc - 5 to 10 k if ethnic. A decent Perry Ellis or CK suit or a tailor made one with matching tie, shirt, leather shoes would be - 23k.Groom’s salon - mine costed 3600 at some habib’s. You can go less or more.Family salon package - Depends upon your bargaining skills.Tatva ( gifts to in-laws and bride) - Again depends upon how much you want to give, say if 10 people in the in-laws side, you will end up spending 15–20k.Logistics - Cars, pickups, hotel booking for out of town friends, relatives etc. - Depends on number of people, I’d suggest booking empty flats or houses nearby and have your decorator provide bedding stuff if it’s a winter marriage. If a summer wedding, you will end up spending at least 1500 to 2000 rupees per room per day at any decent guest house with AC.Marriage car with decoration. - I didn’t go for a decorated car, because I wanted a classic car for wedding.. which was not available for that date. 8 to 10 k just for car decoration + whatever the car’s rent.marriage invitation cards - 10–20 K for 500+ cards.Registry official etc. - Usual fees.Home decoration, lighting etc. - Depends on the number of days you use them for.Photographer - Mine was a 18.5k. However, people shell out much more if you have pre- marriage photo shoots or music videos done.Hope this helps.
I am getting married in hawaii. Can you help me?
The only thing I can tell you about planning a destination wedding is that you should be financially prepared to pay for your own, your parents', his parents', and your attendants' transportation and lodging fees, as well as the cost of the event itself. Doing this is not only the right thing to do (since YOU decided to move this event so far away from everyone), but it will also take the sting out of the shock of an destination wedding. As for the reception, you do NOT have a reception until you are married... the guests are RECEIVING the new couple (hence the term). So no, you have your party after you return. Where? Well, THAT is going to take some research. There are literally DOZENS of beautiful places to have a wedding in Hawaii. Good luck.