Despite what you might think it is possible to be planning a romantic wedding on a tight budget. After all about 50% of all weddings in the west are planned on this basis. Your romantic wedding need not be any less memorable just because you will be spending less money than Bill Gates of Microsoft could afford. You do need however to be able to take a little more care when planning a wedding on a very tight budget and check that you are sticking to those figures.

One of the first things to consider when planning a wedding on a tight budget is to work on those areas which would normally be the most expensive. Generally these would include any food and any drinks served at the reception, your outfits and accessories, wedding and reception venues along with still photos and camcorder you may be taking of the wedding and reception. But that is no major problem as there are lots of methods that you can use to save costs. One of the dozens of ways we suggest on our website is to think about the jobs which you would normally pay people to do and ask family members or your friends to share part of that job. You will be amazed to see how two or three of your friends who hardly know each other can become good mates whilst sharing the work between them.

If you think about it most weddings require that the venues indoors or out need to decorated in some way or other. If you are discovering how to plan a cheap wedding you will find you are able to brainstorm a number of themes which can be replicated in your wedding venues with stylish but home made or borrowed items. If you are looking for some ideas for where to start go to http://BeRomantic.com/romantic_weddings/ where we have dozens of themes with lots of ways you can duplicate them along with ideas on picking venues, choosing the right flowers with meanings that will mean so much more when you are planning a cheap wedding or have a small budget.

Do you have to pick a time for your wedding when people will be expecting to eat a big meal? For example just before lunch time or late afternoon your guests would normally be eating a meal so avoid those times. You will find a wedding in the evening will mean your guests will have already eaten so decreasing your need to give them so much but are likely to drink more at the bar possibly increasing your costs. Holding the wedding early morning will decrease the drink bill as guests are unlike to drink so heavily. It should also considerably reduce your food bill as people will not be expecting a full formal dinner with wine etc at breakfast time. Have a look at our web site to see how you be even more flexible on timing to save money.

Why not personalize your wedding invitations by making them yourself? Do you really need to pay a commercial printer when you could handwrite them and make them mean so much more to the receiver. Yes, you do need to have a wedding cake and a meal at the reception but people reading our book on how to plan a cheap wedding on a tight budget will see lots of ways these costs could be trimmed back. Do either of you have a family friend who could advise on good quality but inexpensive traditional meals? Offering a variation to the norm is a great way of bringing fun into planning a wedding on a tight budget.