Venue Shopping!

Ah yes! time to start the planning process, and that process starts with picking out a venue. So here are some tips to think about.

1. Don't look to wedding magazines or wedding website to help pick out a venue, Why? because most of them are expensive and our goal is to try and stay on budget, right? I mean even the all inclusive package is expensive, and a lot of time it doesn't include EVERYTHING, just the reception part and that's it, you would still have to come up with ceremony stuff, the music, photographers, etc.
2. If you really want to have a nice wedding on a budget, do NOT do it so traditionally and so formal, because no matter what, doing it that way WILL cost a lot of money.
3. Check out your state and county's website and check out their parks and recreation centers. These are really inexpensive to host a nice wedding for family and friends. Even if you have to rent things like tents and tables and chairs, it is still highly that you will still be saving a lot of money compared to a regular venue who specialize in doing parties and stuff. For example, renting out part of a park might cost you at most $100, renting things like tents, tables and chairs let's say $600, altogether you have only spent $700, WOW under $1000 for a venue, (and a nice one at that). Then you have the whole just do it at home if you have a yard big enough for a wedding, or maybe at a parents house?
4. Don't forget to check out to see if colleges are willing to lend you their space, sometimes some college are able to do this at a fair price.

Like I said before stay away from magazines and wedding websites when searching for venues, look deeper than that, you might be surprised at what you find.