Cheap Wedding Fridays: Ways to Save Money on Your Wedding

Every Friday, I publish a new way to save money on your wedding. In case you missed one, here's a list of all of those money saving wedding tips.

The First 10 Tips This is my original cost cutting article, with the top 10 most essential ways to save money.

Tip #11: The Wedding Cake Did you know that your cake doesn't actually have to be a wedding cake? You could save $300 or more.

Tip #12: A Designer Wedding Dress for Less Designer wedding dresses can cost a fortune. But I know a great website where you can buy a designer dress for a fraction of the price.

Tip #13: Cut Out the Crap Wedding vendors are good at convincing you that you need something that you really don’t. Here’s a list of “crap” you don’t need.

Tip #14: Wedding Photography You can get wedding photos from your favorite wedding photographer at a fraction of the cost. The key is being a bit flexible on when those photos take place.

Tip #15: Your Reception Food Amazing wedding food can make your wedding, but it can also break your budget. Here’s how to have your cake and eat it too.

Tip #16: Scaling Back If you’re the type who hates seeing food go to waste, especially food that you’re paying for, you might want to take a chance and scale back.

Tip #17: Shop in the Bridesmaid Section For those brides who want to wear a simple, elegant wedding dress, you might want to think twice before telling the wedding shop that you’re the bride.

Tip #18: Wedding Negotiating The fine art of negotiating is often thought of as a thing of the past. Prices are fixed and you can take them or leave them. But when it comes to wedding vendors, there’s usually some wiggle room. Here are my tips on how to negotiate successfully for your wedding.