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budgeting

Looking for wedding budgeting tips, real wedding budget breakdowns, wedding budget hacks and advice? We’ve got it all. Also, be sure to snag our wedding budgeting spreadsheet to REALLY get your wedding budget handled.

Does size matter? Small wedding budget tips for your tiny wedding

Does size matter? Small wedding budget tips for your micro-wedding

We’ve got a whole big archive of money-saving advice for wedding budgets. Cutting costs, steering clear of the WIC bloat… it’s all in there for weddings of all sizes. The biggest wedding budget advice we’ve heard? Cutting that guest list. It’s not always feasible, but when it is, you’ll see that budget plummet. Here are our small wedding budget tips specifically for your tiny wedding.

How we're making peace with our streamlined wedding

How we’re making peace with our no bells and whistles wedding in the WIC pressure cooker

Planning a budget-friendly, streamlined wedding that doesn’t feature all the “bells and whistles” of traditional weddings is not without its judgments and that’s where my recent stress has been coming in. Wedding planning forums can make you question if your wedding is going to be remembered as the “worst wedding ever,” your ideas suck, and it’s all going to be tacky, especially if you are cutting some corners, budget-wise. Here’s how we’re handling the pressure.

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Real weddings for people who have “zero money” for their wedding budget

I could go on and on about us and how awesome your site is for people like us but here’s the real deal: we really have zero money for this. I just bought a house and we will have the wedding there — venue is covered — but the rest? The sites I can find for “budget” or “diy” wedding don’t share my definition of “budget” or “diy.” The “Broke-ass Bride” had an $8,000 budget. On my scale, that is not “broke-ass.”

Can you point me to an example of something from actually nothing? Please help!

Weekday wedding advice from @offbeatbride readers #weddings #weekdayweddings

8 weekday wedding tips from Offbeat Brides who have ventured into the midweek

Midweek weddings and weekday weddings aren’t so unusual in some parts of the world, but even among the weddings we see on Offbeat Bride, weekend weddings still reign supreme. So weddings that fall on a weekday can sometimes throw guests for a loop.