{"id":3115,"date":"2012-08-14T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T17:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwgnm.wordpress.com\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2020-06-26T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T17:03:27","slug":"wedding-planning-on-a-budget-start-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/14\/wedding-planning-on-a-budget-start-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding planning on a budget: Start early!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>The average wedding costs $26,989, and that number is down from the $28,082 in pre-recession 2008. This figure may seem quite expensive to many, and\u00a0planning a wedding<\/a>\u00a0on a budget can be difficult – especially if the couple doesn’t make one prior to\u00a0wedding planning<\/a>, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n

Kari Nesbitt, 28, realized quickly she was overshooting her $30,000 budget when she opted for a $6,000 wedding dress<\/a> and was planning for a lavish, gorgeous and elegant reception. She then readjusted – and did not regret a thing.<\/p>\n

“We cut the up-lighting. We cut the draping. We cut the special wooden dance floor, and no one missed it,” Nesbitt told the news source.<\/p>\n

This happens to many couples, as they find they overindulged on certain aspects of their wedding<\/a> and they have plenty more to plan. The key to staying in budget is prioritizing. Each couple values a different aspect of a wedding more than other. Pick our the most important parts of the wedding and skip what doesn’t matter. \u00a0\u00a0For more wedding planning tips, visit our Perfect Wedding Guide website<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The average wedding costs $26,989, and that number is down from the $28,082 in pre-recession 2008. This figure may seem quite expensive to many, and\u00a0planning a wedding\u00a0on a budget can be difficult – especially if the couple doesn’t make one prior to\u00a0wedding planning, according to USA Today. Kari Nesbitt, 28, realized quickly she was overshooting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,27,29],"tags":[324,509,1141,1781,2366,2563],"class_list":["post-3115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-planning-tips","category-real-weddings","tag-average-wedding-cost","tag-budget","tag-how-to-budget","tag-planning","tag-wedding-budget","tag-wedding-planning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t