How can I finace my wedding?

Question

I want to marry but I have not been working for two years since I started postgraduate studies. How can I finance m wedding. I really want to marry.

Answer 1

Okay first try to keep things small. IF you try to give your mate the dream wedding your expenses will be so high that you are going to be in so much debt that you will be forever getting out. My wedding cost a few thousand dollars vs several thousand dollars since we went on a major budget. I bought material and had my dress made (this saved us $5000). Then to help the women save money we also had their dresses made. They love these dresses and wear them to special occasions frequently. We used my church, so we only had to pay for the pastor and priest (and the priest refused to have us pay him, he said it was his gift to us). The pastor's "gift" is $45 - $50. We got married in an off time. We got married during Lenten season, when a lot of churches refuse to marry people. So we were able to get our DJ cheaper ($350), our photographer was a friend who I have helped before when he has done weddings, so I got him for $450. But you can get a college student studying photography for that amount also and they are as good as a professional and they need experience. Flowers are going to be high no matter what you do, but you can cut corners there. You don't have to have the flowers ordered as early as anything else. Look for a place to have your reception - we used a VFW and it didn't cost as much as some other places. The caterer was used for the reception and the rehearsal dinner, so we got a deal there as well. My church allowed us to use the Community Room for our rehearsal dinner for free, but if we had had a smaller group coming we could have used the Community Room for our Reception as well, but what can I say we filled the church. But start saving now. If you reserve your places early you can get things at less than what others pay, but you are still going to have to pay for things without financing. Not too many banks will lend money for the wedding before hand, they will lend afterwards.

Answer 2

Do a destination weddding. You won't expect a lot of people and it can double up as a honeymoon. Average cost of a wedding in Hawaii is about 2800 dollars including the bouquet, photography, video, licence and officiant and a wedding planner and a few extras (cake, cake cutters and such).

You can do a very pretty wedding in Las Vegas for around the same money and it will be extravagant and it will include much more extras.

If you ahve your mind set on a traditional wedding, apply for evening jobs or seasonal jobs. Take a loan or max up your credit cards, but don't go for something that you cannot afford when you are an unemployed student.

Congrats and good luck

Answer 3

Why bother with a big wedding? If you really love your girlfriend the most important thing here is not the wedding and reception but the commitment the wedding symbolizes. Have a small church or Justice of the Peace wedding. Have the reception at your home or at one of your parent's homes. Have friends and family make your favorite dishes and bring it to the party at home. Buy the wedding cake at your local supermarket's bakery.
I agree with the other person who said to have a friend or a college student majoring in photography to take the pictures. Alot of black people have done this for years. There is no shame in it. Having friends and family bring food will actually end up giving you the warm fuzzys when you look back on this. There is also no shame in a second hand or rented wedding gown.

Answer 4

2 words: loooong engagement. My fiance and I are both college students and my dad will only give $4000 for our wedding. We had a very long engagement (3 years) so we could make payments on things we didn't want to skimp on, like photography. We compromised to find the absolute cheapest location that still fit our wants/needs. Another thing we're going to do is a honeymoon registry instead of registring for toasters and stuff we already have.
Basically just prioritize...make lists of things that aren't that important that you can cut costs on. Also, as family members to help out or donate stuff as your wedding gift. Pick your top three things (like food, photography, etc) to splurge on.

Hope this helps and best wishes!

Answer 5

Why have a big wedding if you cant afford it. Go to a Justice of the Peace. You will be no less married and it will cost lots less!

Answer 6

Get a credit card with 0% interest for a while. Then, right when it is about to go to the regular interest, apply for anoher 0% interest card and transfer the balance. Ihave been doing that for years and have not paid interest. Also, you do not have to have a large extravegant wedding.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

get married by the justice of the peace and have a bbq reception.

Answer 9

Get a job.

Answer 10

ask your fiancee..