Is $4,000 dollars to little to plan a wedding for 50 guess?

Answer 1

No, but you will have to budget

Answer 2

It will be tight, but you can do it. If you said 200 guests, I'd say no way. 50 could be do-able.

eBay, eBay, eBay.

Other than the obvious things like food, DJ, etc, you can get almost everything you need on eBay - used or DYI.

You can...
- Make your own invitations
- Buy a pre-owned or sample gown, and save hundreds!
- Arrange your own flowers. You can order them online, wholesale, from many vendors -- MUCH cheaper than a florist. You can also buy silk flowers on eBay
- Buy used decorations (vases, candles, pew bows, etc) you can get these on eBay for pennies, no one will know they're secondhand

Those are all things we're doing to save money.


Some other budget wedding ideas:
- Skip the photographer - have a family member/ friend take pictures
- Skip the band/DJ - have a family / friend be the DJ with an ipod
- Join www.theknot.com and go to your local board. Your local knotties can point out inexpensive reception halls.
- Have a dessert and coffee reception. If you do an evening ceremony, this would be fine. You could offer different pastries, etc... and the catering bill would be so much lower.
- Have a dry reception. Alcohol is expensive.
- Don't offer favors. These cost $1+ a piece, and honestly, guests really don't care whether they get a bag of jordan almonds.

Try not to get overwhelmed. Wedding planning is very time consuming, and even more so when you're on a strict budget. Try to focus on your marriage, not the party.

At the very least, you should be able to rent a function room at a restaurant and have a dinner for your guests.

Or, having a dessert (or light appetizers) reception would allow you to spend money on a DJ and dancing in a more traditional reception hall.

If you're very creative and willing to put time into it, you can probably do a traditional reception with dinner, dancing, etc.

You should definitely join the Knot, and look at the "budget brides bio". There are some brides on the Knot who have done weddings for $5,000 and $6,000 that I know of.

Good luck!

Answer 3

It can be done. We had 80 guest at our wedding this past July and spent just over $6,000. BUT we had to pay for 3 flower girl dresses,a grommsman's tux, a bridesmaid's dress, 2 ring bearer outfits, a bought MOB's dress as well. You can have an open bar, but have your reception someplace you can bring in your own food and drinks. Don't use a caterer. Go to Sam's Club or Gordon Food Service and do a buffet style meal (food is better this way anyway. Our guests LOVED it) get meatballs, delimeat, cheses, slasa & chips, crackers and dips, chicken wings (you get the picture) Then go to a local liquor store get a pony of beer (keg if you have a lot of beer drinkers) a bottle of rum, whiskey, and vodka. Buy some pop nad orange juice and you're all set.
Spend money on important things like the bride's dress and a photographer. Don;t spend too much on invites and DO NOT put stamps on RSVP envelopes. Only about 10% will return them anyway. For great, affordable, accessories go to customweddingsolutions.com.

Good Luck.

Answer 4

no not at all, its plenty!

you may not have all the frills and ammonites of a big wedding but youll have a wedding more speical an intimate to your specifications.

youll have to budget carefully and remember not to go over board on things thats aren't really necessary, but itll give you a chance to come up with some really cool and unique ideas that will show both of your personalities!

some easy cost reduction ideas are:

- have a buffet rather than a sit down meal.

- limit decorations.

- dont spend more then 500 dollars on a wedding gown and hit the sale rack.

- dont spend more then 200 for rings.

- buy things in bulk.

- use a mix of silk flowers an fresh flowers. example would be use silk flowers as buttoners and as flower arrangements else where. use fresh flowers for bouquets, and as the main center pieces on the head table where you will be sitting.

- use candles instead of flower center pieces on the guess tables.

- shop early! hit up the sale racks! keep your eyes open for great deals. youll be amazed as to what you can find.

- dont have the wedding in any of the hot months for wedding like june.

- a wedding held during the week is less expensive then on the weekends.

- hold both the wedding ceremony and the reception at the same place. a great place that wouldnt cost to much is a local park or hotel.

- have a cash bar instead of an open bar, or limit the open bar to four hours instead of six.

that way you can spend more on say the invitations or the place of ceremony or even the honeymoon. ;D

most importantly have fun! if you need any help feel free to email me any time. ill be glad to give any advice i can. :)

Answer 5

Yes, that's plenty unless you are planning a huge formal affair. With your budget in mind, penny pinch! A lot of people will tell you, you can't do this on $4.000., but you can. It's according to what you want and where you have the wedding. You aren't going to be able to have a $3,000 dress, but honey, I threw my friend a wedding for under $900. We had to borrow alot of things from people, but we did it. We had it outdoors, at a relatives' house, and it was grogous. I ran clear christmas lights(ones I had) around the tents(borrowed) and up under the canopys mixed with purple. I shopped the discount party supply stores, and had some of her other friends to have with the cooking, and it's her dream wedding. I just did my daughter's, I spent over $10,000 on everything, hotel rooms and bridesmaid dresses(my option to buy those) She had at least a $25,000 wedding.
So, yes you can do this, it's going to be work if you want certain high priced things, but with a few friends that are willing to help make this your special day. It's do able! I wished you had mentioned what kind of wedding you were wanting, so we could help lead you in the right direction...Make this YOUR day, not anybody else. It's your wedding, your's and your fiance's, so do what you want...no matter what anybody else says, make it unqiue, my daughter's ringbearer was the family dog, I carried her puppy a wedding present to the couple down the isle. We drank lemonade and sweet tea from mason jars, and had a picnic. The couple was so happy, it was just as they wanted, no big drama, just a quiet happy day celebrating with family and friends. So, please remember that don't do something that you think you have to, just because someone else did, you don't--
Ok, you got a budget, now get to planning and shopping. Have a wonderful wedding, and God bless you,,,,remember to try to fit some rest! God bless us all........

Answer 6

My husband and I had a wedding that was very cheap...my parents paid for it, and they aren't the richest...We had the wedding at a hall that supplied the minister, music, and decorations (so I didnt have to worry about that), that was $500, for the reception we had it at our nice city hall building (they had a room to rent) and we decorated everything on our own ceiling to floor!!!! All we had was cake and punch, because we wanted to spend time together, and I had to pack and move from KS to NC 2 days later...I think my dad said it ended up to be around 3000-4000 dollars, and I had more than 50 people...it was a nice wedding, I'm sure you can do it without any problems...good luck

Answer 7

Not if you are creative with your money. I recently went to a wedding that was preformed in a backyard on a huge deck/patio.
If you spend some of the money on good booze, nobody really cares what decorations you have or where the location is.
Congratulations

Answer 8

What I think you should do is have a small quaint wedding and spend the money on a nice reception.
Congratulations!
I heard you can save allot of money if you have your wedding and reception on a week day instead of the weekend.
Hope this helps!

Answer 9

That is definently a sufficient amount for a 50 guest wedding. We had ours pretty cheap and have over 100 people. Use http://www.theknot.com to help you with ideas on keeping it cheap but still very nice and also to keep track of your budget.

Answer 10

nope.. we had 50 people and didn't even spend $4,000... we did do a bunch of things ourselves (silk flowers and made arrangements, my mom and i made the cake- she's a baker) it was a beautiful wedding and not at all lacking.. i'm sure it will be beautiful for you guys as well.. congrats and good luck..

Answer 11

Depends on where you are and how grand you want it to be. For some places, $4000 is probably more than ample for both. For others it might just be a drop in the ocean.