Get your guests to pay for your wedding
Filed under: Budget Advice
Just when I thought I'd seen it all, along comes yet another concept that almost takes my breath away. The sheer cheek of it, was my first thought. How daring! How vulgar!What am I rabbiting on about?
Getting your guests to pay for your wedding. Yep. Sounds mad, doesn't it?
I looked into it, though, (because heavens above, if one can get other people to pay for the day, why not?) and actually, it's not a bad idea. Why take out a loan and run up huge debts, just for one day in your life?
What it's about is asking people to pay for certain wedding costs in lieu of buying you a gift.
There are a whole bunch of categories you can choose, from the bridal outfit to the drinks, the honeymoon, the venue, the flowers...probably every cost a wedding incurs. There's also a handy wedding cost calculator to help you work out how much you think your wedding will cost.
Go on - pop along to the website and see how it works. Maybe this is just the ticket to keep costs (and unwanted gifts) down. After all, how many toasters, salad bowls and butter dishes do you need?
What's in a name?
Dress of the day: Anastasia by Maggie Sottero
Unusual wedding cakes from Dragons and Daffodils
