Do wedding planners save you money?

by Ilona Peltz, Posted Mar 23rd 2008 4:00PM

Filed Under: Alternative Weddings, Budget Advice, Culture Clash

It depends on your expectations -- and your budget. An article in the New York Times discussed weddings on a budget, and commented that a planner can save you thousands of dollars. A Brooklyn couple planning their truly budget wedding had a thought or two on that notion:

But if you are considering the category of things that a wedding planner can save you "thousands of dollars" on for your wedding, you are not having a wedding on a budget. You are having a wedding with a budget.

See the point? There are people planning weddings who would not dream of spending thousands of dollars in the first place -- and thus there are no thousands to "save". Though I guess you could argue that if the average American wedding costs $28,000 (and it does), and yours only cost $1500, then you saved $26,500... It's all in your perspective, right?

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Tags: budget-wedding, wedding-planners