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Message: [QUOTE="Mots010, post: 2069691, member: 255"] Spent 8k for a wedding in downtown Golden Colorado in 2011. My wife's parents are basically broke, and i'm the youngest of 4, so there wasn't much coming from that end. One area you can save a lot of money is looking for atypical venues, that may not normally hold weddings. Think VFW halls, state parks etc. Some of these have very cheap fees and no preferred vendors etc. Bring on friends/sisters/family to help in the game-day planning and execution so you don't have to hire a wedding planner. Absolutely have someone take on the game day organization, as you won't have time to worry about when cocktail hour ends, where the officiant is, are the tables setup etc. Try to create some home made decorations for tables instead of by expensive flower arrangements. My wife's family used to own a small winter wheat farm in eastern Colorado and we picked wheat from there to use as centerpieces. We still have the the same one on our dining room table to this day. Stick to beer/wine and buy it all yourself through a place like Costco, then hire an acquaintance or two to be bartenders (friends of friends looking for a few bucks). Mixed drinks and cocktails increase the amount of stuff you need to buy, and just gets people drunker than they need to be. Limit guest list to 70 or less. We had 65 and we probably could have cut it down to 50 looking back on it. You'll look back on your guest list in 5 years and you probably will barely talk to at least a handful of guests you invited. [/QUOTE]

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