It is obvious that we all want our wedding to be an unforgettable day, for the atmosphere to be there and to share this event with all our loved ones. We have been idealizing and dreaming of this day for years but when it happens and we come to preparations, we often reduce our criteria because the budget is not extensible. Most French people do not realize the cost of a wedding, which they imagine oscillating around 6,000 euros. The reality is very different because the average budget for a wedding in France today is 12,000 euros. Of course, the budget will depend on your number of guests but above all on the quality of services you choose. You will certainly realize this as your organization progresses, but you will see that we quickly (too quickly) reach 12,000 euros because the room’s rental and the caterer remain the two most expensive poles. So how to limit costs without skimping on important components of your wedding? What are the tricks to bring prices down? We give you valuable advice in this article!
In fact, the sooner you get started, the better it is! The first thing to do once you have validated your wedding date at the City Hall is to find the reception venue. You should know that reception venues take most reservations on average a year in advance, but some future bride and groom do it very early, like two to three years in advance.
The reception venue must be booked first because unlike other service providers, it only has one room, one team and there are only 3 to 4 weekends in the month. Places become unavailable quickly and if you want to get married on a weekend in high season (like the majority of future married couples), you better not hang around! The second thing to know is that reception venues tend to do promotions to fill their free dates. This is the case if you book everything at the last minute but I strongly advise against it because it is often a choice out of spite. If you do it several months or even years in advance, you have more chance to negotiate with the person in charge. Indeed, if you start prospecting in 2022 for a wedding in 2024, the venue manager will certainly be more open to lowering the price of his first free dates for the following years because it gives him a long-term vision of his activity. Therefore, he will be more willing to please his first customers. For more information on how to choose the right place for your reception and questions to absolutely ask during your visits to avoid unpleasant surprises on D-Day, read this article full of useful tips!
As a general rule, and this is also the case for other service providers, it is always easier to negotiate when you do it in advance and when they do not have many reservations yet for a specific year than if you book at the same time as all other couples and when they are overwhelmed with quotes’ requests!
You have to ask yourself what is most important to you and what will make your wedding amazing. This may be the setting of the evening, the decoration, the atmosphere, the food, etc. Depending on the level of importance you place on each step, you should invest accordingly. For example, if you want your guests to remember your wedding for the atmosphere, you will have to focus your spending on the DJ, the light shows and why not a firework. Conversely, if you are more sensitive to the setting and decor of your wedding, you will have to choose a reception venue that makes you dream and decorate it in your image.
There is still something on which I advise you not to ignore, it is the caterer! Indeed, some caterers offer very attractive formulas at low prices. According to statistics, what guests remember the most when they attend a wedding is what they eat! Tell yourself that you can find caterers at low prices but that a good caterer with a correct price varies between 80 and 100 euros per person. It can be scary but this price includes several dishes including the Wine of Honor, desserts, equipment, service and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks! This is why I told you at the beginning that we very quickly reach the average total French budget of 12,000 euros.
Prices can sometimes go from simple to double when you choose to get married in low season, that is to say between November and March. Consequently, as fewer couples get married during this period, providers often have several free dates where they cut prices because it is better to earn a little than nothing at all! It is therefore much easier to negotiate your prices in winter than in the middle of summer. In addition, a reputable provider may be booked for several future summers while it may be available in low season. You will therefore have a better chance of having the service provider that has made you dream for months with his 50K followers on Instagram and his breathtaking portfolio during this period.
Many couples are resistant to the idea of getting married in winter, but this season offers a magnificent natural setting in addition to allowing you to save a lot of money! We also give you several decoration ideas for a winter wedding in this article.
This paragraph mainly concerns your wedding decoration because there are certainly plenty of things that you can reuse to decorate your reception hall and your tables. By rummaging through granny’s attic or your closets, you will certainly find several decorative items that will bring character to your wedding decoration.
At Beloveday, our philosophy is to reuse your wedding decoration in your interior or to offer it as a gift to your guests to thank them for attending your wedding. Insofar as we do not always have what it takes at home to decorate a wedding, but especially not in the right quantities, we sell articles on our online store that suit just as well to wedding decoration trends as interior design trends. Almost all items will easily find their place in your interior or that of your loved ones after the wedding. The idea is to give a second life to your wedding decoration and to keep a precious memory of this unique day. In addition, to help you cover your costs regardless of the number of guests, we offer a 10% discount for more than 10 pieces purchased from the same reference!
Always in this perspective of reusing your wedding decoration, you can also keep your floral decoration. Rather than composing centerpieces from fresh flowers that can only last one day (and there must not be a heat wave), favor artificial flowers and dried flowers. For an original look and to bring color to your table, do not hesitate to mix artificial flowers with dried flowers. At Beloveday, we have selected the best quality artificial flowers to allow you to reuse them in your interior after the wedding. Made of latex, our artificial flowers offer a touch and a visual close to those of a fresh flower!
You are certainly all familiar with the very trendy term DIY (Do It Yourself)! This last tip is very close to the first where I told you about planning your wedding well in advance. The earlier you start preparing, the more time you have to do a number of things on your own. You will also have time to ask your loved ones to get their hands dirty too! There are plenty of great ideas and tutorials online to help you create your wedding decoration, but you still have to be good with your hands!
Even if most couples want to hire a wedding planner to organize their wedding in a serene way, some budgets do not allow it. Unfortunately and this is normal because each service has a cost, a wedding planner will not be able to “earn a living” if the budget of the bride and groom does not exceed 20,000 euros. This is the sad conclusion that we made and that made us want to create a platform dedicated to weddings where you can reuse what you buy.
We hope that this article will help you for organizing your wedding and to limit costs which can quickly fly away. This is unfortunately even more the case today with the health crisis that we have suffered and continue to suffer today and which has penalized the wedding industry for many months. If you stay organized by focusing on what is essential to you and if you plan ahead, you have all the cards in hand to successfully organize the wedding of your dreams without blowing the budget.
It is obvious that we all want our wedding to be an unforgettable day, for the atmosphere to be there and to share this event with all our loved ones. We have been idealizing and dreaming of this day for years but when it happens and we come to preparations, we often reduce our criteria because the budget is not extensible. Most French people do not realize the cost of a wedding, which they imagine oscillating around 6,000 euros. The reality is very different because the average budget for a wedding in France today is 12,000 euros. Of course, the budget will depend on your number of guests but above all on the quality of services you choose. You will certainly realize this as your organization progresses, but you will see that we quickly (too quickly) reach 12,000 euros because the room’s rental and the caterer remain the two most expensive poles. So how to limit costs without skimping on important components of your wedding? What are the tricks to bring prices down? We give you valuable advice in this article!
In fact, the sooner you get started, the better it is! The first thing to do once you have validated your wedding date at the City Hall is to find the reception venue. You should know that reception venues take most reservations on average a year in advance, but some future bride and groom do it very early, like two to three years in advance.
The reception venue must be booked first because unlike other service providers, it only has one room, one team and there are only 3 to 4 weekends in the month. Places become unavailable quickly and if you want to get married on a weekend in high season (like the majority of future married couples), you better not hang around! The second thing to know is that reception venues tend to do promotions to fill their free dates. This is the case if you book everything at the last minute but I strongly advise against it because it is often a choice out of spite. If you do it several months or even years in advance, you have more chance to negotiate with the person in charge. Indeed, if you start prospecting in 2022 for a wedding in 2024, the venue manager will certainly be more open to lowering the price of his first free dates for the following years because it gives him a long-term vision of his activity. Therefore, he will be more willing to please his first customers. For more information on how to choose the right place for your reception and questions to absolutely ask during your visits to avoid unpleasant surprises on D-Day, read this article full of useful tips!
As a general rule, and this is also the case for other service providers, it is always easier to negotiate when you do it in advance and when they do not have many reservations yet for a specific year than if you book at the same time as all other couples and when they are overwhelmed with quotes’ requests!
You have to ask yourself what is most important to you and what will make your wedding amazing. This may be the setting of the evening, the decoration, the atmosphere, the food, etc. Depending on the level of importance you place on each step, you should invest accordingly. For example, if you want your guests to remember your wedding for the atmosphere, you will have to focus your spending on the DJ, the light shows and why not a firework. Conversely, if you are more sensitive to the setting and decor of your wedding, you will have to choose a reception venue that makes you dream and decorate it in your image.
There is still something on which I advise you not to ignore, it is the caterer! Indeed, some caterers offer very attractive formulas at low prices. According to statistics, what guests remember the most when they attend a wedding is what they eat! Tell yourself that you can find caterers at low prices but that a good caterer with a correct price varies between 80 and 100 euros per person. It can be scary but this price includes several dishes including the Wine of Honor, desserts, equipment, service and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks! This is why I told you at the beginning that we very quickly reach the average total French budget of 12,000 euros.
Prices can sometimes go from simple to double when you choose to get married in low season, that is to say between November and March. Consequently, as fewer couples get married during this period, providers often have several free dates where they cut prices because it is better to earn a little than nothing at all! It is therefore much easier to negotiate your prices in winter than in the middle of summer. In addition, a reputable provider may be booked for several future summers while it may be available in low season. You will therefore have a better chance of having the service provider that has made you dream for months with his 50K followers on Instagram and his breathtaking portfolio during this period.
Many couples are resistant to the idea of getting married in winter, but this season offers a magnificent natural setting in addition to allowing you to save a lot of money! We also give you several decoration ideas for a winter wedding in this article.
This paragraph mainly concerns your wedding decoration because there are certainly plenty of things that you can reuse to decorate your reception hall and your tables. By rummaging through granny’s attic or your closets, you will certainly find several decorative items that will bring character to your wedding decoration.
At Beloveday, our philosophy is to reuse your wedding decoration in your interior or to offer it as a gift to your guests to thank them for attending your wedding. Insofar as we do not always have what it takes at home to decorate a wedding, but especially not in the right quantities, we sell articles on our online store that suit just as well to wedding decoration trends as interior design trends. Almost all items will easily find their place in your interior or that of your loved ones after the wedding. The idea is to give a second life to your wedding decoration and to keep a precious memory of this unique day. In addition, to help you cover your costs regardless of the number of guests, we offer a 10% discount for more than 10 pieces purchased from the same reference!
Always in this perspective of reusing your wedding decoration, you can also keep your floral decoration. Rather than composing centerpieces from fresh flowers that can only last one day (and there must not be a heat wave), favor artificial flowers and dried flowers. For an original look and to bring color to your table, do not hesitate to mix artificial flowers with dried flowers. At Beloveday, we have selected the best quality artificial flowers to allow you to reuse them in your interior after the wedding. Made of latex, our artificial flowers offer a touch and a visual close to those of a fresh flower!
You are certainly all familiar with the very trendy term DIY (Do It Yourself)! This last tip is very close to the first where I told you about planning your wedding well in advance. The earlier you start preparing, the more time you have to do a number of things on your own. You will also have time to ask your loved ones to get their hands dirty too! There are plenty of great ideas and tutorials online to help you create your wedding decoration, but you still have to be good with your hands!
Even if most couples want to hire a wedding planner to organize their wedding in a serene way, some budgets do not allow it. Unfortunately and this is normal because each service has a cost, a wedding planner will not be able to “earn a living” if the budget of the bride and groom does not exceed 20,000 euros. This is the sad conclusion that we made and that made us want to create a platform dedicated to weddings where you can reuse what you buy.
We hope that this article will help you for organizing your wedding and to limit costs which can quickly fly away. This is unfortunately even more the case today with the health crisis that we have suffered and continue to suffer today and which has penalized the wedding industry for many months. If you stay organized by focusing on what is essential to you and if you plan ahead, you have all the cards in hand to successfully organize the wedding of your dreams without blowing the budget.
