weddings are a vital part of Indian culture which includes loads of dance, drama, and money, India is a country where people don’t spend money on their daughter’s education but save that money for her wedding instead, which clearly states the importance of weddings as well it gives a clear idea of lakhs and thousand spend on wedding functions and rituals. guests are feed guests come in a huge amount, 2000-3000 guest are normal in an Indian wedding and serving them feeding them in every single function there are averagely 7 ceremonies from different religion of people living in India ceremonies may differ from 8-9 in different religion living in India the average cost spend on an Indian marriage is around 10 lakhs these facts are enough to tell that spending on weddings is a very common thing in India, if you are also annoyed by these wasteful money spending culture then this article is just for you, in today’s article I’m going to tell you some secrets tips and ideas so that you can have your wedding in budget without wasting a penny from your pocket.
LET US GET STARTED-
HENNA TATTOO-
There is a special function for doing henna on hands which is popularly known as mehndi which is done at night just one day before the wedding, henna is believed to be a very auspicious thing in India is also done generally on every festival in India on females hands and legs. In mehndi ceremony nowadays a professional henna artist is called which charges money on per hand basis the average cost of the henna artist is RS.5000 and bridal henna is 15000 both hands if you approach good professional henna artist in India, which is very expensive for just henna, instead use henna tattoos for your guests, you can even make a henna spot, put henna tattoos there and people can just pick the henna tattoos of their wish and just stick on their hands, which is a very cheap option in comparison of a henna artist.these are available on Amazon very easily,
Use Your Own Speakers-
use your own Bluetooth speakers and attach them with youtube and just say someone to handle the music who has a little knowledge of speakers or even just make an endless playlist of wedding songs and attach your speakers with the phone the songs will keep playing, you can do this hack in small functions like mehndi, sangeet, cocktail party, Haldi ceremony where you don’t have a large gathering and you can play music from your phone till 2-3 hours.
Venue selection-
select the venue of your function in the outskirts of the city so that few people will only attend your wedding and the rate is also comparatively less from the city, also have your wedding in the offseason so that you get additional discount as in wedding season like November month its banquet rates are up to 4-5 lakhs for a single function, which you can easily get at 2 lakhs in the off season.
Destination wedding-
Similar to the above point, plan a destination wedding, according to many planners destination wedding reduces and saves the cost by 50 percent as every guest can not come to places like Jaipur, Jodhpur, goa states which are famous for a destination wedding, only close family members and friends will come.
off-Season dress shopping-
An Indian wedding takes least to least 1 year to complete as to get the best mahurat, so if you have your wedding in next summers then shop for your dresses and all your outfits in winters starting, if you have your wedding in summers then buy in winters starting as that time clothes went on sale, buy from season end sale, and never buy from a fancy showroom go for local markets, they have the same designs but in less cost.