Planning a wedding is expensive, specially booking best wedding venues takes a big bite out of your wedding budget. If you do find a wedding venue that is perfect for you but is out of your reach, consider these tips to bring the costs back down to earth.

1. Same wedding and reception location

We all know how expensive weddings can get. Specially when you are planning it in the best wedding venues. But you can still save your wedding venue expense by having your reception and wedding in the same location. Perhaps, this is the easiest way to save your money. You’ll have to pay only one rental fee. This will also eliminate the  transportation costs of getting you, your wedding party and your wedding guests to a second location.

2. Look for a venue that doesn’t require you to use their vendors

If your budget is tight and you want to save some extra bucks, then you must surely opt for a venue that gives you the freedom to use vendors of your choice. This is the best way to have the wedding of your dreams on a tight budget!

3. Off-season wedding

If you are looking to cut those extra costs then you should schedule your marriage at least a week before peak season started. November through March tends to see a lull in weddings, which means that some venues may offer discounts to brides and grooms that are willing to get married during the off-season.

4. Skip the Saturday wedding

An easy way to cut wedding costs is to skip the Saturday weddings. Venues charge more for this coveted day of the week. Better look at alternative days, such as Friday or Sunday.

5. Flower Decoration Cost

Prefer using more greenery, instead of flower decoration. Also swap out costly flower decoration. Flowers are expensive and will bring up your wedding budget. So better cut down flower decoration costing. Stick to just one or two kinds of flowers and buy flowers that are in season.

6. Cuisine costs.

Every wedding’s biggest expense is Food. So if you want to slash the expense, you can experiment with the cuisine. Go for a buffet instead of a sit-down meal; or host a high tea; a dessert reception; brunch or luncheon instead of a multicourse meal. You can also opt for drop-off catering, this will hold down expenses without sacrificing food.The caterer delivers already prepared food and sets it up. You can also cater yourself, this would be adventurous and highly cost-effective.

7. Refine the guest list.

Keeping the guest list as concise as possible will drastically reduce reception costs. Most caterers, restaurants and banquet halls charge per-person, so the difference between 100 guests and 150 will be significant. This will slash your catering costs and save on invitations and even the number of centerpieces.

8. An all-inclusive venue

An all-inclusive venue can sometime be a big cost and time saver. You’ll get a great deal on an all-inclusive venue but before choosing you must do your homework before putting down a deposit. Price out what your all-inclusive venue is offering and find out how much it would cost to pay for all of those goods and services separately.

We all know, wedding is an expensive task but if you follow this tips, then surely you are going to save loads of money.