Wedding Planning on a Budget Book Giveaway – Everyone Wins!
June 18, 2009 38 CommentsEver since this recession started last summer, we have had an amazing outpouring of interest in our book ‘Wedding Planning on a Budget’ as well as our new book ‘The Ultimate Honeymoon on Any Budget’
As a way to thank everyone for their interest in our books and as a way to help each of you to have the opportunity to benefit from the savings made possible by our books, we want to end this month with a book giveaway.
The best part is that everyone wins!
Prizes will be as follows…
1st Prize
A set of our three books Wedding Planning on a Budget, The Ultimate Honeymoon on Any Budget, and The Newlyweds’ Guide to a Happy Marriage.
2nd Prize
Two of our books Wedding Planning on a Budget and The Newlyweds’ Guide to a Happy Marriage.
Participation Prize
Everyone who enters will win something. All participants will receive The Newlyweds’ Guide to a Happy Marriage and a coupon for 25% OFF the price of Wedding Planning on a Budget and The Ultimate Honeymoon on Any Budget.
How to Enter
To enter, respond to one or both of the following questions by posting a comment to this blog entry:
- Why do you need to save money on your wedding?
- What are you doing to save money on your wedding?
Deadline and Other Details
All comments must be posted by 11:59:59 EST July 1 to be included in this contest.
One entry per person is allowed. If you must post more than one comment, all of your comments will only be considered one entry.
All entrants who follow the rules of this contest will be included in a random drawing to select the 1st and 2nd prize winners.
1st and 2nd prize winners will be notified by July 10 and announced by July 17. We will ask the 1st and 2nd prize winners to submit a photo and give us a few basic details to share in the winners announcement blog post. If we do not hear back from a 1st or 2nd prize winner by July 14, a runner-up will be given the opportunity to win the unclaimed prize.
All participants will receive their prizes by July 17.
Good Luck!
We wish you luck and hope you take a moment to post your comment. Remember, everyone who responds to one or both of the above questions by July 1 will be entered for the drawing and receive the participation prizes. If you know anyone who is engaged, then you should let them know about this opportunity too.
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I need to save money on my wedding so I can have more left over to put into the house and mortgage, and to set some aside for when we expand the family
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My fiance just lost his job and my mother is getting remarried so will not be able to contribute as we had anticipated. I suffer from several chronic illnesses and have not been able to find work in the town we’re in now. We are planning a move, but that’s also a financial drain. I also feel strongly that we shouldn’t have to spend an obscene amount of money to have a special day. I see no need to spend thousands on one day (albeit a special one) when that money could be better spent on a house, etc.
So far, our money saving ideas have included a lot of do-it-yourself. We’ve enlisted a talented cake decoratoring aunt of his for the cake, my mother and I are doing all the food, and his uncle will be marrying us. We are planning on marrying in a lovely garden that happens to be our next-door neighbor’s back yard.
Why do you need to save money on your wedding? We have 9 kids between us. I have 3 girls with my ex husband, he has 3 girls and 2 boys with his ex and we have a 7 month old baby girl together = Yours, Mine and Ours!
What are you doing to save money on your wedding? Inviting only close family and friends, make my own things such as invitations, flower girl basket etc. Ive been searching the Internet and Ebay for bulk items/good deals for favors, decorations even flower girl and jr bridesmaid dresses since we have to get so many.
Why do you need to save money on your wedding? Because my fiance and I are a fairly young couple who just had our first baby! YAY US! And neither of us have family that would be able or willing to help us pay for it..
My fiance works really, really hard to provide for us as well as to support his child from his past relationship. Plus we are saving for a house and for our Daughter education plan!
What are you doing to save money? I’m going to rent a wedding dress instead of buying one is the first thing! And we plan on doing alot of it ourselves, such as make our own invitions ourselves as well as do our own catering! Mind you it’s going to be a fairly small wedding so it won’t be so bad!
Me and my fiance Derrick need to save money because we are recent college graduates and know that money is tight. I’ve only been teaching one year, so I don’t have money to get all the extravagant things that I would want at this time. We know that we will have to do most of the wedding planning on our own, because everyone in our families are struggling as well. We plan on contributing monthly to a “wedding” account each month so that we can have the money we need to pay for the dress, tux, location, and other important items we’ll need. We have about 8 months to do it. We are trying to prepare for our wedding in the smartest way possible.
I need to save money on my wedding ceremony so that my husband and I can start our new life without any debt,have some savings set apart for our children,be financially comfortable and independent in marriage and enjoy a honeymoon without borrowing or wondering how to settle our regular bills.
to save money, we are researching for the best services available at affordable prices, we have reduced our guestlist, and we are asking for support of family and friends in services required on that day instead of hiring ushers or a limousine.
i have also been doing a lot of online search and shop, and we are opening a wedding savings account!
1. We need to save money for our wedding b/c we are both college graduate students with no income and our parents are not able to help us pay for our wedding. We have been apart doing the long distance thing for almost 3 years and finally when he finishes in 2010, we are getting married. But we need to find as many ways to try to save money and have a cost efficient wedding as possible.
2. So far, we have a family friend that is starting to get into photography and we will be using her for our photography and she is not charging us anything, so that will definitely save us some money. We are also looking at using my friend’s mom who caters out of her home for our food, as long as we can find a hall with a kitchen and everything. Other than that, we are looking for more help in ways we can save money for our wedding!!!! Help us!!!
1. We need to save money for our wedding because we both have various debts that we are trying to pay off including college loans, housing, etc. My parents will help as much as they can, but with one retired and the other working only a nine month job, the money is hard to come by. My goal for our wedding is to have it make all of our dreams come true, by being frugile with our money. My goal is for simply elegance so we can have a gorgeous wedding without all of the extras. My plan is to spend less on flowers, favors, etc. and make our own invitations and programs so we can be less frustrated about money during this exciting time of planning and more excited and in love with marrying each other.
2. A few days after we got engaged, I immediately went to the bank to open up a savings account strictly for our wedding expenses. I have already managed to save quite a bit by doing this and taking a small amount out of each pay. We are going to borrow cake knives from my oldest sister who I am trying to involve as much as possible in the wedding without having her be a bridgesmaid, and possibly her cake topper (if we decide to use one). I have chosen a band for the reception because it is led by my old chorus instructor from high school, which will run much cheaper than a dj or other band. In addition, for the ceremony music, we plan on having my nephew plan the piano to entertain guests as they are seated for the ceremony. Speaking of ceremony, we plan to have the ceremony inside the reception site to save on an extra ceremony site and to save on travel expenses from the ceremony site to the reception site. According to my mother, the style I have chosen to use for our wedding is “simple elegance” as I am making very simple choices for my colors, decorations, etc. so as to save money. My fiance and I plan on making music cds of our favorite music and music from our wedding to give as the wedding favors. It is more important to us to enjoy ourselves on our day and have our guests enjoy themselves than it is to go into debt over a one day event!
1. Me and my fiance need to save money and have a wedding budget because we both work to support our 3 kids. We find ourselves barely making it through the month but we maintain. We have been planning this wedding for several years now only to keep postponing it. But this time we are striving harder than before because this is something we have been wanting to do from day one. We need some help on how to save and how to put it all together without have to get futher in debt.
2. We have been saving by putting aside whatever can at the end of the month. We have also found different ways to make extra money to add to the savings. We cut back on things that we didn’t need as well as some other necessities. But this is something that we both have dreamed of for some time now so it’s whatever it takes.
I really believe that have these books will let us see exactly what it is that we can do with out stress ourselves out. This just means so much to us. We have been looking around and doing online shopping and it all seems so overwhelming. I watch my sister get married Twice and spend all this money and go into so much debt and that isn’t what I want for us. I also don’t want to get married like my brother either whom got married at the justice of the peace. I want to be able to share that day of unity with our families.
1. We believe it’s most important that everyone enjoys themselves at our wedding and expensive weddings don’t necessarily guarantee fun.. We live relatively modest lives and want our wedding to reflect the kind of people we are.
2. We’ll try to do as many items as possible ourselves (ie. baking the cake, printing invitations, etc.). We will also trey to cut back on a lot of ‘extra’s that may not add to the celebration.
I just got married in march and what we did to save money on our wedding was the following. First of all we had our best mans grandpa preform the wedding (free of charge). This was great because he already was a minister. he was just a retired one. However you can also easily have someone ordained for a very cheep price. Another thing we did to save money on our wedding was we got married at a park. The park had a beautiful enclosed building (which worked out great since it was snowing). Finally the last thing we did to save money our our wedding was we made and printed our our wedding invitations. They were amazing and no one knew they weren’t professionally done. (however i should probably take some credit for this since i am very artistic and designed them myself). Oh one more thing for our wedding music we asked our friends who our violent players to play at our wedding. it was amazing and everyone talked about it. If you don’t know someone who pays music then you can go to colleges or high schools and speak with the music department a lot of times they will help you for a very small cost sometimes for free.
P.S. the reason i hope to win is that i am helping plan my friends wedding for January 2010. Thanks so much
I just noticed a typo in my above post. It should say they were violin players.
I think everyone has a right to the wedding of their dreams, and my fiance and my dream wedding has always been a beach wedding. A destination wedding is a great way to save on expenses, because it will limit the number of people attending. There are also several honeymoon registry websites where people can contribute to the cost of the honeymoon. At this point in our lives, it’s important to save on the wedding expenses, because we would rather spend money on a piece of property or a college fund for our children (even though we don’t have any yet).
My fiancé and I need to save money for our wedding because of these reasons: (1) we want to spend less on our wedding so that we can put more money toward more substantial things, such as for a house or insurance; (2) he is attending graduate school and does not make a lot of money, and I am still in undergraduate school; (3) considering the current economic situation, we don’t want to spend a ton of money on unnecessary and frivolous things for the wedding when there are plenty of people (including our guests) who are struggling to make ends meet.
Since our wedding is over a year away, we haven’t made many purchases yet. However, I have purchased my wedding dress, veil and tiara. I bought my dress from a bridal store that was going out-of-business. The dress was originally $749.99, and I got it for $199.99. I purchased the veil and tiara on eBay. The veil was $24.99+$4.99 S&H. The tiara was $5.99+$5.99 S&H. The veil and tiara were a lot nicer (and cheaper) than the ones at the store. We also plan to save money by purchasing printable invitations from Target or Wal-Mart. We are going to use my iPod stereo (it can play really loud) to use as music during the reception. We will just make a playlist and ask a friend to keep watch on the stereo for us. We’re not going to use catering, especially since the reception will be in the afternoon. We will either have party trays from WalMart or ask one of my mom’s friends to cook (she offered). That’s all that we’ve really thought about so far! These books would be very beneficial for us so that we can have a higher-quality wedding for a lower price!
Neither one of us makes a lot of money of money so it is necessary that we keep our expenses as low as possible.
We will be letting our church family help us as much as possible and probably do the reception at the church with simple but tasty food. I have been looking for wedding dresses on the internet, especially Craigslist.
Both me and my fiance are students in college and we’re already up to our ears in loans. We would like a simple but elegant wedding but we have very little income to work with. Both of our parents can’t help because they are having money problems as well. We aren’t wanting some big fancy wedding but would like a simple, elegant wedding to remember. So far to save money we’ve been finding things that we can get from dollar tree stores. Like wedding favors, plates, cups, and some decorations. We’ve also decided to have someone make my wedding gown. It’s cheaper than buying one that would look like it. So we’re pretty much just settling and I don’t want to just settle. I want my wedding to be something we’re proud of for the rest of our lives.
I need to save money on the wedding because I am one of 6 children & the first girl to get married.
I need to save money on my wedding because I don’t want to start off my marriage with a ton of debt due to our wedding-we’ll need all that money once we’re married!! I am looking around for ways to still have my dream wedding but do it for less and the mini course by TIm and Lisa has been awesome at helping me realize how and where to save $$.
Hello, Love the page! Thanks for giving us this opportunity to do this. Even if we don’t win, it was still worth a shot. We are requesting help because we need to save money! Who doesn’t? These days, I am the only one working we have a son who is six. Luckly, I am able to hold this family up. To be able to provide is the best feeling in the world. Because I know it will get better and God will bless me. Just found our dream house that has 4 bedrooms,basement, 2car garage,wonderful neighborhood and for only 1100 a month. Which we are so blessed to have a great price. Believe me we looked everywhere! lol Glad to say that we have been together for 8years. He is my highschool sweetheart and nothing would be better then having the dream wedding of our dreams and to have our son share it with us. To say guess who helped and it was all through facebook! How amazing is that! I have read alot of these stories. SO may the best BRIDE n GROOM WIn! But hey we all our winners!
We need to save money because I lost my job due to illness (still battling), and we are struggling on 1 income. To keep costs down we are doing a very casual reception with deli trays and salads. Entertainment will be lawn games, since we are having the party in my parents back yard. Also, I bought my dress from a 2nd hand store, my fiance’s suit is from a discount store. We have a very small bridal party-matron of honor and best man. We will be forgoing a photographer and passing out disposable cameras for both the wedding and reception, and relying on friends to take some portrait shots.
We are serving beer and soft drinks only.
I need to save money on my wedding because not only am I planning our wedding, but I’m also starting my own business… and both take money money money! Furthermore we have a baby boy who takes up time I would normally spend working for $$!!
We are saving money by using friends and family to fulfill positions of photographers, florists, food prep, decorators, and designers… and did I mention one of my bridesmaids is a wedding planner?
We have saved thousands already!
I need to save money for my wedding because we were advised to spend money for our honeymoon.since this is the time where we can savor each moment privately wherein we need not to think about others instead we will just enjoy the fruits of our savings.
So for the sake of our dream honeymoon.please help me how to trim down our budget for our wedding reception.pls pls pls
My fiance and I just got engaged, we have learnt through our 6 years together that we can have fun and romantic dates with little money. We have several goals (keep studying a little longer, owing a house, starting a family, keep discovering the world and keep helping) that we wish to achieve debt free. So far, we do only what we can afford and buy only what is necessary. We do our best to live by this principle.
We are happy to look at alternative to have the same result. Instead of an engagement ring, I received a beautiful necklace. We decided to cut back on many things for our Big Day. We won’t have a traditional wedding but as long as we have a good and loving time together, that what’s the most important for us. We decide to go with a very simple eloping wedding with his parents and my mom. This way the cost will be cut drastically. We will stay 2 more days for our honeymoon. Back from our 3 days, we will then have a cocktail party to celebrate our union with the rest of the family and all our friends. We will make sure to have a lot of fun without having to spend a fortune.
Even though we would have love to have a wedding day with all our friends and family, I go by the principle that the wedding day is just one day, our marriage will be a lifetime.
I need to save money for the wedding because I certainly have some financial restrictions due to the crisis, and also because I am investing in an expensive course. I’m doing a bunch of things in order to save; like using some decoration accents from home and my mom’s stock, using friends as DJ’s, bidding as much as I can, buying the beverage myself, having some linen manufactured instead of rented (many times it’s cheaper), using a lot of leaves and flowers from the season, having my friend (a French stylist) do my dress (it’s a gift) and having other friends and family members help at the wedding as wedding gifts, making some customized drinks, creating my own favors, and using my mom’s collaborative work (she’s a decorator and also provides me with discounts on her partners).
i need to save money on my wedding because i have 3 young kids and we have been trying to get married for years so we need to budget, we have been trying to save mney by shopping around and not having a honeymoon hopefully it will happen soon
I need to save money so that we can have money for other things such as bills!
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1. I’m only 21 and can only work Part Time bc of back/knee/neck problems. My fiancee got laid off of his job in January. Everything keeps on falling part! So we need to save our money to pay for the bills and everything after the wedding!
2. I’m shopping clearance and craigslist to save money. I got such nice things for a decent price.
Your wedding should be the best day of your life…complete with all the things that you have always wanted to make that day more than perfect. I could see how easy it would be for me to get into deep debt preparing for one day. Just ONE day! This big chunk of money could be spent on more practical things…especially longer lasting things that could benefit me and my husband-to-be.
So why do we need to save money on our wedding? The union that is to take place in less than 8 months from now will not only join me and my guy as one…but it will also join the bills!!! As a new graduate, I will be up to my neck in student loans and my boyfriend as just about as much, if not more, than I do! I don’t want to dig any deeper into debt than I will already be in!
Why do I need to save money on this wedding? Well, first off I am young, 19 to be exact. My fiance is 22. Now, you may be thinking this is way too young to even consider marriage, but let me also tell you we have a 4 month old son together. He is the light of our lives and we know God brought us together for a reason.
Now, back to the question, why we need to save money on our wedding. I stay at home all day with our son, and my fiance works 60 hours a week as a bar manager in a hotel, and still barely has enough money to make it from paycheck to paycheck while supporting me and our son. Neither of us comes from a family one would consider “well off,” and our friends are in the same basic financial position as we. We have debts to schools and credit card companies, but in spite of all this we still want to have a fairytale wedding we can be proud of.
In short, we would love to have all the necessary wedding elements–reception hall, beautiful ceremony, delicious food. But we need to be able to create our wedding around a practical budget that will not break the bank.
My father has passed away and my mother is on a fixed income. I am planing a wedding all by myself so my budget is very strict. I have to cut every corner I can. I am 37 and never expected to get married as I always dated the wrong men. I am truly blessed and very lucky to have a wonderful man now!
I need to save money because since the economy took a nosedive my boyfriends income has decreased and we still have to eat and pay bills.
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I need to save money because it is hard to plan a wedding and also take care of our one and a half daughter on a part-time income.
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