Shop Online and Pay Less for Your Wedding Dress
June 18, 2011 No Comments
The folks at SimplyBridal.com have some great ideas for getting great deals on wedding dresses. Here is what they have to say:
When you’re trying to cut costs, the wedding dress is a great place to start. When sold at a dress shop, a wedding dress can cost thousands of dollars, leaving you little money in your budget for flowers, catering and other needed accessories. The best way to cut costs? Shop online. Online retailers don’t have fancy showrooms to keep up, warehouses to heat and cool and sales staff to pay. Instead, they have great wedding dresses at lower costs. Shop carefully, and you may find a great deal.
This doesn’t mean you can’t set foot in a wedding dress shop. In fact, the opposite is true. Consider your local dress shop your first stop. Try on as many dresses as possible, taking note of what shape best flatters your figure. Feel the fabrics and learn the names. Think about whether you like dresses with many details or as few details as possible.
Then, head home and crack open the computer. Armed with the knowledge you’ve gained from your day at the dress shop, you’ll be ready to make an informed decision about the shape and fabric of the dress of your dreams, and you’ll quickly see the price difference between brick-and-mortar dress shops and online shops.
One word of warning: Make sure you buy your dress from a reputable online retailer. Look for guarantees that the photos shown represent the dresses sold. Be on the lookout for stock photography that doesn’t represent the dresses the retailer sells. Make sure the retailer offers returns, so you can send the dress back if there’s a problem. And, finally, ask for samples of the fabrics, so you can feel the quality between your fingertips and make sure it matches your expectations.
About the Author and SPECIAL OFFER
SimplyBridal.com offers beautiful custom-made wedding dresses at wholesale prices (the price the dress shops pay before they mark the prices up to cover the costs of retail marketing and overhead).
The manager of SimplyBridal.com is extending to readers of the Wedding Planning on a Budget blog a Special 15% Discount on top of their already low prices. When you make your purchase, simply enter the promo code SAVEBRIDAL15 for huge savings at the SimplyBridal.com wedding gown online store.
