We will look at the main positions that are included in the estimate. Of course, this opinion is purely individually, but it is based on the own experience and the advice of many wedding professionals.
1. The biggest article in the estimate is Rent a banquet area . The average price in Moscow (we do not take exclusive sites, the price of which is not affordable by most of the country's population) - 4000 rubles per person. Now let's deal with what is included in this amount. This is the cost of the banquet menu.
An additional costs can be attributed to the percentage of service, sometimes (not always) - rental of premises, alcohol (in different restaurants work differently, we will soon return to this item), rental of additional equipment (screens and projectors), rental of musical equipment - often it is Separate and more accurately a mandatory cost of expenses, rental of additional furniture and textiles.
The wedding menu is better to compile yourself. Photo by author.
To save on a banquet, you need Work on the menu yourself . Often restaurants already have ready, allegedly balanced, banquet menu on a certain number of people. However, it should be familiar with it more carefully and adapt to his celebration, to take into account who is invited that eats and drinks. Perhaps you should not order five types of salads by 50 people, but to limit the three - not the most expensive in the menu. It is not so necessary and five species of various plates-assorted, mainly enough sausage and cheese.
And here not worth refusing from the buffet - There will still be guests who will come before and will be bored, waiting for you in the hall of the restaurant, and so they will be able to go to the hall, settle down as a plan of seating and snack from the road. The buffet is on average costs 500-700 rubles per person - these are all sorts of sandwiches and canapes.
With the purchase of alcohol also worth being careful. Restaurants work according to different schemes: "all their drinks", but with the "cork fee", "Alcohol", "50/50", "Alcohol establishments". From the name it can be understood that the most economical options are the first two. In this case, you can choose what wine or juice drink your guests and (at the rate of: half-liter alcohol per liter of a non-alcoholic drink and a liter of water (2 liters - hot summer) per person) to calculate the required amount. It is more difficult when the restaurant does not provide such an opportunity - then in the institution it is better to order a strong alcohol - vodka, brandy (they drink less in the number of bottles), the rest of them to buy themselves. But it is always necessary to observe the balance, given the "plug". In any case, it is worth trying to negotiate - the administration of the institution often comes towards the client. The organizers are easier - the restaurant always leaves the field for maneuver, which facilitates negotiations.
2. A lot of cost Services of professional photographer and video record . There is a stereotype that it's easy to photograph a wedding - "snapped at the stele", "the common photo for memory on the wall of the wall", but the non-professionals work so much, the photos of which are not requested by × 20-25 thousand rubles. It is possible that this photographer in the future will be a good specialist, but for now he trains.
Photo: Andrei Zhukov.
This is the only item on which it is better not to save in any crisis. And then I always stand on the side of photographers and videographers, their work is the only thing that remains after your wedding! No need to underestimate this. Already three days after the celebration in your head there will be no trace of the atmosphere and those emotions that you survived. All of this - and for it you paid considerable money - it will be possible to remember, only revising the video clip or a full film and turning the photo album! It is better not to arrange a wedding at all than to save on memorable pictures and video.
The services of professional photographer and video record are expensive, but it is not worth saving on them. Photo by author.
— You can save on video recordings in the registry office "You and so hire a video magograph for a whole day, why do you need to pay for the dubbing?" Sometimes the photographer and videographer work in a pair and give a substantial discount - you can save 10-15 thousand.
3. Order transport - This position may also be expensive if the bride and the bride wanted to distinguish between everyone and order, for example, a carriage-free carriage, or an auto-dress. The budget option is to rent a bus - places a lot (mini-baces contain 17-20 people, large buses - up to 40), and cost as much as limousine.
Most often for weddings, jeep limousines are ordered. The most comfortable and less expensive - Ford. Photo by author.
If the bus does not want, you can order a "sausage", as a joke called a limousine jeep. The most comfortable and less expensive - Ford, the Hummer will have to fork. If the people are a bit, it is better to rent ordinary limousine for 10-15 people - they are cheaper than jeeps.
- If you do not plan to visit the sights of the whole crowd, Order a minibus which will pick up your guests in a convenient place and takes to the wedding area.
But the Hummer will have to spend money. Photo by author.
4. Disputes about whether Professional lead For a wedding, do not subside. But the wedding must behave - this is not a coordinator, which is never suitable for the microphone, it is not parents and not witness. Leading is better to take together with DJ - first, they work according to the exhaust scheme, secondly, the price of one is included in the price of another. Competition in this market is very high, it is necessary to orient to your budget and be sure to meet with candidates! It is possible that you will bloom on a creative guy or a girl who will hold a wedding with a bang. But do not forget that the presenter is not only a humorist and speaker, this is a psychologist who needs experience and ability to predict the situation.
Professional leading at weddings usually work in a pair with DJs. Photo by author.
— Leading often make a discount in "not the season" (November-April) - on average, the discount is 10%.
5. How much to spend money on Decor of the wedding hall ? The amount is limited only by your capabilities and fantasy. If your budget is modest, it is worth choosing a hall in which there are already scenery - an interesting design of the room, not empty walls, bright colors are used in the decor, beautiful furniture. Then this room can be supplemented with several floral compositions and a decorative thematic table or equip a place to photograph - always relevant.
If the wedding budget is modest, then for the celebration it is worth choosing a hall in which there is already scenery. Photo by author.
If there is no money, it is better not to rent a tent in nature - this is the most expensive option, because only decorating the dome of the tent (and without it very ugly) costs from 20 thousand rubles. You must also decorate the arch for the marriage registration ceremony - from 10 thousand, the rest of the decor - the table of newlyweds and the guests of the guests - will cost more thousands of 20. So consider this price approximate to the minimum.
Tent in nature is the most expensive option for the wedding. Photo by author.
— Choose flowers on season , it will significantly reduce the price of the bouquet of the bride and flower compositions;
— Refuse to decorate the hall with balls They are easily for your money you can spoil the hall.
6. Handmade is always valued high, and the bride will most likely want to do something with their own hands to his own wedding. And do there is something! Wedding accessories - Pillow for rings, decoration of glasses and bottles, wishes book, garter and much more. On the Internet there are many free master classes to create these wedding trifles. If at home there is a sewing machine, the bride turns into a wizard!
Handmade wedding accessories are always expensive. Photo: Anton Baranovsky.
Separate expenses - Invitations, banquet cards and seating - All this can also be done by himself - attract the girlfriends process, they will gladly draw, cut and glue. Creating a unique flavor of your wedding!
- Wedding accessories usually do not cheaper than 10 thousand rubles. Having bought fabric, rhinestones and colored paper, you will understand how cheaper it is to do. But only in the presence of desire and time.
Invitations, banquet cards and seating plan can be made independently. Photo by author.
7. Wedding Organizer and Coordinator - These are different people, and their services are different money. As the organizer and coordinator of weddings, I just want to outline the advantages of staying such a person in your celebration. The organizer is hired when there is no time to prepare for the wedding, or if you are not sure that you can dispose of the amount provided for by the amount. The organizer has a team of partners with which he coordinates prices, plus the organizer always tracks the shares and proposals of wedding specialists who will help save an essential amount. It is likely to manage to manage money than newlyweds, which, in most cases, poke your finger into the sky.
Wedding - an event in any case cost. Photo by author.
— You can order only coordinator services . This will help to avoid lining at least on the wedding day, but for the work of you hired specialists, unfortunately, will not answer.
8. Dear salute can be replaced with a cold firework from letters or hearts - effectively, but significantly cheaper.
Dear salute can be replaced with a cold firework. Photo by author.
But save on invited artists will not work. Creativity will never cost cheaply. Whether you want to rehearse the staged dance or order a dance team for a wedding - both, and the other will cost a penny. If the budget does not allow, the dance can be beat, and the show is to replace the dance competition. In this case, it is better to pay a competent leading.
If you plan to spend no more than 300 thousand rubles for the wedding, it is better to arrange a ceremony for two on the ocean - it will cost cheaper than celebrations with many guests. Photo by author.
Wedding - an event in any case cost. To hold a good wedding for 200 and even 300 thousand rubles (if at least 25-30 people) in Moscow is impossible. And do not believe those who promise it if only experts work at a loss. This amount is better to buy a tour abroad and arrange Wedding Ceremony on the Ocean - Unforgettable definitely, emotions will be a complete box! And relatives and friends will delight for you and at a distance thanks to bright and solar photographs in social networks!
Weddings Organizer Olga Marandi