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After spending thousands of dollars on your wedding ceremony you will not want to repeat such huge spending on a reception that won’t last more than 6 hours, though you want to make it great and special you must learn how to be prudent with your spending.
Here I will give some greats tips that will help you have a great and elaborate wedding reception but on a low budget
First and foremost you have to rethink your venue, if you are thinking to host your reception in a hotel that will cost so much money, getting the best hotel hall is not cheap very expensive these days.
Also, in most hotels, if you are to make use of them for your reception then you have to book their food as well, which is very costly.
A better alternative is to look for a cheaper reception venue, such making use of a fancy house, friends yard, beach or you can rent a hall yea there are cheap halls that are meant for ceremonies are rented at a cheaper price than you came with your foods and drinks for your guest.
Food and drink for the reception are another factors you should be considering if you are planning verities of meals this will make the cost go very high instead prepare one type of common meal for the occasion and add snacks to it thus reducing the cost for feeding your guest.
Decoration design is another factor that should be looked into the cost of setting up such decoration is very expensive so try to look for a cheaper one.
Or if you have friends or relatives that are into decorations let them assist you in getting the work done at half the price.
Also, you can as well get cheaper decoration materials for the venue decoration.
The cake in most reception cakes plays a major role, especially the cutting of the cake by the couples.
If you are planning on doing a 5-step cake which is expensive alternatively you can make 2 step cake and add an extra 3-step fake cake alongside the real cake covered with polystyrene to make it look real this way you spend less cake making for the reception.
You can as well skip the dessert menu as far as you have the cake already and use it as a replacement for the dessert menu
There are some of the few ways you can spend less on your wedding reception.