Sunday, April 20, 2008

Budget Weddings: Alternatives

If you're serious about saving, skip the wedding reception altogether and, instead, combine vows and honeymoon into one trip. Go off alone or with your immediate family and exchange rings on a mountaintop or at an inn. As newlyweds, back from the trip, you can throw a "tied the knot" party to celebrate with everyone imaginable.

Or elope the old-fashioned way! One couple I know, who had been dating for several years, woke up one morning and decided to make their commitment official. To bypass the months of planning, the expenses and fretting relatives, they headed a few days later to City Hall with the two requisite witnesses and got hitched. That night they threw an informal, intimate party in their apartment.

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