As being the wedding planner in Jaipur for over 10 years, I often get several questions on my social media profiles about the destination wedding budgeting. The numbers of youths ask about the cost of destination wedding because it is the biggest dream they have and expect that they can materialize it. The destination wedding is a top trending craze in India; the growing numbers of weddings of international celebrities and Indian lime light stars also fuel this trend. In addition, contrary to misconception that the destination wedding is a costly affair, it is a cost saving event organizing way to make the biggest day of life better.
Budget the Destination Wedding Yourself: As the trend is being followed by more and more youths, the numbers of wedding event planners are also rising fast in all the popular states including Rajasthan, Kerala, Andman - Nikobar and Goa etc. Hiring of the best wedding planner in India helps you enjoy the budget destination wedding at the most but you can't transfer the complete finance related responsibilities over to wedding planner because only you know yourself the best. In addition, wedding is a process event that needs you to take on multidimensional tasks and most of time mingled with each other. Also, you often come across new needs to make slight changes in plans. You can take the help of local event organizer to budget the marriage event more accurately; that’s why, all the top wedding planners suggest for their early hiring /involvement.
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Choose the best suitable destination viable for both of you and guests. Guests come from different locations and through different means; you may or may not pay for the trains or flights especially in budget wedding. The wedding destination should be easy to approach. For example, Jaipur is better approachable than Andman – Nikobar.
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Choose the best wedding venue within permissible budget. You need the venue just for a day or even for just couple of hours but the cost is often high. The venue selection should be made of the most likely wedding theme and timing. The crowd strength and ceremonies schedule also steer the venue selection process. Indoor and outdoor are two main options.
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Finalizing the guest list is a simple looking but the most challenging task because you need to be very popular in strategy to limit the numbers of guests. The numbers of expected guests are key factor budget framing. Don’t make the guests figure vague like 100 – 200; it means just the double. Try to judge how many guests will really come to wedding destination. The percentage of guests attending the destination wedding function is slightly shorter; it depends upon several factors like wedding date, season, connectivity etc. For example, more guests may attend the function in Jaipur and Udaipur than the function in Goa or Andman – Nikobar.
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Dining is the major wedding expense with unlimited scope. You can expand it or squeeze it as per budget. First decide, how many dinners, lunches, breakfasts you have to manage and where you will need these. You may opt for buffet lunch to save the cost. Buffet lunch at popular wedding destination costs around INR 600 to INR 1500 or more per person. Gala dinner on the wedding day may cost INR 800 to INR 2000 or more. The cost of dinner highly depends upon the guests and the menu selection; the hired wedding planner may help you great in finalizing the list of food items according to the latest trends that suite to your budget.
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The key budget areas that are small looking but needs hefty funds are decoration, lighting, transportation, entertainment, procession, makeup artist, gifts, guests stay etc. If combined, you may need INR 5 to 20 lakh to meet out these expenses. The day wedding may save the lighting expenses as well as it may reduce the expenses of guests’ staying at hotel. The day wedding may also reduce the dining expenses.
Five Key Areas of Destination Wedding Budget:
Concluding Note: Destination wedding is a great event that you organize even without any prior experience or knowledge of particular location. The hiring of wedding event planner at the earliest, preferably just after the finalization of ceremony schedules, is the best way to enjoy the hassle free wedding day in full colors.
