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This brings music to the ears of wedding professionals who have also been hit by our economic downturn. It seems brides haven't forgotten how important your wedding day really is. Wedding professionals are starting to offer services such as payment plans, extended payment terms and even lay-by, ensuring the industry continued growth through these difficult financial times.
Recently married and featured in The Discerning Bride, Amanda, remembers her planning and budget for her wedding. “At first we weren't really sure how much to budget for our wedding, however after doing some research we thought that $40,000 would be a reasonable budget. By the time we were back from our honeymoon the total cost of the wedding had totalled at over $100,000. When we started planning our wedding we had no idea how many great wedding suppliers there are out there and the new and innovative additions that could be made to our big day. We realised that we could have opted to go with less expensive suppliers however we realised that we only get one chance at this day and we could easily see the vast difference in quality when we thought of cost cutting. If I had the chance to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing!” |