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Did you ever ask yourself, “What is the most expensive city to marry in?” Every year, The Knot surveys nearly 20,000 brides that have gotten married in the last year to find out the national average cost of a wedding, style preferences and other key details. They rank the top 25 most expensive places to marry (by wedding spend). Guess which city was the most expensive for 2012?
Average Wedding Spend in 2012 (Photo from www.theknot.com)
Money is not the most important thing in the world.
Love is. Fortunately, I love money.
~ Jackie Mason
Love Money (Photo from www.astrologie-spirituala.com)
Something to think about when you are pricing out wedding professionals!
Professional Pricing (Photo from American Guild of Organists)
If money management isn’t something you enjoy, consider my perspective.
I look at managing my money as if it were a part-time job.
The time you spend monitoring your finances will pay off.
You can make real money by cutting expenses and
earning more interest on savings and investments.
I’d challenge you to find a part-time job where
you could potentially earn as much money
for just an hour or two of your time.
~ Laura Adams, Money Girl’s Smart Moves to Deal with Your Debt
Save Money (Photo from www.davisliumd.blogspot.com)
As most brides find out very early in their planning process, getting married is an expensive proposition. From venue rentals to food and beverage minimums to great photographers to awesome bands to gorgeous floral, it all adds up… and quickly! One way to keep one of the biggest expenses of your wedding to a minimum? As they say in real estate: location location location.
Location, Location, Location (Photo from www.blog.twitter.com)
It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy,
but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and
make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.
~ George Horace Lorimer
Money Daydream (Photo from www.tradersbug.blogspot.com)
Did you watch ABC’s 20/20 exposé on the wedding industry a couple of weeks ago? Did you see that couple who said that everyone in the wedding industry is trying to rip off the bride and groom? Well, personally, I was so upset by the insinulation that I went to the library to get their book (no, of course, I would not pay for it!). I will be reporting over the next couple of weeks whether they – Denise and Alan Fields – are just crackheads looking to make a buck on you – the happy couple – or if there are some actual good wedding saving money tips.
Bridal Bargains (Photo from www.amazon.com)
Money is only a tool.
It will take you wherever you wish
but it will not replace you as the driver.
~ Ayn Rand
Show me the money! (Photo from www.mxmcreation.com)
Everyone wants a good deal. Period. But as a first time purchaser of wedding related items, many brides find themselves with sticker shock. With wedding gowns in the thousands of dollars and ballrooms with food and beverage minimums easily in five figures, it is not difficult to see why!
Sticker Shock (Photo from www.advisorone.com)
For a moment, imagine this: you just turned 20 years old and you are worth more than $130 million. You are engaged to be married to a handsome actor who also has some money but no where near your net worth. What is her biggest concern when negotiating a prenup? Her pets.
Miley Cyrus & Her Pup (Photo from Miley Cyrus twitter)
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