There are many benefits to having a backyard wedding at home or the home of a parent or friend. The renting of facilities can cost as much as one third of your wedding budget depending on how much space is needed and how you want it themed. Travel time may be reduced as well as some wedding halls are located on the outskirts of towns near fairgrounds. Others carry a big rental charge and the date has to be just right so as not to coincide with other events.
If you have a home or backyard wedding, you can also save money on catering. Having a dedicated barbecue wedding is another way to make your wedding budget stretch and save big bucks provided you have family members ready to pitch in and do the cooking. You can serve steaks and shrimp or even hot dogs and hamburgers if you do not mind having some fun with the event. Many find this not only inexpensive but down home and charming. It is almost like combining a family reunion with a wedding. You can have the best of these worlds and throw in some family friends as well.
If you have a big garden at your wedding site home, you can theme the wedding to fit the garden. There are spring wedding favors and even garden wedding favors that are inexpensive and tons of fun. Your guests will feel much more comfortable at an event like this and if you really wanted to make it more relaxed, let them know that it is a casual affair.
If you plan this type of wedding, it is a great idea to provide many activities that will keep your guests and the children occupied and provide a fun and memorable atmosphere. You can have horseshoes and yard tennis contests between the families; the groom’s family verses the bride’s family provided that everyone gets along.
There are companies in most towns that you can rent tables and chairs for the wedding and also caterers who will cook and serve. You will need to place the band near a power source if you have musical entertainment but with this kind of wedding; a CD player and your favorite music will do just as well and save you more money.
Having a down home country wedding is a great way not only to save money but it will make your wedding much more relaxed and bring out the best in your guests. There are always family and friends who are ready and willing to pitch in and make sure that everything goes just right. I have always enjoyed going to these events, as they are so much more fun than a stuffy wedding at a chapel or wedding hall.
Many people think that the food at a home-style wedding is much better than catered food and will appreciate the good home cooking. Save even more money by having the guests chip in and bring food with them. While some folks think this is tacky, close knit families relish the idea and enjoy being involved and chipping in to make it a great time for everyone. There is nothing like family to come to the rescue and make what could be a difficult and hard to plan and manage wedding a wonderful and easy success.
