By: TM Lung
Submitted: 2009-05-23 10:18:49 | Word Count: 546
There is no doubt that you will consider your wedding reception the most important when planning a wedding. As a matter of fact, it is also one of the most expensive parts. You will need to allocate at least 50 of your budget to this part. To this end, you may want to know about all the expenses involved.
The rent of the reception hall should be considered. Without any surprise, it will affect your budget on the wedding reception a lot. As a result, brides and grooms will need to choose the venue carefully when they are doing the wedding planning work. The first issue you have to consider is of course the size of it. You will certainly need to spend more if you are going to get a larger venue. As a result, you need to estimate the number of guests carefully. The idea behind is that you will not be renting a venue which is too big. You will need to spend more than you should if you rent a hall which is too big in size. Besides, it will also be beneficial to think about the day of the week when you are searching for the reception hall. In most cases, it will be more expensive if you are planning to have a weekend event!
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The next issue you will need to consider is the catering. The foods to be served in the reception will be important. Anyone who has experience in wedding planning will know this. Yet, you will first of all need to know if you can hire a caterer outside. You need to discuss about this before you rent the venue. If it is not allowed, you have to make sure that the foods to be provided by the venue will be good enough. Of course you will also have to discuss about the cost of the catering.
You will be taking a lot of pictures in front of the wedding cake. Your guests will also see the cake when they arrive the reception hall. As a result, the cake will always be considered the focus of the wedding reception. You should also consider this item carefully when you are doing the wedding planning work. As in the case of choosing the venue, you will need to consider the number of guests. This will make sure that you will not order a cake which is too big in size. Again, you will waste your hard earned money if you order a cake which is too large. There is certainly no point to do so. If you would like to lower the price of this item, you can consider decorate the cake yourself. However, the decoration materials may not be edible. As a consequence, you may want to remove all the decorations before you serve the cake to your guests.
One last issue you will need to consider is the photography. You will be hiring a photographer to capture the sweet and romantic moments in your wedding reception. If it is possible, try to hire two photographers instead of one. Though this may cost you more, it will make sure that you will get the photos even the camera of one of them does not work on your wedding day!
