When you are getting married there are a ton of things you have to plan and budget for. One of the biggest expenses is of course the wedding reception food. The more people you have, the more expensive it will be. You also might think you have to serve a three course meal which is highly expensive.

To make matters worse, if you want to have your wedding reception at a hotel or conference venue, they normally don’t allow you to hire the venue without taking one of their catering options. These can be very pricey and you might not have the budget for this. So, what can you do? Well, here are some ideas for saving money on the wedding reception food.

Okay, so you are looking to cut costs a bit. There are a number of ways to get this done. Firstly, you will want to have you wedding during the day, or maybe even in the morning. This way you do not need to cater for heavy meals for dinner. This is a great way to save a bit of cash.

Many people do want to get married at night though because it creates more of a party. The only way to cut the costs then is to hire caterers and do without the hotel reception venue. You might find that hiring a marquee to use and getting a small meal catered is cheaper. You can also choose the type of food you want to serve at these private venues and you can opt for a buffet which is cheaper than a set menu.

Private venues give you the chance to choose the food you want. You might want to have a lamb on the spit for a beach or casual wedding. You might choose to have something different like snack platters if you want to save money for a garden wedding.

It does not matter where you are getting married, or where you are having your reception, the main thing is that you are save some money on the food. You do not want to over feed your guests; this will just make them over stay their welcome.

If you want to save a bit more money you can always offer a sort of combined starter. Now, this is not saying that you will tell people to share their plate, this is only saying that you will put one platter of the starter on each table, so that you do not have pile of food on each plate.

Choosing the type of food is also important when it comes to the price. To save money go for cheaper meats like beef or chicken. You don’t have to serve something fancy – it must just be tasty.

Planning the rest of your wedding is now easy as you have freed up some of the budget to be used for other important areas.

Tags : Private Venue, Small Meal Catered, Wedding Reception