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Offer To Pay Cash for Discount

bridal bargains hunter — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:47:09 +0000

Money talks and cash speaks the loudest, so when you’re talking to a vendor or the reception hall, ask them if they offer any sort of discount for paying with cash and most places, if they aren’t huge outfits like a Marriott or a Sheraton, they will offer a bit of a discount.

Why are they willing to do this? Well, with a credit card they have to pay interchange processing fees which can run somewhere in the neighborhood of 3% – cash has no associated fee. If you pay with a check, while there are no fees, there’s always the risk that the check will bounce – cash won’t bounce.

Wedding Cost Cutting Tip: Hire Photographer For Ceremony Only

bridal bargains hunter — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:35:38 +0000

It’s estimated that the photographer and videographer will run about 10% of your total wedding budget and so it should be at least second on your list of things to investigate trimming (the first being your guest list). One of the ways you can cut costs on a photographer and videographer is to hire them for the ceremony only. For the recording folks, a large portion of their costs has to deal with the hours they spend taking photos and video and so if you can trim that down, you can trim down their costs. Having great photos and video footage of the ceremony is crucial, something that you likely will regret skimping on, but cutting out photos and videos of the reception probably won’t be missed too badly, but that’s a personal decision.

Disposable Camera Favors vs. Professional Photographer

bridal bargains hunter — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:45:54 +0000

I read a tip about putting disposable cameras, around two, on each of the dinner tables in lieu of hiring a professional photographer and I have to say that’s a ridiculous way to save money. Putting disposable cameras on each of the tables and having your guests take action shots is a great way to augment professionally taken photographs but it certainly isn’t a replacement, unless you really don’t care about photos at the reception (then it’s a perfectly good idea!).

Here are several reasons why a disposable camera is a bad idea (when used to replace a professional photographer):

Camera Use Will Be Low – It’s likely no one has done any studies but the number of photos actually taken with the disposable camera probably won’t be particularly high. It certainly won’t be 100% and if photos of the reception are important to you then it certainly would be too big of a risk to take, don’t you think?
Photo Quality Will Be Low – Unless you discover super high quality digital disposable cameras (at which point you’re no longer really saving much money anyway), the photo quality will be low.
You Won’t Have Digital Copies Too – Chances are a professional photographer will take the photos digitally and your disposable cameras won’t.

Now, disposable cameras as a means of augmenting a professional photographer is a great idea because you can get so many more candid shots. A professional photographer can only take one photo at a time but an army of your closest friends, after they’ve been drinking heavily, can take a whole slew of photos!

Where should you go to buy disposable cameras? I personally would recommend eBay if you’re looking to save some money and willing to sacrifice on film quality.