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We all know that getting married these days is going to set you back a fortune. Whether you want a small do or a massive do you are going to end up paying a big fortune. Even if you don’t opt for a horse drawn carriage to a castle hotel, the costs soon mount up. This is why a huge amount of people have employed a new trend of instead of receiving wedding presents they would much rather have money given to them.

There are a variety of costs involved in getting married in this day and age.
1) Buying the perfect dress and suit
2) Organising and booking reservations
3) Catering
4) Transport
5) Flowers

But this does not stop there, because even after the wedding you have to pay for the honeymoon and anything else that comes along with that, including spending money, eating out and the transport around the destination and too and from the airport.

So I believe now is the best time to look at getting married, as we already know we are in the midst of a huge credit crunch, therefore one industry that will be suffering is the wedding industry. People will definitely be holding back from getting married at the moment, but I feel that is totally the wrong decision to make, because now in my opinion is the best time to get married.

With companies struggling, everywhere has lowered their rates and you could in fact get married for around 40% cheaper than usual. With the flux of weddings abroad you could also get a good deal on getting married in a different country as flights and hotels have also been dramatically lowered. In fact there are more places to get married than ever before, as lots of hotels and venues that previously did not offer marriage services, have opened their doors to happy couples in order to benefit from additional revenue streams.

So if you believe that the credit crunch is all bad then think again as for some lucky few getting married on a budget is a dream come true.

We all know that getting married these days is going to set you back a fortune. Whether you want a small do or a bigger do you are going to end up paying an arm and a leg to tie the knot. Even if you don’t opt for a horse drawn carriage to a castle hotel, the costs soon mount up. This is why a huge amount of people have employed a new trend of instead of receiving wedding presents they would much rather have money given to them.

There is a lot of costs involved when getting married.
1) Buying the perfect dress and suit
2) Organising and booking reservations
3) Catering
4) Transport
5) Flowers

But this does not stop there, because even after the wedding you have to pay for the honeymoon and anything else that comes along with that, including spending money, eating out and the transport around the destination and too and from the airport.

So I can say that now is the greatest time to look at getting married, as we already know we are in the middle of a huge credit crunch, therefore one sector that will be suffering is the wedding niche. Alot of people will definitely be worried about getting married at the moment, but you really should not be.

With businesses struggling everywhere has put down their rates and you could in fact get married for around 40% lower than usual. With the increase of weddings abroad you could also save on getting married in a different country as flights and accommodation have also been dramatically decreased. In fact there are more places to get married than ever before, as lots of hotels and venues that previously did not offer marriage services, have opened their doors to happy couples in order to benefit from additional revenue streams.

So if you think that the credit crunch is all doom and gloom and bad then think again as for some lucky people getting married on a budget is a dream come true.

I am somebody who does not believe in marriage. How many marriages end in divorce? Too many! This is one of the reasons why I do not personally believe in getting married. The latest reports on the long term success of marriage confirmed that one in two marriages end in divorce and that the majority of these divorces are granted within the first ten years of married life. Well that’s a good stat isn’t it? Makes you want to walk up the isle next week doesn’t it? At the end of the day I like to keep things in a sense of reality, the reality is that the majority of marriages fail.

As you will no doubt tell as you read through this article I am in no way involved in the “marriage industry”; I am actually involved in stuttering therapy, I also work on a project offering a professional DVD duplication service as well as a one that offers cheap calls.

In September of last year I was invited to attend a wedding of a good friend of mine. The day arrived and I drove my family to the hotel where the ceremony was going to take place. Boy was it a lavish affair! There were violinists playing as you entered the venue and the whole event was, in my opinion, far too over done. The “happy couple” must have spent a small fortune and I know for a fact that they did not receive any “outside help” from either set of parents.

In November, only two months after the wedding, the groom was made redundant from a company where he had worked for the last nine years. He is not the most skilled or educated of people and may well struggle to find employment in the near future (he is currently still out of work).

He has told me that the wedding has put him into debt in rather a big way but that it would have been OK if he had not have lost of job. These are tough times, financially and people are losing their jobs in an ever increasing manner; this is just what happens I am sorry to say.

It is time to get our heads out of the clouds and into the real world. Getting yourself in debt just so that your girlfriend can be a princess for the day is madness, this is 2009 and times are quite tough out there “in the real world”.