Beach Weddings: Beautiful & Cost Effective!
Imagine… a Million Dollar View for a few hundred bucks!
The great thing about beach theme weddings is that they can fit into any budget; and, for next to nothing, you have a million dollar view! Choosing the best location for your wedding is very important and when selecting a beach wedding site, you will want to consider whether or not you actually want to be on the sand or would prefer to be on a grassy knoll with that “million dollar view” in front of you.
While there are certain things to consider when thinking about a beach wedding, some of which I’ve listed below, there is no doubt that a ceremony on, or overlooking, the beach is as romantic as you can get – especially if you love the beauty and power the ocean gives. There are numerous picturesque beaches from the coastline of California to the shores of New Jersey, and let us not forget Hawaii or the Caribbean as options. Depending on your home town, you would want to way whether you want something close by or one that you would consider the perfect destination location for you and your guests. Whichever it is (not counting the cost to get there, if need be), beach ceremonies are very economical.
All in all, a ceremony on or overlooking a beach doesn’t even begin to cost what you might think when you consider the beautiful memories and photographs that you will have from such a magnificent setting.
The location is virtually free with a few cities charging a very minimal permit fee. And if you want, you can stop spending money right there… walk down to the sandy aisle with a fabulous bridal bouquet design of flowers you created from your own garden, and of course your fiancée, stand in front of an officiant, and Voila! – you’re wed in a majestic setting for hardly anything, and you can spend all your saved dollars on a beautiful honeymoon or towards the down payment of your first home!
You can of course spend a bit more by renting chairs (which if you plan on more than a handful of guests is probably a good idea), maybe you want an arch, some flowers, some flower petals strewn on a runner, and as is the case with anything, you can continue to think of things to add that will increase the amount a bit. But all in all, a ceremony on or overlooking a beach doesn’t even begin to cost what you might think when you consider the beautiful memories and photographs that you will have from such a magnificent setting.
And this can be a do-it-yourself experience, or for not much extra you can employ the help of a service that has everything you need from chairs to arches to PA systems, podiums and CD players, and the best part about using a service is that they take care of everything! You do not need to think about a thing, set-up a thing, dismantle a thing, or worry about any of the other little details. These services are easy to find, just Google Beach Weddings with the name of the city you’re interested in after it, or if you don’t know which beach you want, just type in Beach Weddings and there will be many options for you to look through to start getting some great ideas. You might also want to check out the website for the beach wedding service I own with my daughter in Monterey, California for some ideas: Monterey Beach Weddings.
The bottom line here is that Beach Ceremonies do not hurt the “bottom line” and definitely can help you keep some of your wedding dollars in tact for other parts of your wedding event or just to be able to keep it – period!
By Cheryl Cox, Editor of YourWeddingDollars.com, See “Note from the Editor” for more information on Cheryl and her credentials.