Plan Your Dream Wedding With Two (2) Million Naira

 

Yes, you read right! Even with the poor economy, your wedding doesn’t have to drain you completely. Generally, most weddings are expensive because a lot of couples want to keep up with the Joneses. It’s also very easy to feel pressured by friends and family to buy things you cannot afford, trust me planning your wedding will be one of the greatest tests of your will power. Sticking to your budget depends on how much you can stand your ground when it comes to making a decision.

Don’t think that a two (2) million Naira wedding can only afford you the “not so good vendors”. In order to get the right people for the job, you may have to search and try out more than one option. After you have settled on which vendor to use, find ways you can negotiate for pricing. There is no better way to cut down on cost than to reduce your number of guests.  For the purpose of this write-up, we will narrow down our number of guests to 250 people and the budget will be calculated with this number in mind

So here is a simple breakdown for your dream budget-wedding;

 

S/N

Vendor

Cost (N)

Comment

1

Food

375,000

(N1,500 Per plate)

 

Ensure your food vendor comes highly recommended

2

Drinks and Water

15,000

15,000

5,000 (service Charge)

(N50 per bottle)

Bottled (Breakable) drinks/soda cost a lot less and people will be less likely to cart this away

3

Venue

350,000

You can have this far cheaper if you use an open school field or park

4

Decor

250,000

Trust me you can get a good décor for this price.

5

Cake

65,000

Look outside social media and you could get a nice cake from a local baker

6

MC

50,000

Haggle! Haggle! My dear.

7

Wedding dress

40,000

You could rent a gown for half this price or go to the local market to get a good gown for this amount

8

Wedding accessories i.e. veil, earring, hair piece

20,000

 

9

Wedding Band

45,000

Sterling silver is affordable and durable

10

Musical Band

40,000

A DJ will cost less

11

Photographer and Video Coverage

100,000

This day’s photographers seem to cost a lot, but you should find someone within this range

12

Makeup and Hair

50,000

It will be easier to work with this amount if your makeup artist can fix your hair

13

Wedding Stationary

50,000 (Invitation

25,000(programme)

 

You don’t have to give everyone an invite, just get an electronic copy and send hard copy to elderly family members

14

Small chops

75,000

Small chops can cost as low as 300 and as high as 1000 per pack

15

Cocktails

75,000

In place of this you can have desert or a barbecue chicken these little things spice up a wedding

16

Miscellaneous

150,000

Trust me, unexpected expenses will come up.

TOTAL

 

 

1,795,000

Written by Loye Motunrayo