Planning Engagements With A Limited Budget

Couples today get engaged with their public engagements, literally. Changing some of the old tradition of holding separate hosting for bridal and groom showers, practical and modern would-be newlyweds welcome the idea of incorporating the showers into one big engagement party where friends and family can celebrate together.  

Conventional engagements usually are too costly and involve many traditional customs. Usual convention includes the etiquette in hosting the party, series of customs and many unnecessary guests being enlisted to an affair that would only make sense to close friends and family. But with the ingenuity of time and creative but cost-conscious coordinators, some couples prefer to do the actual proposal and the engagement after right in one event. Sometimes this can be too modern for conventional families but most of the young couples getting into engagements are catching the trend. Not to mention, that limited budget is no longer a problem if the couple is wise enough not to comply with the traditional celebrations of their engagement.

After getting the debate of traditional or modern celebration of engagements, the engaged couple can now concentrate in customizing their engagement party. They can enlist the help of friends or hire a recommended events coordinator to handle all the planning and execution. Or to in some cases, a family or friend can surprise the couple with the event itself. Depending on which case, it is important to keep the surprise under wraps and or keep everyone invited on the loop including the couple.

Invitations to engagements can be done without cutting a whole bunch of trees. Try some of the free applications of sending out invitations online that is more convenient and resource saving than the traditional paper invites. The web applications are also enabled with GPS tracking or online maps that can prevent any guests from getting lost on the way to the venue and also has automated RSVP features so that coordinators know how many are actually attending.

Book catering and venues off peak so that you can get discounts and freebies. Some of the engaged couples prefer to have a party long before any monumental holiday which means unconventional time, date, and place. This can be a major discussion on both side of the parties and the enlisted guests but most probably guests would be attending no matter what if they are deemed important to make some effort on their part.

Party favors in engagements need not be too expensive or separate like in bridal shower favors. Innovative, functional, and unique are the main themes for the freebies in the party so you do not have to worry about the monetary value of your favors. As long as it describes something about the couple who are getting engaged or are already engaged, guests would surely appreciate something from their hosts that means something. If budget does not allow giveaways during the engagement party, then couples can and out better wedding favors in their big day.

There are still many aspects of engagements that people are catching on with the modern revisions being done to suit the preferences of the couple. No need to stick with the old school just to please other parties, aside of course if the couple belongs to royalty or of have some celebrity status. Most likely, normal couples who just want to let the public know about their soon-to-be wedding could not afford the stuffy celebrations but opt to the much affordable ones.