{"id":1525,"date":"2013-10-12T00:18:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T00:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2018-03-14T01:56:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T01:56:32","slug":"the-cost-savings-of-a-destination-wedding-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/the-cost-savings-of-a-destination-wedding-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost Savings of a Hawaii Wedding Package"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Patriot Package includes minister services, 1 hour of photography coverage, and 75 digital color\/exposure corrected photos.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Destination weddings, contrary to belief, and in the majority of the cases, are much cheaper than your local wedding. \u00a0\u00a0The \u201cbudget killer\u201d of any type of wedding, ranging from your typical local gala<\/span> to destination<\/span>, is always your reception.\u00a0 On average, you’ll spend around $100 on each attending guest.\u00a0 Each attending guest usually comes in a pair.\u00a0 So if you invite 50 friends and family, who in turn bring a plus one, that\u2019s 100 mouths to feed.\u00a0 At $100 a head, simple math says you’ll be spending around $10,000 on just food…ALONE! \u00a0 Take in mind, this price doesn’t include the cost of entertainment, extended photo and video coverage, the cost of a DJ, wedding cake, alcohol, and the cost of the reception hall.\u00a0 Tally up those expenses and you can easily be looking at another $15,000 to your ever-growing-atomic-budget.<\/p>\n

Enter the destination wedding.<\/p>\n

In most cases, when you plan an overseas wedding, be it in Hawaii, the Caribbean, or Europe, the majority of your guest will not be able to make it. \u00a0Generally, traveling overseas is either too expensive for your guest, or it conflicts with their work schedule. \u00a0\u00a0Fewer guests means a much smaller reception, a smaller reception means less money, and less money spent on guest means more money for yourself. \u00a0Are you being selfish or greedy with having less guest attend your wedding? \u00a0I say, no. \u00a0 You’re just being a lot more economical!<\/p>\n

To state it rather bluntly, if you\u2019re looking to save some hard earned cash, planning a destination wedding may be something you seriously want to consider.<\/p>\n

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Your wedding ceremony (that includes the minster and photography package) plus travel to Hawaii \u00a0from Los Angeles, could be as cheap a $2500. \u00a0Throw in a small dinner reception for a group of ten, and spending money for the trip, you could be looking at spending $5000 in total.<\/p>\n