7 Smart Tips For Saving Money On Wedding Invitations

Wedding are generally very expensive, if you are looking for budget wedding then you should look at areas where you can save money. Once such aspect of wedding where you can save considerable amount of money is the invitation cards. The cost of invitation cards can drastically go up with the design, embellishments and the kind of printing. This not in anyway mean that you should go for blurred printing on flimsy papers.

Follow these 7 Smart tips for saving money on wedding invitations

7 Shop Around:
You can start from local card shop in the city. Don’t finalize the card from the first shop that you enter. Try to bargain on the price. You can also visit online wedding invitation card stores. Most of the online card portals allow you the convenience of searching for cards on the basis of price. Some of the online shops have exclusive budget card section, so you can visit them straightway. These cards are good in quality, only thing is that no emblements and less intricate patterns are on them. If you have any doubt regarding the quality of these cards you can go ahead and order sample cards.

6 Kind of Printing Technique:
The engraved printing looks fabulous but it is quite expensive. There are other options like Thermography that will give you the same look at much less cost. The other option is to opt for laser printing it equally looks good.

5 The Little Extras:
Invitation cards with beautiful cases, ribbons and theme based embellishment like artificial butterfly, flowers etcetera adds up the cost. Apart from the cost of these adornments, there is cost of labor that is added to it. The cost will further go up when you mail these invitations. The postage department is going to charge you more postage for the heavy weight. It is good to go with simple invites printed on superior quality paper.

 4 A Package Deal
Don’t hesitate to ask for the discount. As you would be needing thank you cards, response cards and envelopes along with the invitation, choose a store that gives you discount. Most stores often discount during wedding seasons otherwise also you can always move on to the next store where you are getting this benefit.

 3 No Reception Card
In case if the venue for wedding and reception is same then there is no need to have a separate reception card. If the reception is at different venue then also you can add on the same card “reception to follow and address. You can insert photocopied map of the place.

2 Size:
Go with the regular size invitation cards. Fancy invitations with lots of leafs will increase the cost. For RSVP card use simple postcards rather than folded cards.

1 Proof read:
Numerous times it happens that people detect mistakes in the invitations once it is printed then they are left with no option but to get it printed again. This doubles up the printing cost, so make it a point that when you are getting the blue print of the invitations get it double checked by at least two people. Pay attention to the date of wedding, name of couple and address of the venue.