N1M NIGERIA WEDDING PACKAGE BREAKDOWN:

So you have One million Naira (N1m) budgeted for your wedding, and not sure how to break it down before you start spending it on wedding things? In this post. You will see how we helped a couple planned their wedding with their N1 million naira wedding budget.

Number of Guests invited: 150
Type of Venue: Indoor reception hall
Total amount spent: N920,400.00 (i.e. nearly N1 million Naira)


Bride and Groom – 194,500.00
Stationery and Souvenirs – 60,000.00
Venue and Decoration – 175,000.00
Food and Drinks – 202,500.00
Entertainment and Visuals – 135,000.00
Miscellaneous (other things) – 153,400.00



New wedding gown purchase 55,000.00
Bride’s shoes 7,500.00
Bridal Accessories: bouquet, veil, headpiece; earrings, necklace etc 10,000.00
Bridal beauty: Hair/ Nails/ Makeup 15,000.00
Wedding rings (bride + groom) -GL or Gold 50,000.00
Groom’s Shoes 25,000.00
Groom’s wedding suit 15,000.00
Groom’s Accessories (e.g cuff links, belt, flower boutonniere /pocket-handkerchief) 15,000.00
Groom’s Grooming (e.g haircut, beard shaving) 2,000.00

Stationery & Souvenirs

Invitation cards & program printing 15,000.00
Souvenirs to gift guests 45,000.00

Venue & Decoration (for Reception) – an indoor reception hall

Venue hire (incl. necessary rentals such as canopy tents, chairs) 150,000.00
Decoration: venue, bride n Groom’s cars, venue décor 25,000.00

Reception Food & Drinks

Wedding Cake (assuming N150/ guest count) 22,500.00
Food (Assuming (N1000/ head) 150,000.00
Drinks/ Juice/ Water (Assume: N200/ head) 30,000.00

Reception Entertainment & Visuals

Photography &/or Videography 100,000.00
Master of Ceremony (MC) 10,000.00
DJ only (No Music Band) 25,000.00

Miscellaneous Expenses – 153,400.00

According to one of our married readers (Toyin), an example of what to include in the miscellaneous section are expenses for family members (groom’s/bride’s parents and siblings’ outfits, transportation and more). This is where your parents and siblings cannot afford to take care of themselves.

9 SMART IDEAS TO SAVE COST WHEN PLANNING A NIGERIAN WEDDING ON A LOW BUDGET.

#1: Buy a Small Wedding Cake with a Few Tiers/ Step
Save costs on wedding cake and still delight your guests’ sweet tooth by making one small but cute wedding cake with a few tiers/ steps – to display in the reception. Then buy a big un-iced and un-decorated, normal cake from any good cake store to serve the guests (it’s cheaper than getting wedding cake for the entire guests) – no one will know the cake they ate is different from the one displayed, and you’ll score a big point by impressing guests who were happy to be served big cake portions and you also win by not paying an arm and leg for a big wedding cake to serve the entire guests. By the way, if you have or a talented friend or family member, you can ask them to help you bake the regular cake instead – so that you’ll further save money.

#2: Rent a Cheap Wedding Venue
Pay less on venue by renting a cheap town hall or an open field/ garden. Have your wedding in the morning or afternoon of a week day, and you’ll see less crowd that you can really afford to feed.

#3: DIY at Home Instead of Paying Wedding Vendors
Don’t buy everything, make some yourself. Ask your mom’s friends, aunties and close talented friends to help you with catering (food), baking the wedding cake, snacks (chin-chin, fried meat, moi-moi etc), souvenirs, MC etc – but please draw the boundary when it comes to photographers and makeup artistes – hire known experts on those ones because you won’t have a second wedding in case your makeup and photos didn’t come out right – and you want to be able to show people nice photos after the wedding.

#4: Put Together Your Own Personal Planning Team
If you can’t afford a wedding planner, assign one of your super-organized friend as your wedding coordinator. This person should be a hands-on and known to (delight in planning everyone’s birthday parties) with the task of your wedding day coordination as well as your pre-wedding planning buddy. You gotta give that role to somebody if you don’t want to see your wedding going the way you didn’t anticipate. Be sure to give her the wedding planning itinerary checklist/timelines and phone number of all your vendors to work with, – and you can be the wedding project manager, following up with everyone who’s helping you, while using our wedding day itinerary as a guide to when every task must be done by.

#5: Save Cost on Wedding Venue Decoration
Find an open field/ garden with a natural scene. Or a hall with neutral walls and floors – no dramatic wall and floor colours but with a great ambiance – so that your venue still looks amazing without needing any or an extensive decoration – and you’ll not have spent any money on venue decoration. Then have tables and chairs covered in a simple colour cover cloths. Did you know that the wedding cake is also part of a wedding decoration, so that when you set a wedding cake with simple-design in your reception venue, it adds to set the room. By all means avoid colour-riot, rainbow-coloured reception venue decor. The secret to appealing design and decoration is “less is more”.

#6: Hire a Good DJ instead of hiring a Live Music Band
Music bands are more expensive than a DJ – any day. So, don’t hire a live band, instead get a good DJ – you’ll save money and your guests will have so much great time that you’ll have to beg them to stop dancing (long after the wedding party has come to an end). Please don’t choose a semi-pro DJ over a professional one, just because it’s cheaper – be ready to pay a little extra on getting a DJ that will get your guests up and dancing. An unprofessional DJ always dulls a wedding. Instead of hiring an amateur music band that your guests do not enjoy listening to, hire a good DJ that will make your guests never want to stop dancing.

#7: Don’t Pay for a Master of Ceremony
Ask a slick talking friend to MC your special day.

#8: Rent a Wedding Gown Instead of Buying a New One
Rent a pre-owned but trendy wedding gown – not all rented wedding gowns look frumpy and old school – ask some shops that sell wedding dresses instead of hiring from a wedding caterer or cake baker.

#9: Your Groom Could Wear a Pre-Owned Worn Suit
Instead of buying a new wedding suit, your groom can wear an old, unworn suit that’s fit for the wedding occasion. There’s always that suit that hasn’t yet be worn, lying in your groom’s suitcase – because he had reserved it for a special occasion. After a while, he forgot about it. Ask him to check his suitcase.

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9 Cost Saving Ideas for Cutting Down the Budget of Your Wedding in Nigeria

#1: Pre-agree on a Specific Number of Guests

Save money on wedding catering and venue by setting a limit to the number of people to invite to your wedding, and stick to it. Even one single additional guest could make a big increase to your wedding budget beyond what you can afford. So, think twice before giving out invitation cards to everyone in your street or office.

#2: Use SMS to Send Out Wedding Invites

Save money on invitation cards by using cheap bulk sms text messages, emails and Facebook messaging to invite your age-mate friends and colleagues. Only print invitation cards for older guests, including your parents’ friends. This should cut cost of invitation cards by about 50% or more – be sure to let people know in the messages that they should consider the text messages as their formal invitation to the wedding. For the paper invitation cards, you may want to buy some packs of pre-printed wedding invitation cards for the folks that will require paper invites.

#3: Use One Venue for Both Ceremony and Reception

Another way to save cost on wedding venue is to hold your church/ religious joining ceremony and reception at one venue to save on duplicate venue hire.

#4: Have White and Trad Wedding on Same Day

To save cost on feeding guests twice, choose to have both your white and trad wedding on the same day. And, if for any reason, the two weddings can’t hold on same day and you still want to save cost, invite only a handful of your close friends and family to the traditional wedding, so that the white wedding can be for a bigger audience.

#5: Avoid Setting Your Wedding Date On a Busy Month/ Week

As you know, every single additional guest increases the wedding budget, so you have to find a way to reduce crowd and unwanted guests. Minimize incidence of uninvited too many guests by choosing a non-peak and less traditional time to get married: avoiding popular Nigerian wedding months like December, Easter holidays, major public holidays, valentine’s day weekend; choose a weekday instead of a Saturday.

#6: Use one of your ready have Jewellery

Use one of your old, hardly worn or not-yet-worn pieces of jewellery for the traditional and/ or white wedding or borrow an occasion-jewelry from your mom or sisters (no one will notice it was not a new jewelry – they’ll only notice that you looked elegant walking down the aisle)

#7: Buy a Non-Diamond Wedding Ring

Save cost on wedding rings by buying a ring with cheaper precious stones instead of an expensive diamond wedding ring – those are cheaper and still gorgeous. Even celebrities are wearing non-diamond engagement and wedding rings – royal bride, Kate Middleton’s engagement ring stone was sapphire; Facebook founder, Matt Zuckerberg’s bride had ruby stone. So, explore other elegant non-diamond wedding ring stone options – they are a lot cheaper than diamond.

#8: Wear a Really Long Wedding Gown

Save money on wedding shoes by wearing one of your old, unworn or nearly new shoes or a cheap one, and then buy a really long wedding gown style that will hide your shoes. No one will even notice your foot-wear and you’ll win by saving yourself from buying expensive wedding shoes .

#9: Go to the Hair Salon for the Bridal Hair

A day before your wedding or about four hours before, take yourself to the hair salon to do your wedding day hair, instead of bringing the hairdresser to your bridal suite – this should cut down your hair styling cost as you’ll not be paying extra ‘home-service’ fee for taking the hairstylist out of his/ her shop.

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WHY THE BRIDE STANDS ON THE LEFT SIDE DURING WEDDING CEREMONY

Have you ever wondered why during wedding ceremony, it is customary for the bride to stand on the left and the groom on the right? This tradition dates back to the Middle Ages, when women were traded and sold for marriage. So why does the groom stand on the right side of the altar? Well, your heart is located on the left so the bride stands “under his (grooms) heart”. This keeps the groom’s right hand (“fighting arm” or “sword arm”) free to defend his bride should an enemy try to steal her away at the last minute. If any man or attacker made it past the groomsmen at the altar, the groom would hold his bride with his left hand, while using his sword or weapon with his right hand against any oncoming attackers.

So next time always hold your bride with your left hand during marriage.

A wedding father-daughter dance is a dance between a daughter and her father. Father-daughter dances are common at Western wedding receptions, although not all weddings have a father-daughter dance. In situations where a daughter's father is not available, he may be substituted with a man of an older generation, such as an uncle or the father of a close friend.

The dance step is always emotional as the father will be handling the bride over to the groom.

WEDDING GOWN SIZE, THEIR NAMES & IDEAL BODY SIZE TO MATCH.

Basically, women are classified into 5 body types which I’ll just quickly highlight on below;

Apple (triangle downwards) This body shape describes a person who has broader shoulders and bust than they do hips.
Banana, or straight (rectangular)
Pear, spoon, or bell (triangle upwards)
Hourglass (triangles opposing, facing inwards)

1. Ball gown:
If you want to feel like a fairy tale princess on your wedding day, then the best dress to go for is the ballgown also known as princess gown. Wedding dresses with ball gown silhouettes often feature fitted top and full skirts made with tulle. These types of gowns are said to look good on most body types as the full skirt flatters all shapes and sizes.

2. Trumpet:
The Trumpet Silhouette is a style of gown that features a gradually-flared skirt and a close-fitting bodice that skims the lines of the body, through the hips. Just as the name suggests, the gradual glare of a trumpet dress’ skirt resembles the shape of the musical trumpet’s bell. Ideal for frames with small waists, such as the hourglass, banana, and petites. Not good for pears and apples, as it accentuates stomach and hip area

3. A-line:
A line wedding dresses are fitted to the waist and then flow naturally to the floor. The Knot can help you find an a line wedding dress in many different fabrics, including lace, silk, organza, and more. Ideal for all body types.

4. Modified A-line:
Fitted on the bodice and hips and gradually flares to the hem, forming an “A” shape. The skirt of a modified A-line dress fits closer to the body than a traditional A-line. This type of gown is Ideal for all body types. The cut is between a modified a-line and a mermaid cut.

5. Sheath:
These are designed in such way that the seam runs vertically from the shoulders down to the hips. They are meant to flatter the bride’s body. Sheath dresses that are made from chiffon are especially a darling of many brides who want to accentuate their figure and appear remarkable. Ideal for lean frames, such as petites and bananas. Also good on hourglasses who are willing to show off their curves. Not good for pears; sheaths will accentuate extra inches and can be unflattering.

6. Mermaid:
Also known as a fishtail, a mermaid wedding dress is closely fitted in the bodice all the way down to the knee, where it dramatically flares out – you’ll find that the skirt on gowns described as ‘trumpet’ or ‘fit-and-flare’ starts higher up, typically from either the mid-hip or thigh. Ideal for slender frames and hourglass body types who are willing to show off their curves. Not good for apples and plus size body types.

7. Tea lenght:
Tea length wedding dresses often give brides a vintage style and feature a skirt that falls below the knee and above the ankle. They come in a variety of fabrics and necklines and can be dressed up or down to fit any type of wedding style. they are ideal for all body types.

8. Mini:
Skirt falls above the knee. Ideal for bananas. Not good for plus sizes.

So ladies, I’m sure this article is of enough help to you in choosing your wedding dress. Remember, it’s your ‘special day’ and you must look stunning in that dress. For the guys, you might want to send a signal to your lady with the type of dress you’ll want her to rock in on that day.

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WEDDING FOOD PRESENTATION:

Only making delicious food is not enough for wedding. Wedding if you closely analyze is all about presentation whether it is décor, outfits, favors or any other thing. It is all presentation that matters. So the delicious, tasty food that gets cooked in your wedding should also be presented well in creative ways. Just putting them in bowls like disrespecting the art of cuisine. As said above presentation always matters

When considering a caterer for your wedding always ask for past job pictures to have idea of how the presentation is. Don't just scatter jollof rice one side and fried rice one side with burnt plantain or coslaw that isn't fresh or just wrap the eba anyhow and serve on a plate

Catering food presentation is very important in a wedding as it adds value to the food and event.

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There are two kinds of BOUNCERS for events
1. Wedding bouncers
2. Concert/club Bouncers

Never mix the two up when hiring them for the kind of event you are hosting event, remember wedding is hospitable.
Difference between Wedding Bouncers and Concert/club Bouncers

1. Concert Bouncers task guests for tips Wedding Bouncers will never do that
2. Concert Bouncers drink while on duty Wedding Bouncers will never do that
3. Concert Bouncers are too aggressive and always ready to fight Wedding Bouncers are calm and prefers to setting dispute rather than fighting
4. Concert Bouncers doesn't mind their dressing wedding Bouncers always appear in neat uniform/costume and they well groomed
5. Concert Bouncers do not give helping hands to old guests Wedding Bouncers give helping hands to old guests.
6. Concert Bouncers are quick to run home before end of the concert wedding bouncers don't run home, they rather go home until the couple leaves the venue.

So when hiring a vendor, always check well the kind of bouncers you are hring to fit in your event so you wont end up ruining your event with the wrong set of Bouncers.

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3 RULES ON HOW TO REDUCE YOUR WEDDING GUESTS.

When planning a wedding on a low budget, you are forced to make some tough decisions such as drawing a line on how many guests to invite, as well as for deciding on who and who should or should not be invited to your wedding.
Cutting down the wedding guest list is one of the most stressful and dreaded parts of wedding planning, but once you get it done, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Don’t feel too bad about the people whose names you removed from the guest list. Just remember that Weddings are intimate affairs, meant for family and close friends. Your third cousin from your Mother’s village and that office colleague will eventually forgive you for not giving them invitation cards. So, focus on how best to make your wedding special.

RULE 1: TRIM DOWN THE NUMBER OF RELATIVES TO THE MOST IMPORTANT
1. No distant cousin/ aunt/ uncle. -No ‘friend of relatives.
2. No second, third cousins etc
3. Remove names of distant relatives you don’t know, have never met, or have not spoken to in the past 6 months; or don’t see regularly

RULE 2: REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BRIDE'S & GROOM'S FRIENDS
1. You don’t have to invite anyone just because you attended the same school or live(d) in the same neighborhood.
2. Anyone you haven’t seen or spoken to in the past 6 months to a year;
3. Any name you delay and deliberate whether or not to delete;
4. Friends of your friends or co-workers of your friends – they are not your friends
5. Any friend you see only at parties or events organized by your mutual friends – meaning that they’re your friends’ friends and not ‘your friend’;
6. The exes: Don’t invite your ex-boyfriend unless your fiancé agrees to it. Likewise, his ex-girlfriend(s) should only be invited if you (bride) agree to it.

RULE3: REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CO-WORKERS AND BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCES
If you have lots of office colleagues, it sure would be nice to invite them all. But when your catering budget cannot accommodate everyone, you need to cut down the guest list.
1. Ask yourself: If the company where you both work closes down tomorrow, would you still be friends with them? Apart from the job, what other business do you have in common? If the answer is “nothing”, remove their name from the guest list.
2. Don’t invite anyone you meet only at work and never socialize with outside the office, don’t invite them – they’re not your close friends;
3. If 5 to 10 years from now, there’s a possibility that you will look at wedding pictures and wonder, “Who is this person?”, then remove their name from the guest list.

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