Manila Wedding Budget

How to save money for a wedding in Manila?

Our budget is P300k for a 100 guest wedding and P150k for our honeymoon.

We're not having flowers - with our ceremony and reception being outdoors at a nature center, we figured the extra expense of flowers was unnecessary.

We're not mailing save the dates, but are instead emailing a link to our website. The invitations will be designed by the same friend who set up our website. We'll pay him for the printing if he lets us.

Our photographer, videographer and musicians (ceremony and reception) are all friends who are providing their services for free or at steep discounts.

Very few of our guests have to travel far, and those who do are staying in discounted hotel rooms (thanks to our best man), with us, or with family.

My colleague who caters is booked, so we may use a friend-of-a-friend for the dinner we'll provide our guests. Someone who donated cupcakes to a fundraiser I hosted a couple years ago will be paid to provide cupcakes and a cake for our guests.

The shower will be held at my grandmother's house, and my bachelorette weekend will be held at the house of a friend's mother.

Some of our favors will be handmade and/or obtained from thrift shops.

Our whole she-bang is very thrifty and DIY, which has helped us keep costs down tremendously.