People who found weddings too expensive to hold, how did you manage to save up for one or did you not host one?

Make sure that you and your wife aligns in terms of finance and values for the wedding. Then from there, work it out and compromise with each other.

I run a wedding photography business for years on the side, will share with you the tips!

• Host it in cafes, function halls or restaurants. They are way cheaper, hotel wedding looks too serious and boring at times.
• You can host a wedding for under $60/ pax at cafes/ function halls.
• Weekdays and lunch weddings are cheaper too.
• Decorations, props, car flowers, etc can easily be bought from Taobao.Some of my couples use fake flowers for the bouquet too.
• Ask a friend to drive the wedding car instead of hiring.

In my opinion, a wedding is a must-have. The question is just the scale of it, I do have small weddings which are under 50 pax frequently. If you host large weddings, you won't even have time to properly interact with every guest. Let's say you really really do not want to spend much, just book a condo function room for solemnisation and get catered food afterwards.

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Sorry to hear you & your partner have differing plans on the wedding. An accommodation has to be made somewhere in this case cos you either have one or you don't. (someone has to "give up")

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My spouse wasn't keen on having a banquet either, but I like having one. (plus our parents confirm one cos we were the 1st to get married on both sides). The compromise for us was I did one without much hassle ie he did not need to put in too much effort. (I don't see that as compromise since I like it hassle-free too. #NotaBridezilla)

For us, convenience for our guests & valule (nice food at reasonable price) were upmost important, so we chose M Hotel which was near Tanjong Pagar MRT and the pricing is not Sentosa-range.

Lunch reception maybe? And in a small setting.