20 Ways To Avoid The Wedding Industrial Complex

Tis the season for weddings, and if you’re reading Consumerist you’re probably not the type to shell out the “average of $19,581” that people claim we spend on weddings.

The always amusing CouponSherpa has located 20 things you can cut from your wedding to save cash. Many of them I’d never even considered, such as “Cake Server Sets,” (you have to buy that?) and monogrammed aisle runners.

Anyone have a frugal wedding? What did you do?

20 Ways to Avoid the Wedding Industrial Complex [CouponSherpa]

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