Brides are under a tremendous amount of pressure these days to keep a tight reign on their budgets.  They’re trimming down their disc jockey packages and their videographer packages, and they are doing away with open bars and wedding favors among others.  But there’s also another strategy they can use to save money – finding wedding freebies.

Many wedding companies offer free items to promote their company, products and/or services. With just a little effort they can discover worthy products as well as many samples and coupons. All they have to do is search the internet with the keywords “free wedding stuff” or “wedding freebies” and a treasure chest of goodies will pop up.  Some examples of what can be found out there are: free wedding planners, wedding planning software, wedding webpages, magazines, catalogues, e-books, free wedding invitation templates, beauty care products, and a whole lot more.

Here are some resources to find free wedding stuff.  Just copy and paste the following web addresses into the web browser:

SuperWeddings.com: http://www.superweddings.com/freestuff.html

KillerFreebies.com: http://www.killerfreebies.com/wedding.shtml

Freebies4ya.com: http://www.freebies4ya.com/freebies/love.asp

About.com: http://freebies.about.com/od/weddingfreebies/Wedding_Freebies.htm

Free wedding webpage at theKnot.com: http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/pwp_offers.aspx?offers=1&target=

As can be seen there is no shortage of resources for brides to find and discover great free products.  With a little bit of effort, brides can save a ton of money.  And they’ll be surprised to see quality items for free.  As an example of what can be found out there, take a look at the following:

PashWeddings.com offers its readers a variety of free wedding invitation templates.  These templates come in suites, meaning for each design brides not only get a template for their wedding invitation, but also for their rsvp card, save the date card, reception card, placecards, table card, wedding party card, program covers and menu.  This enables brides to neatly tie in all their wedding stationery with one elemental design.  Since there are a wide array of designs to choose from, there is no doubt that the bridal couple will be able to choose one design that matches their style and personality.

PashWeddings.com also offers readers its popular and, of course, free wedding planner that can be downloaded in a .pdf format.  That makes it easy for the bride to print out the planner and use the worksheets as she interviews various wedding vendors, such as disc jockeys, florists, photographers, caterers, coordinators, etc.  Included in the planner is: a vendor contact list, ceremony program worksheet, wedding budget worksheet, wedding scheduler, questions to ask vendors, a list of photographic poses, emergency kit list, and a whole lot more.  On the whole, it’s about 90 pages of valuable information that’ll help the bridal couple keep organized, keep focused, and keep relaxed in the whirlwind that is wedding planning. (AJG070609)