Demonetization Woes: How To Make Your Wedding Rock In This New Scenario!

Demonetization has hit our daily working in a big way. But moreover the wedding circuit! Vendors are not accepting old notes or online payments and the biggest time you do need money is during weddings - everyone wants cash, very few accept cheque or online transfers. In such a time of cash-crunch, we’ve rounded up some ways for you to find your way out of this scenario and at the same time, have a wonderful time with your loved ones! But before that, here are a few stats: According to the survey by matrimonial site Shaadi.com, 20.3 per cent men and 24.5 per cent women said their wedding would be affected due to withdrawal of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. Over 37 per cent said they had made advance bookings while around 35 per cent said they had planned a lean wedding. The rest of the people said they were having a court marriage. Via TOI. 

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Block Your Vendor Cashless! You can now book your wedding date with your photographer and MUA on WedMeGood itself in a cashless way! All you have to do is to generate an instant quote, book the vendor and pay the booking amount cashlessly! Find out more about how you can book them here. UberWEDDINGS Solve your wedding travel problems by making sure your guests can travel hassle free with Uber! Instead of going crazy co-ordinating the travel schedule and pickups, you can ride cashless with UberWEDDINGS. You can even create a customized wedding hashtag as your PROMOCODE for all your guests to use. You can find out more about UberWEDDINGS here.  DIY Weddings DIY was never so much in demand as it is in these days of cash crunch. You can order craft paper supplies by Amazon (payment via card!) and start DIY-ing your décor and everything you see! Chalkboard signs? Check! Paper lanterns, check. You could also just use a big vendor / planner for the wedding and go minimal with DIY supplies for the smaller functions. Try these cute backdrops or these sweet but easy decor ideas, you can even buy your supplies for your Mehendi / Sangeet online - here are few cute things you get! Digital Invites Since everything is getting digitized, why not invites? Go for a fun wedding video invite or just plain digital invites instead of printed ones. You can save on the printing cost that way and be more eco-friendly! Go with Paperless or with those sweet whatsapp ones! Change Venue Opt for a mehendi or a haldi function at home or terrace instead of a banquet. This way you not only save cost but also make it a more intimate and cosy affair! Backyard weddings/ events are becoming super popular. Even Airbnb has started renting out places for weddings - ideal! Online Payments Ask your vendors to opt for online payments. Cheques and net banking transfers are ideal. Ask vendors for discounts as against referrals or even recommendations! Choose vendors who work online only. That should be the requirement. Pensioners Are Useful  For kharcha outside of online payments which is miscellaneous change, banks give a higher limit to pensioners, so let your granny or grandpa help you with that. Higher sums of cash is given!

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Wedding Favors Opt for favors that you can pick via card payment or online payment. Also, make sure you invest in smaller businesses - because they are the ones really suffering in this economy. So pick vendors who are reliable and easy to transfer money to. Paytm Karo For smaller vendors like your cake baker, mehendi artists, MUA – you can opt for Paytm or other mobile wallets payments. Tips: Include the tip online only so people understand that working out online is still beneficial and they'll still get those tips. Some of them only rely on tips. Bye Bye Flowers The flower market works on cash hugely. Cut out flowers from your décor and opt for fairy lights, candles and lot crystals. Looks beautiful in winter weddings! You can also do potted plants in mason jars as centerpieces or artificial flowers. Use botanicals more and those that are local - marigolds and Indian gulab. Friends In Need Ask your friends to help out. They can help you DJ for an event or pitch in as a photographer for a smaller function. This way you’ll be saving a lot of cash in small ways! Jewellery Wearing old jewellery with a new twist is in style nowadays. Take your mom's necklace and layer it with a longer necklace of yours. Mix and match instead of buying new stuff! These days, women are also getting dupes done of the gold and diamond pieces and replacing them with good quality zircons and silver.

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Food With demonetization, if there's one thing we cannot not do is to add too much variety to food. Good classic dishes are coming back and it's all about keeping it simple! Too many food trucks or stations is not good, just use the few you like, well. Outfits Your lehenga might be your biggest investment so the rest of the outfits, you can go crazy DIY-ing or trying on new silhouettes. We recently wrote about the coolest ways you can DIY your outfits here. Recycling, refurbishing mom's old saris, even renting - everything works. Honeymoon Fund  Instead of gifts, let your guests pay for things that matter to you. Like your honeymoon! Everyone's doing it - on Zola. Gifting  Gift registries are fast heating up the wedding space - For My Shaadi is known for some cool experiences and gifts you can buy. Even Amazon has a registry abroad for those going abroad to live! Luxury goods can also be gifted via the Genesis card. So. many.options! Invite List  In times like these, people understand that the guest list must be trimmed! So don't feel bad about making it a "close family and friends deal". That's how we can tackle a bit of this, you have other ideas on weddings during demonetization? Let us know.