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Spend your best time with the Orchid Hotel. With excellent homely comfort enjoy the beach view with your family.

Spend your best time with the Orchid Hotel. With excellent homely comfort enjoy the beach view with your family.

Weddings are an occasion of happiness, joy and expenses. Yes! Wedding celebrations are costly and sometimes require you to spend most of your savings and still craving for that one special arrangement you missed out. Indian weddings are especially huge and mark the auspicious event at as grandeur. However, with effective planning of your wedding, you could reduce the unnecessary costs on your wedding day and enjoy it without worrying about the financial expenses. 

These might include looking out for 4-star hotels in Mumbai near Airport to reduce the transportation cost or by investing in a proper venue with all the comforts at hand. Let us look at few of such effective tips to help you save bucks at your wedding-

1. Trim your guest list

A wedding is an auspicious event which is usually shared among family members and a few close ones. Make sure to update your guest list according to your budget. Although it’s hard to cut-off guests and acquaintances from your list and make choices, it’s the easiest way to reduce your expenses as it lowers the invitation costs, catering costs, renting and parking costs. 

The less the number of people, the less is the hassle in your wedding. Managing a big list of people is tiresome work, and you wouldn’t want that on your big day. You could always throw a party at your house or at banquet halls in Mumbai at a later date with the people you missed out.

2. Choosing your Venue

Your wedding venue plays an important role in deciding the success of your big day. Key factors like location, decorations and space play an important role in the wedding budget. 

For instance, try to find a venue in close proximity to airports or railway stations to reduce transportation costs. Also, try looking for a Venue which is easy to locate. 

You might also want to look at a venue which has free parking spaces available inside them or have empty streets nearby for guests to park their vehicles. 

3. Get married at the end of the off-season

The off-season prices are cheaper than that of seasonal wedding prices in every extent. Try planning your wedding a week ahead of the marriage season to avoid the extra cost while being married at good weather. This is a trick which many people miss out and could save them thousands of bucks at the same location with the same features and conditions, but at a lower price.

4. Avoid getting married on Saturdays

Yes! You heard that right. Try not to book hotels or banquets on Saturdays because they are the most popular day for weddings and therefore hotels increase their prices of booking looking at the competition in hand. 

Try avoiding the weekends and go for Friday instead. It would help you get two days of weekend holiday and also give you time to rest after the occasion. However, other days are also fine in reducing costs during the wedding season.

5. Save on invites

People often spend huge amounts on printing Wedding cards which can be reduced. In wedding cards, mostly the frontal design is of importance and the inner print could be in plain without affecting the grandeur of the card. You can choose the best template for the outside print and manage with an average inside postal without affecting the pride of your wedding card. This is a trick which can save you a considerable amount of money on your wedding budget.

6. Save on decors

Again, choosing a location which already has a decorative vibe would help you minimize the decorative used. Also, choosing the right kind of decorative could help you keep a check on your budget. Switch from a bouquet of flowers to artificial flowers. Try switching from floral decorations to non-floral decorations like shells, paintings, candles and paper handicrafts. You can also add green plants and bushes to brighten up the environment and give a soothing feel. 

The city of Pune is known for its climate and hills, as well as for its IT parks and renowned educational institutions. But puneri food attracts you the most. The hotels in Pune  serves various types of cuisines pertaining to Punerkars. Despite its modernization and rapid growth, the Pune culinary scene has retained its old taste and taste. Whether you're visiting for a day or a week, do not forget to try the following exotic dishes each of which is a hallmark of Pune's food culture.

•       Vada Pav

It is one of the most famous and popular street food of Maharashtra and can be seen to be served in Eco-friendly Hotel in Pune. It consists of spicy mashed potato filling, wrapped in gram flour batter and is deep-fried until it becomes crispy. It is then sandwiched between a pav with spicy garlic chutney. There are different varieties nowadays, especially Masala Pav, which is served with different types of chilli spices and Butter Pav, made with extremely delicious Butter.

•       Kaanda Poha

One of the most common breakfast dishes for Punekars after Vada pav is Kaanda Poha. Poha is usually made from flattened rice, mixed with diced potatoes and a lot of onions. It looks good and tastes delicious while eating. Peanuts are fried before till golden brown so as to remove its raw taste and served with sev, green chillies, coriander and peanuts. Coconut chutney is usually served with Poha to enhance its taste.

•       Bakarwadi

This is crispy, round-shaped snack that is sweet as well as spicy in taste. Having base as gram flour made into spirals stuffed with a mixture of coconut, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds. It is to be fried until it becomes crispy. It can be stored for months and can be served as an evening snack. It contains less cholesterol and fat and good for health.

•       Mastani

We would have to drink one or two types of milkshakes in our day-to-day life. But, in Pune, you will get around 15-20 types of milkshakes known as Mastani. It contains dollops of ice cream, garnished with dry fruits and tastes heavenly. The natural fruit flavours in the milkshakes are thick and yummy. You can order according to your favourite fruit taste, topped up with ice cream and rose-syrup.

•       Sabudana Khichdi

One of the most popular dishes in Pune is Sabudana Khichdi. The dish is a mixture of sago, mashed potatoes, peanuts and tomatoes thrown in spices. While the rest of the country only tastes the dishes during festivals, it's a normal dish for Punekars. It is almost pure carbohydrates and contains very little protein, vitamins or minerals. The addition of peanuts to Sabudana Khichdi contributes to the protein and makes it a more balanced meal. Due to the amount of starch and fat present, it has a high-calorie content.

 •       Thalipeeth

Thalipeeth is a popular type of multigrain pancake popular in Pune. The dough is made from a flour called bhajanee, consisting of roasted grains (rice, wheat, bajra and jowar), legumes (chana and udrad) and spices, usually coriander and caraway, as well as other vegetables and spices. It is an extremely healthy and nutritious breakfast dish. These flatbreads consist of multigrain flour, consisting of rice, wheat, bajra and jowar, mixed with onions, peppers and spices.

•       Peanut Oil & Chutney

Cold-pressed peanut oil is usually sold at stores and supermarket as Punekars love this taste a lot. Every dish they eat, you can find a taste of peanut in it. The other product is peanut, jaggery, red chilli and garlic chutney that is sold in 100-gram packets. It tastes so yummy and anyone can have that with chapattis when you feel you won’t like your mom’s lunch.

•       Amti

It is the well-known dal across Pune and made from tuvar with the addition of a spice mix called Goda masala. It is a blend of khus-khus, red chillies, desiccated coconut and dagadphool or stone flower. Even though it’s ordinary but the presence of goda masala makes it unique.

•       Bhel

This is the most famous dish among youngsters and kids. People flock from different parts of the city to eat matkibhel, which is a mixture of bhelpuri with fine and crunchy sev, chillies& chutney served with chopped onions & lemon. One full plate is enough to put your stomach full.