If you are anything like us, you associate weddings with spending a lot of money. However, this bride has managed to flip this entire concept on its ear.
She has turned her big day into an opportunity to get paid and we love to see it. Inflation has a number of brides doing their best to scratch out a few extra dollars for their wedding costs but this bride has a great idea.
Dri Buonocore hails from New Jersey and once you hear her plan, you will be jealous that you did not think of it first. She’s managed to find a method that will allow others to pay for the wedding.
All of the decor that was purchased by the bride for her wedding is now being rented out to other people, so that she does not have to foot the bill.
It’s a genius idea, we must admit. “I’ve made about $3,000 by renting out my flower towers, golden candle holders and charger plates, to other brides in my area,” said Buonocore, 26, from South Jersey, in a recent interview with the New York Post. “So far, I’ve rented to about 15 brides — the extra money I’ve made is going towards a painter and live musicians at my wedding.”
This tactic has been divisive on TikTok. Some are praising this woman for the business savvy that she has shown, while others believe that she is exploiting the other brides. Dri is defending herself and says that the rentals she provides cost a fraction of what people would normally expect to pay if they went to the larger companies.
“Most of [the brides] decide to rent from me after having sticker shock at how much rental companies are charging for the same pieces,” Buonocore went on to say in the interview. “And they’re really grateful that my items are available at reasonable prices.” She did not want to go this route but she felt as if she had no choice if she wanted to keep her budget in check.
On TikTok, she shared that she finds brides to rent items out to using Facebook Marketplace.
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If you would like to find out more about her tactics and how you can apply them to your life, be sure to check out her spiel on TikTok.
