My wedding is on track to cost £20,000 – how do I cut costs?

As we approach wedding season, Metro.co.uk has roped in Alison Rios McCrone, venue owner and planner, to help solve your dilemmas in a weekly agony aunt column…

Dear Alison, 

I was hoping you could help – I’m worried about the cost-of-living crisis and wedding. My fiancé and I are recently engaged and are planning to get married in September next year. 

We’ve sat down and started a spreadsheet to project our outgoings and…