As a person of both excellent taste and strict budgeting sense, you might wonder where you can find the best deal in helium party balloons. After all, you want to have plenty of them around, but you don’t want to break the whole party budget getting them. Face it, if it comes down to a choice between lots of balloons or other decorations and a killer chocolate cake, no one is picking streamers and balloons! So, you want to make the party or event rock both from a visual context as well as gastronomically and that is where smart shopping is going to come in.

First, off, it is always best to have a general idea of how many helium party balloons you are going to need. If you are going to just make a small bunch and tie to corners or to float above the tables, that is your starting number. If you are going to get super creative with them, perhaps to make an arch or a twisted rainbow of helium party balloons, then you will need far more. No matter what your starting number is, it is always a good idea to add a few for insurance- in case one breaks while you are filling it or worse, if they float away after you get everything done.

After you know a rough idea of how many helium party balloons you will need, then you should have an idea of the color you need. For a wedding or other formal event, you might want to match a certain color exactly. For a more casual event, you might have more flexibility in your color choices. The color that you need or want might be important when it comes to getting the best price possible- because the more closely you need to match colors, the higher the price is likely to go. If you are not all that “choosey” though, you might be able to get rock bottom prices and be able to afford far more balloons than you would have otherwise. For a child’s party, the more balloons you have the better.

There are a number of different sources for your helium party balloons, including party supply stores. In most of these stores, the more that you buy the lower the per piece price will go. It is usually better to look for options that are local to you rather than buying them online because of the shipping and handling charges, however, if you can find a great price with free shipping, than it is all good.

In most larger cities, there are dollar stores- including the ones that sell virtually everything for that price. These can also be a good resource for helium party balloons in a fairly wide range of colors and styles. Most of these stores even have inflated, Mylar balloons that you can use to add to your decorating style. You might not have as many color choices, but for the price, you can’t beat it.