10 Tips For Your Wedding!
This article is from my buddy Brad, his site http://bridesclub.com/, check it out, it is a great resource for everything under the sun dealing with weddings. Good TIPS.
We all know that planning a wedding is no easy task. You’re preparing for one of the biggest days of your life. You want everything to be perfect, but there are so many details to cover that sometimes it’s easy to overlook an important detail. So, we’ve gone through and found ten useful tips to help ensure the smoothest possible wedding planning experience.
1. Budget: It’s incredibly important to establish the size of your budget from day one of your wedding planning. Your budget will decide how big or small you’ll be able to go. Knowing how much you have to spend will also make the entire planning process easier because you’ll know how much money can be spent on, say, flowers for example while still having enough for the dress of you want.
2. Get Help: This one is especially for the bride-to-be. We know it’s YOUR wedding, but trying to plan the entire event by yourself is a mistake. You’ll just find yourself becoming extremely stressed out. Don’t forget that weddings are supposed to happy. Find some people you trust to help you plan everything. Having some help will prevent anything from getting overlooked. Who knows, they might even have some ideas you like better than your own.
3. Be Open Minded: Everyone has their own vision as to what they want their wedding to be like. But a wedding is a very emotional day for everyone, not just the bride and groom. Expect input from both sides of the family and take all suggestions into consideration. Being stubborn will only hurt people’s feelings or make them feel disenfranchised with the whole thing.
4. Stay Organized: From day one of your wedding planning and on, you’ll be juggling vendor names, contact information, color ideas and more. You need to keep track of everything. Get a notebook or folder to keep your notes and info in. Or better yet, create a digital document that you can easily e-mail to friends and family.
5. Choose Vendors Wisely: Before you go rushing off to choose your caterer or DJ, do a little background research into them. Have they had any issues delivering on the big day before? Are they reliable? Will they show up on time? Be sure to ask around. The internet is also a great tool when it comes to doing a little bit of investigative work on your own.
6. Pay ‘Em Upfront: When you have chosen your vendors, pay them in advance. It’s a gesture they appreciate because it establishes your confidence in them. If there are any price negotiations involved, it will get the out of the way before hand. You don’t want to be stuck on your wedding day arguing and writing checks when you should be dancing and working the room.
7. The World Doesn’t Revolve Around You: Remember to take into consideration holidays and other obligations your immediate family might be involved when planning your wedding date. You can’t expect everyone to drop everything suddenly. Don’t feel like you have to rush the wedding. If you’re planning on spending the rest of your lives together, what are a few more months?
8. Be Strict About the Guest List: The number of guests at your wedding affects many different aspects of the event; catering, seating and budget. Be clear that only the number of guests indicated on the RSVP should be at the wedding. Too many people could put you over budget. It could affect seating arrangements which can be a big issue depending on your venue. Clear communication will keep your wedding day free of any little surprises.
9. Plan for the Worst: Despite all the careful planning and precautions you have taken in preparation for your big day, you still need to be prepared for the unexpected. The weather is always a wild card for kind of wedding. If you were planning on taking photos outside and it’s raining, keep an alternate indoor location in mind. The same goes for outdoor ceremonies.
10. Relax and Enjoy: Undoubtedly one of the hardest parts in preparing for your wedding as well as one of the most overused pieces of advice. Regardless, we can’t emphasize this enough. This is supposed to be a happy day for you and everyone else. Don’t lose sight of that. Keep this in mind and your wedding day will truly be one of the happiest days of your life.
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