Planning a wedding with ease is not as easy as it sounds, although there are some ways in which one can make it more manageable. In this piece, we explore lots of ways in which one can make life a little easier and how anyone can plan a wedding with ease – and enjoy it!
Firstly, it’s important to get the big jobs done first. As couples are booking weddings earlier and earlier in advance, to ensure you get your desired location and venue, you need to book early. Your choice of venue, location and time of year will then help you decide on a wedding theme. Once this is all booked and a deposit paid, you can then relax a little because the most important job is done. Some brides book reception venues a couple of years in advance and then don’t go on to make any further plans until 6 months later.
The next BIG job to get arranged is the wedding stationery and the guest list. Depending on how you wish to invite your guests, you may choose to send out ‘Save the Date’ cards in addition to invitations so that your guests keep your special day free. This is especially important if you are planning to get married during the summer when many families book holidays some years in advance.
The third tip is all about planning your wedding and enjoying yourself at the same time! One must appreciate that organising a wedding is hard work and needs to be carefully prepared. Buy yourself a book or folder – this will become your bible of all wedding things for the next year or so. Keep all your ideas, magazine cuttings, deadlines, phone numbers and wedding invitation replies in this, your wedding planning folder. Decide which items are immediate [e.g. things that need to be prepared in advance, such as ordering the wedding invitations or booking the church]. Then, draw up a 12-month schedule and insert each job into a month. Of course, the more immediate actions will need to be addressed in the first few months, whereas ordering wedding favours may wait until later on. Some people find organising such a big event too difficult and if this sounds like you, why don’t you ask for a bit of help? There are loads of reasonably priced wedding planners out there who can help you with aspects of your wedding or arrange the complete day for you. You need to weigh up the cost between spending out on a planner and how much you can physically cope with by yourself. By working together and sharing responsibilities, organizing a wedding can be enjoyable as well as a great family bonding exercise.
Hopefully by now you have booked a venue, got a planning book or folder, and enlisted some help, drawn up a 12 month action plan. And, if you have managed to enjoy yourself along the way, that’s even better! Now you can have a well earned rest until next month when your next job needs doing as you continue in your journey of planning your wedding with ease.
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