The long awaited day has finally arrived. Your partner has extended a marriage proposal and you have accepted with an emphatic 'YES'! Now where do you go from here? The answer to that simple question will make a tremendous difference in how the real 'Wedding Day' plays out.
Weddings are no longer simple affairs that took place on family farms with all the neighbors pitching in to help. In this day and age the bride and the groom are the ones calling all the shots. Others will try to get involved, but overall, it's the two people getting married who decide what, when and how of a wedding.
With a tremendous amount of work to be done coordinating and planning the big event, it's amazing that weddings go on at all. Considering that both the bride and the groom are likely holding down full-time jobs, who has time to work out all the details? And there are so many of them. Well the big secret is the wedding plan. Having a well-thought out wedding plan that starts with selecting the perfect wedding date and ends with arriving at the most romantic of honeymoon destination is the only way to keep nerves from fraying and budgets from being blown to pieces.
There are tons of tools available to help you plan your wedding. It's up to you to decide which tool will work best for you and then you've got to make sure you use the tool you've selected.
These Wedding planning tools vary in price so before you go spending any unnecessary money, take a step back and think for a moment about the b-word. A 'budget' is crucial because it's what will keep you and your partner (and anyone else funding the festivities) from going into debt. As unflattering as the word is, every wedding needs to begin with a budget. Wedding costs can rapidly spiral out of control because everybody wants the big event to be specially unique and magical.
To determine a wedding budget, start with
1. Who is going to be contributing towards the finances?
2. How much each can afford to contribute towards the finances?
Once you have a total dollar amount to work with, you can then begin to allocate the budget to the different parts of the wedding.
The starting point for a wedding plan is the wedding date. Everybody wants to be a June bride, but with only four week-ends in this month, not everybody can. The wedding date you select will have a significant impact on your budget. A wedding during the busy summer months will cost far more than one that takes place off-season. Not only will the wedding date impact the price for everything from the reception and ceremony hall to the photographer and the transportation but it also impacts availability.
Once the wedding budget and wedding date have been figured out, it is time to get busy. Now a timeline of tasks is needed to accomplish all that needs to be done in the days and months leading up to the wedding day! Wedding Planning Articles
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