When Should You Start To Plan Your Wedding?

December 3, 2009 budget2wed
Tags: planning a wedding, Wedding on a budget, wedding planning, when to start wedding planning

Initially this depends on when you get engaged and when you want to get married. On average people allow a year to get all their wedding planning completed ready for their big day.  While wedding planning can be a lot of work, it is doable if you take the right steps, start well in advance of the actual event and stick to a timetable for getting things done.

By doable this means that you have all of the key people lined up to supply things to you in place, the venue has been booked and you have a good idea about what kind of wedding is going to take place. While you may have dreamed of a fairytale wedding, it is important that you  tailor your wedding planning to fit your budget.

Begin your wedding planning based on your budget, make the necessary adjustments to fit with the money you want to spend on your big day. While it is nice to dream, it may not be financially sensible or even possible to get everything that you want. The main thing is to prioritise your ‘must have’s’ against your ‘nice to have’s’. This is not to say that you can’t have a dream wedding on a budget, but you need to plan out everything prior to moving forward.

Realistically, it does take a lot of work to get a wedding together and it is important to allow enough time to get all your wedding planning  in place to make your day special. People need to be contacted including what church you will want to book, or the registry office, or the venue for the formal part of your wedding ceremony, the person to marry you,  the reception, venue, music, photographer and caterer should be booked as soon as possible to make sure they are available.

Starting a year or more out from the event will make things go very smoothly. It will give you enough time to plan, delegate and communicate with everyone involved. One suggestion is to get a wedding planning book where you keep all of your notes, checklists, post-it notes, brilliant ideas, pictures of floral displays, cake ideas to ease your wedding planning.

 If you follow these tips, by the time your wedding day arrives, everything will be in place, and your day will be stress free. Your wedding will be a wonderful event that you will remember all your life.

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