Planning a wedding can be hard and sometimes stressful! After all most people have never done it before, so today I am here to offer you some words of wedding planning wisdom. When you start to plan your wedding, it can be easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. That’s why it’s wise to have some sort of plan in place, so you know what needs planning and when. This will make the whole process a lot easier, smoother and ultimately quicker.
So what are some of the earliest decisions you might want to get out of the way? Let’s take a look.

Wedding Planning Decisions You Need to Make First

photo by Nicola Thompson – full wedding here

The Date

This might be the very first thing, because you need to do everything else around this, and you also need to give your guests as much Save the Date warning as you possibly can. Once you know your date and you have it set in stone, you can then move on to planning and booking everything else, but without it, it is all just a theory. So think carefully about the date, make sure there are no huge clashes, and consider the weather in your area too. These are factors you won’t want to overlook.

Photo by Tiptoe with eve – full wedding here

The Budget

Before you go any further you really need to think about how much money you have to spend on the wedding. Have you already got some savings? Or are you going to need to save to host your dream day? Will your family be helping out financially? If so how much? All these financial questions need to be considered before you go looking at venues and suppliers, as you need to know how much you can spend. There is no point looking at big expensive venues if your budget is more suited to a village hall or hosting the wedding at home. Remember, the biggest expense is going to come from your guests, i.e the size of the venue to put them in and the food to feed them with, so keeping your guest count down can really help with your cash flow.

photos by Amor Amor Weddings – full wedding here

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