I know that planning a wedding can be a stressful and daunting experience. One of the questions you may have is what tips would you suggest to experience a smooth wedding?
Here are my personal favourite suggestions, tips and tricks.
Keep and organise all agreements with all suppliers. Do make sure to keep these well organised, properly documented and stored for easy access to in case it is needed.
Do keep a spreadsheet so that you can keep the count of all the expenses and costs related to the wedding. Have everything in one spreadsheet to be able to be more efficient.
On the day of your wedding, do not overstress about small things. Make sure you enjoy it on the day! Make sure you have a bestman or anyone that will lead on the day. It would be advisable to get a wedding organizer at least for your wedding day - in this way you are less worried about the logistics and can enjoy one of the best days of your life.
Do a running order and give it to wedding organizer, like that they will know what you want exactly.
Wedding planning can be actually fun if you keep it simple. Some venues will help you out and in this way you can have the organiser only involved in actually running of the day and hence reduce your expenses.
Don’t give full payments to any of the suppliers before the wedding is over! In this way each supplier is able to do his best and make sure that the agreement is fulfilled till the end.
It is your day and do whatever you like and what you will be happy with. Its your wedding and each wedding is different and you should include things which are important to you. Traditions are meant to be broken!
Don’t make anything too fancy just to impress others! It’s your day and just be yourself and enjoy it as much as you can. Honestly there are so many things that people do to impress others and you’ll end up with a hefty bill for nothing whereas you could have used that same money to enjoy a nice holiday or to pamper yourself.
Set a realistic budget and try to stick to it (although not always 100% possible but at least you try). This also goes hand in hand with priorities - spend the money where you consider to be the most important to you.
During a wedding guests will remember mainly two things (a) the fun they had (that is make sure you have good entertainment and everyone is enjoying himself) and (b) the variety and quality of the food. Make sure to give the right priority to these 2 aspects!
Before the wedding you can do a Facebook group beforehand and invite all guests. If you have a seating plan post it there as well. After the wedding people will post photos there as well :)
Make sure you actually spend time with your wife / husband on the night and enjoy it. Enjoy the hugs, the love, the laughs, whatever is important to you. Forget about the logistics, who is where and when…
At the end of the day, when in 2 or 3 years time you are sitting on your sofa, there will be nothing left of your wedding apart from the images and the memories these will evoke. Make sure to book a photographer whose vision and work is inline with yours.
