Congratulations on your recent engagement!
This is definitely an exciting time for you and your fiance. To ensure the coming months and your wedding planning experience continues to be pleasant and exciting be sure to start off right. Here are our 5 tips for the beginning stages of planning…
1. Spread the fantastic news!
Get the word out by plane, train and automobile… No wait! It’s okay to place phone calls to family and friends announcing your engagement. You can send out emails too. We love using an online-service called paperlesspost.com just for this special occasion. Create a fun and fabulous engagement announcement very simply at the fraction of the cost of mailing out actual paper announcements.
2. When is the date?
Your family and friends will definitely ask when is the wedding date? Take time to discuss with your fiance as to when would be the best time of year to hold your dream wedding. As you may know there are many factors that go into determining a wedding date: money – available funds and time to save, venue availability, work/school schedules, family obligations, etc. You want to be sure the day you choose works best for your personal and work schedules and ease of travel – if this required.
3. Let’s talk money Honey…
The wedding budget definitely drives the WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE for your wedding.
WHO will contribute to our wedding? Will your family give you money towards your wedding or will you and your fiance foot the entire bill? This is a very important matter to discuss before you start to look for a location, determine the number of guests to invite, what you're able to do for your wedding, etc. This can be a very uncomfortable and challenging topic to discuss, however it is so important to do. You want to know and establish what you are working with financially in the planning of your wedding. Oh and don't forget about life after the wedding.
WHAT will your wedding day look like? Are you dreaming of floor-to-ceiling floral arrangements, a 20-piece Latin band for your reception, 300 of your closest family and friends in attendance, an exquisite fireworks display at the end of the evening? These elaborate details and factors add to the bottom line and determine your overall wedding budget.
WHEN will your wedding take place? The time of year and day of the week can greatly affect your wedding budget. If you pick a date during wedding peak season and days (May – October Friday or Saturday) you will pay top dollar. Considering off peak times to hold your wedding can save substantial money (possibly up to a few hundred to thousands of dollars) on your overall wedding budget.
WHERE will your wedding be held? Are you envisioning a wedding at a prestigious museum, an amazing vineyard or on an exclusive beach in the Caribbean? Where you decide to hold your wedding will greatly impact your budget. The location you choose determines if you have to pay additional international duty/custom fees and taxes, membership fees to use the facility, guest travel costs, etc... Keep in mind, these are all things which add to the bottom line.
4. The wedding day & life after!
Let’s face it you want an amazing and memorable wedding day and a great life together after the wedding. Right? Sit down with the fiance and talk about the details of your special day and your hopes for after the wedding too. You want to be sure you both remain on the same page throughout this whole entire planning process and don’t run up against any surprises with any unspoken expectations of what you want for the wedding and in life together after the big day. Talk it out, make plans, and work together… You don’t want to go into major debt just to have a dream wedding and experience challenges immediately after the wedding.
5. Hire an amazing wedding planner!
Once you’ve...
- announced the engagement
- set a date
- finalized a wedding budget
- discussed your wishes for the wedding and your life to come
... Look to hire a professional wedding planner. This very important step will help you streamline the entire process of planning all the details for your special wedding day. The benefits of hiring a wedding planner are numerous... Save invaluable time and money, gain exclusive access to the wealth of information and resources a planner has at his/her finger tips, find the best local vendors with ease, receive great cost cutting ideas, benefit from the organization of every single planning detail to ensure your plans and wishes are executed the day of your wedding and much, much more. Simplify your wedding planning and life during this wedding journey -- go ahead, hire a wedding planner. You won't regret it --you'll see! :O)
Happy engagement and planning!
This is definitely an exciting time for you and your fiance. To ensure the coming months and your wedding planning experience continues to be pleasant and exciting be sure to start off right. Here are our 5 tips for the beginning stages of planning…
1. Spread the fantastic news!
Get the word out by plane, train and automobile… No wait! It’s okay to place phone calls to family and friends announcing your engagement. You can send out emails too. We love using an online-service called paperlesspost.com just for this special occasion. Create a fun and fabulous engagement announcement very simply at the fraction of the cost of mailing out actual paper announcements.
2. When is the date?
Your family and friends will definitely ask when is the wedding date? Take time to discuss with your fiance as to when would be the best time of year to hold your dream wedding. As you may know there are many factors that go into determining a wedding date: money – available funds and time to save, venue availability, work/school schedules, family obligations, etc. You want to be sure the day you choose works best for your personal and work schedules and ease of travel – if this required.
3. Let’s talk money Honey…
The wedding budget definitely drives the WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE for your wedding.WHO will contribute to our wedding? Will your family give you money towards your wedding or will you and your fiance foot the entire bill? This is a very important matter to discuss before you start to look for a location, determine the number of guests to invite, what you're able to do for your wedding, etc. This can be a very uncomfortable and challenging topic to discuss, however it is so important to do. You want to know and establish what you are working with financially in the planning of your wedding. Oh and don't forget about life after the wedding.
WHAT will your wedding day look like? Are you dreaming of floor-to-ceiling floral arrangements, a 20-piece Latin band for your reception, 300 of your closest family and friends in attendance, an exquisite fireworks display at the end of the evening? These elaborate details and factors add to the bottom line and determine your overall wedding budget.
WHEN will your wedding take place? The time of year and day of the week can greatly affect your wedding budget. If you pick a date during wedding peak season and days (May – October Friday or Saturday) you will pay top dollar. Considering off peak times to hold your wedding can save substantial money (possibly up to a few hundred to thousands of dollars) on your overall wedding budget.
WHERE will your wedding be held? Are you envisioning a wedding at a prestigious museum, an amazing vineyard or on an exclusive beach in the Caribbean? Where you decide to hold your wedding will greatly impact your budget. The location you choose determines if you have to pay additional international duty/custom fees and taxes, membership fees to use the facility, guest travel costs, etc... Keep in mind, these are all things which add to the bottom line.
4. The wedding day & life after!
Let’s face it you want an amazing and memorable wedding day and a great life together after the wedding. Right? Sit down with the fiance and talk about the details of your special day and your hopes for after the wedding too. You want to be sure you both remain on the same page throughout this whole entire planning process and don’t run up against any surprises with any unspoken expectations of what you want for the wedding and in life together after the big day. Talk it out, make plans, and work together… You don’t want to go into major debt just to have a dream wedding and experience challenges immediately after the wedding.
5. Hire an amazing wedding planner!
Once you’ve...
- announced the engagement- set a date
- finalized a wedding budget
- discussed your wishes for the wedding and your life to come
... Look to hire a professional wedding planner. This very important step will help you streamline the entire process of planning all the details for your special wedding day. The benefits of hiring a wedding planner are numerous... Save invaluable time and money, gain exclusive access to the wealth of information and resources a planner has at his/her finger tips, find the best local vendors with ease, receive great cost cutting ideas, benefit from the organization of every single planning detail to ensure your plans and wishes are executed the day of your wedding and much, much more. Simplify your wedding planning and life during this wedding journey -- go ahead, hire a wedding planner. You won't regret it --you'll see! :O)
Happy engagement and planning!
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