Although your wedding day is among the most important events in your life, the world doesn’t stop turning while you prepare for the party. Sometimes combining your wedding planning with your already busy life poses a challenge.
It won’t always be an easy task to go on with your everyday life while also dealing with the stresses of planning the perfect party, but you can make it a little less demanding with the below tips.
Set a Clear Budget
You can save yourself from a lot of useless e-mail contacts and phone conversations if you set yourself a clear wedding budget right from the start. If you know how much you are able to spend, you limit the choice available and make it easier to pick things like the venue, entertainment and catering.
Don’t just come up with a broad total sum to spend either. Think carefully what aspects of the wedding are the most important to you and where you don’t mind saving a bit of money.
Create a Checklist And a Timeline
If you have a smartphone, check out one of the wedding planning apps or even use an app such as Evernote to make wedding planning easier on the go. The benefit of using an app is that you can synchronise it with your friends and family! You’ll always stay on top of tasks – managing problems is easier as well since everyone can see what’s going on.
Have a timeline for finalising decisions to ensure you don’t spend a week picking the wedding cake. You do want to take your time and research everything well, but you also don’t want to spend far too long in making the decisions.
Limit the Opinions Around You
The saying “Too many cooks spoil the broth” is perfect to keep in mind during wedding planning. Your wedding should be a party showcasing the personalities of you and your partner – not an event catering other people’s wishes.
Do ask people’s opinion and help, but don’t start going around your whole phonebook for opinions. This also means limiting the amount of wedding blogs you follow to a few good ones. You simply won’t have time for all the ideas and opinions in the world!
This tip counts for everything, from the theme to food to what the bridesmaids will wear. Don’t overwhelm yourself by giving yourself too much choice; keep it as simple as you can.
Hire Professionals To Do It For You
One of the best ways to limit stress is by hiring wedding professionals to deal with things on your behalf. You can get anything from wedding planners to professional wedding entertainers to guarantee things run smoothly.
It’s a good idea to find people who’ve dealt with weddings before, as this ensures they know what you want from them. For example, if you are picking fireworks, get a fireworks company that can organise the display and deal with the venue directly to limit the organising you need to do!
Don’t Leave Things To the Last Minute
Whatever you do, don’t start the process too late! As soon as you set a wedding date, start planning and make sure all the most essential details get done well in advance.
If you are saving money by adding DIY elements to your wedding, make sure you start the projects early. There’s nothing worse than having to knit red roses for the dining tables on the night before the wedding!
Will you be using any of these tips? Did you use these when getting married yourself or know someone who did? What tips would you add to ours?
