Congratulations, you are about to embark an amazing journey; planning your wedding. I know it can
be stressful and maybe a little overwhelming, so just to get you started, here
are just a few tips that will start you off on the right track:
1. Determine your wedding budget: This is SOOOOOOOO important and I can not
stress this enough. Before you book
ANYTHING (and I mean ANYTHING) – sit down with your fiancé (and anyone else who
may be involved in the finances of your wedding) and have a frank conversation
about your hard lines in terms of budget. Do a little research and see how much
you will realistically require to cover your needs (according to Wedding Bells 2015 Survey the
average Canadian Wedding with 129 guests cost around $30, 717 including the
honeymoon).
2. Although you may already have good idea of the
style of wedding you want (and some of you may already have a fully stocked pinterest
board) if you haven’t given it much thought, now is the time start thinking about it. Get a
few magazines, browse online, look at what others have done, find out what you
like and more importantly what you DON’T like – building this vision will help you to
pick the right vendors/locations.
3. Start writing out a rough guest list to
determine the scale of your wedding – a rough estimate at this point is all you
need.
4. Hire your wedding planner – research and hire a well
trained, WPIC certified wedding planner who is right for you (check out my blog
post about initial meetings and how to be prepared to meet your vendors) and
they can help guide you throughout the planning process.
5. A good way for you and your wedding planner to start booking vendors is to first focus on what I like to call the big three: Your Ceremony Venue (and Officiant if it is not
included with your location), Your Reception Venue and your Photographer. Once you have these three things in place you
have your wedding, and you can slowly build from here.
Other Blog posts that might be of interest to you as you
start this planning process:
(photo Credit: Renaissance Studios Photography)
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