Okay. It’s finally happened. Your honey has popped the question and now you’re officially engaged. What next? Well, if you are like most people, the next step is to set a date and plan for the wedding ceremony and reception. What follows are a few tips to help you plan for your wedding on your own.
Unless it's a good reason to hurry (like an impending military deployment), take the time to discuss this carefully with your groom. Experts agree that firstly, give yourself time (a year or little more is not an unreasonable amount of time) to make sure the plans you make come to fruition. This gives you the necessary buffer you need to make any kind of changes in your original plans that may come up.
Secondly, the busiest times a year to have a wedding falls around Valentine's Day, the month of June, and around Christmas. While it may be cute to plan your nuptials around these times for sentimental or personal reasons, you need to be aware that these are most likely to be the busiest times for a florist, caterer, or even your favorite church when it comes to booking them for their services. Try to choose a wedding date other than these times to allow friends and family to attend more easily.
Next, take into account the amount of money that you are comfortably able to spend on your wedding reception and ceremony. Unfortunately, the hard truth is that that the expense of a wedding is probably one of the biggest outlays of cash you will make in your life, right up there with the cost of a college education or your first home. Depending on your financial resources (are you paying for this yourself or would you get help from one or both sets of parents), you need to take careful stock so that you can adequately plan for the costs that your wedding is going to incur.
Depending on your time schedule, it might be advantageous to attend the annual bridal shows offered in many cities. They are usually very good for new brides. They showcase the different services available like florists, caterers, and bridal shops that are in or near your community. Realize that what they are going to show is, of course, the more expensive things they offer, but it can be a really educational experience both for getting ideas for your own wedding and to give you a more accurate idea of what the true costs can run you.
In conjunction with these bridal shows, many times the brides-to-be are given a copy of a free wedding planning guide to keep track of things. or example, the florists you chose, the kind of flowers you ordered, who you chose as a caterer, the musicians or DJ that you hired for your wedding reception, etc. Sometimes wedding planning guides are offered at the same time of year free from your local newspaper. If you need further help you can use one of these or find books to help you plan from your local bookstore. Thankfully, the internet contains innumerable sites which offer advice, tips, and information on how to plan your own wedding ceremony.
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