Five Tips To Help You Plan Your Wedding

Planning a wedding can be extremely difficult and can add so much stress to your life. Most of the time it is the bride’s first wedding, so navigating these waters can be frustrating and tricky. There are some things that you can do that will help to reduce your stress as you plan your wedding day. This blog will discuss five things that you can do to reduce your stress and make planning your wedding day much easier. Ideally the best thing to do is to hire a wedding planner to assist you; however, these tips will help you to plan your wedding day.

1.     Make sure your wedding date is at least a year out when you start planning

Time is the biggest factor when comes to your wedding day. There is always so much to do and so little time to do it all in. The easiest way to reduce the stress caused by time is to give yourself more time when planning it. You should at least start planning your wedding a year in advance. We say at least because the more time you give yourself the more you can actually enjoy picking all of the vendors and planning the nuptials and festivities without the stresses caused by planning last second.

2.    Make sure your timeline has plenty of space between events in case of delays and things not going according to plan.

One of the things that people sometimes do that will cause so much stress and frustration is to not give yourself enough space between your wedding events in case of delays and things not going according to plan. By giving yourself time between major events such as the first look and the ceremony or the ceremony and the family pictures you give yourself time to relish the moment with your significant other as well as allow for things not going according to plan.

3.     Give yourself the least amount of work as possible on the day of the wedding

If you have followed our previous two tips you have set yourself up for success already. The last thing you want to do is put the load back onto your back by loading the day of the wedding up with a list of chores for you to do. You want to make sure that the day of the wedding the only thing you have to worry about is getting dolled up and getting ready. This is your wedding and it only happens once which means you want to relish every moment. This is a once in a lifetime event, and you and your significant other have been waiting a long time for this day to come. Enjoy the moment by handing off all of the tasks to other people to handle.

4.     Utilize your wedding vendors knowledge

You hire so many vendors for your wedding day such as a wedding photographer, wedding cinematographer, florist, wedding planner, etc. Odds are that most of your vendors have been doing this for a couple of years now at least. Utilize this wealth of knowledge and resources by asking questions to your vendors as you plan to assist you in this process. If you have a wedding planner she especially can assist you as they are literally getting paid by you to plan and curate a fun wedding day. As wedding photographers and cinematographers, we have helped our wedding couples with so many questions that have helped them to alleviate the stress, and we love doing that.

5.     Outsource as much as possible

I cannot stress this tip enough. Outsourcing all of the chores of your wedding date is trading your money for your time back. This is so important and is an incredible deal. There are so many people that do this for a living and can do it more efficiently and better than you can. Save yourself the headache by hiring a great team to handle everything from flower arrangements to décor which will be worth every penny you spend on it. This is your wedding day and it is one you want to relish and enjoy.

            These five tips can save you so much time and frustration. Having a great team behind you on your wedding is essential to making the most out of your wedding day. You only get married once, and it truly is a special and momentous occasion. The last thing you want to do is create negative memories because all of the stress you had from your wedding day. Do yourself a favor and make your wedding planning as stress free as possible.

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