Tips to Kick Start your Wedding Planning
If you have experience with project planning in a professional
sense at your employment then you should treat the planning of
your wedding no different. Wedding Planning is a must for small or big weddings
- perhaps it's more critical to plan out your wedding for the
large weddings for everything to run smoothly on the day.
A Big or Small Wedding? First of all, you should have a
general number of guests you would like to invite. This will
determine everything else you do in your wedding planning. Do
you want a small cozy wedding or a large wedding gathering? Is
it what you want or what your parents or in-laws want? Is it
within your budget? Once you answer these questions your wedding
planning has now been kick started.
Assign Tasks In a project situation, it is important to
delegate tasks and so in your wedding planning you need to
determine who will be responsible for certain aspects of your
wedding. For example you may want to designate responsibility of
handling of catering for yourself while delegating the
responsibility of the wedding music or entertainment to your
partner.
Wedding Budget A commercial project always has a profit
and loss statement and a budget. A wedding plan profits when you
succeed and you lose when everything falls apart - you don't
want the latter to happen. One of the more important aspects of
wedding planning is your wedding budget. You should have a
general number in your head of how much you want to spend on
your wedding and from that starting number you can allocate
money to the 'sub-projects' of your wedding such as the
catering, the reception hall, etc. Watch carefully how you spend
your wedding budget and always keep a look out for ways to save money on
weddings.
Wedding Research Keep note of what works and what doesn't
when you attend other weddings, talk to the caterers and the
musicians or the DJ if you like their service. Talk to the
wedding couple or other recently wedded couples to ask them what
worked in their wedding and what didn't and what other advice
they could offer. A part of your research would take you to
wedding expos and shows around the country in your city or local
area. At the wedding show you can take into account the latest
trends and products that are popular in the wedding industry.
You will be able to talk to reception services, caterers and
bakers for your wedding cake. You will able to see their
showcase of wedding dresses and possibly catch a catwalk display
of the dresses. Remember your purpose at these shows - that you
are there as research for your wedding plan and not be tempted
by the other extras that aren't really a part of what you want
for a wedding. Your purpose is to get an idea of how much
everything you want at your wedding would cost as well as your
options in the variety of wedding areas.
Wedding Ceremony and Reception Location
Finally, a major element to your wedding project plan is to
arrange the ceremony and the locations of the ceremony and
reception. If you are religious it would probably be assumed
that you would be wedded in a church or other religious
building. If aren't religious and are looking for a civil
celebrant you will also need to plan around that. Planning your
reception location would probably take into consideration the
research you have done previously. Shop around for prices; ask
around for testimonials of good service to find the perfect
location to suit what you want and your budget.
Good luck in your wedding planning!