Friday, April 17, 2015

5 Things the Wedding Magazines Won't Tell You to Consider While Planning a Wedding!

I am the kind of girl that meets the common cliche of "dreaming about ny wedding since she was a little girl". From the date, to the location, to my hair, to the flowers, more or less every detail has planned been planned for no exaggeration, years. Whe I finally became engaged this past December to the greatest man I have ever met, I was beyond excited to finally put my dream wedding into action. 

I thought I was brilliant, I planned on doing almost everything myself from the invites to the flowers, I wasn't going to send thousands of dollars on a dress, everything was going to be classy but low budget. 

However, being me, I have always wanted to get married in the New Jersey Botenical Gardens. It is literally my favorite place in the world. In November  (ironically a month before becoming a official "Bride to Be" ) I decided on a whim to call them to get the pricing info.

It was then I dawned on me that this wedding was still going to be expensive, dispite all my planning, if I didn't look at all my options. It also occured to me that, there are somethings that no bridal magazines have ever told me and I want to ensure all future sorority brides, are well prepared. 

Here are five tips I have learned while planning my wedding.

1) Consider not getting married on a Saturday: Think about having your special day on a Friday or a Sunday because most places have a minimum for number of guest per wedding during specific times of years and those numbers are generally less on those two days. Also, consider getting married in the "off months" Like November and January, this will also save you on pricing.

2. Narrow down your guest list: This has been perhaps the biggest nightmare for me, specifically in relations to my sorority sisters. You don't want to leave anyone out but you can't afford to have everyone there. It is a very difficult situation. My best suggestion is to go into guest list making thinking  "who do I have to invite" and from the remaining estimation of the number of people you want, determine who else you can add it. 

3. Consider a small bridal party: Again, another nightmare when you have a sea of beautiful and amazing sorority sisters. But narrow it down to the people who matters most to you and that you can't imagine not being by your side as you stand at the alter. Also think, bigger wedding party equals more gifts, more opinions, and more stress. 

4. Deterinmine your prorities: Decide between you and your partner (and whoever is helping with finaces) what your priorities are. For example, my top prority is the photography. As a photographer, I need to trust who ever is taking these pictures completely and for that reason I am willing to spend more on it because it is so important to me. 

5. Be open to compromise: I know this could be difficult but it is perhaps the most difficult thing to do, even more so when you have a certain vision in your head but at the end of the day, it is only one day of forever with your significant other, you don't have to have everything you everything you ever wanted because you should have already found it in them :)



1 comment:

  1. This is very interesting topic about weddings planning. When I got married I also got help from the wedding magazines. I got the details of SF event venues from magazines and booked one of them. For me it was a great source for the inspiration ideas.

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