Planning Your Wedding: Your Complete Guide

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(Newswire.net — June 22, 2020) — Can there be anything more daunting than planning a wedding? Not only will this likely be the biggest event that you’ve ever hosted — with you and your partner very much in the spotlight throughout the day — but you’ll be deeply concerned that everything goes off without a hitch. 

You want everyone to remember your big day with glowing hearts and gleaming eyes. In this short guide, you’ll learn some of the basics to getting your wedding organized around the values you hold dear. In doing so, you’ll curate the wedding that best represents your union with your partner. 

Avoid Stress

This might seem like an obvious point, but it needs emphasizing. Stress and worry have no place in the wedding planning spectrum of emotions, and if you feel like the event is getting on top of you, it’s time to rope in the help of friends who’ll be able to lighten the load. Go about your wedding planning with a smile, leaving plenty of time to get things organized, in order to really enjoy the big day when it arrives.

Key Parts

You know how weddings usually go. You’ll have been to a few in your time, and you’ll have an idea of what you liked and what you’d rather avoid for your special day. This is always the starting point to planning a knock-out wedding: to gather up the key ideas that you want to incorporate into your own special day. With a rough plan of what you want, it’s time to delve into the specifics.

Venue

We all know that the venue of a wedding is a huge part of what makes for a successful and special day. In truth, we’re talking in the plural — venues — as you’ll be taking your guests from the place of marriage, often a church, and into a reception venue in which you’ll entertain your guests and let your hair down in preparation for your first dance with your new lifelong partner. Picking the venues is a deeply important step, and one that you need to book far in advance to secure the venues of your dreams.

Music and Entertainment

When your wedding is concluded and your guests head to the reception, you’ll gear up for the music, the entertainment, the food and the drinks. This is the period of the day in which speeches are made, tears of happiness are shed, and the cake is cut. But it’s also the time at which you bring in the musicians to get the party started. You can search for musical talent here in order to secure high-quality live musicians for your wedding day.

Catering and Drinks

Some weddings are all-day affairs, while others take place within the space of an afternoon. In either case, you’re going to want to supply your guests with some food and drinks, and this is a crucial part of your wedding day. Make sure you’re able to provide for all of your guests so that they’re incentivized to stay until the very end of your special day.

Planning a wedding can feel daunting, which is why we’ve broken up the constituent parts to help you get a grip on your big day.