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Every Friday this January we are going to be featuring wedding planning tips. I know many of you lovely ladies were proposed to over Christmas and New Years. And I am sure most of you are feeling very excited, but also a little overwhelmed. The following are five tips to get your wedding planning started on the right foot:
1. Take a moment to enjoy it! Go out to dinner or have some friends over and celebrate that you are about to start a beautiful journey. It can get very time consuming planning a wedding so take a moment to relax.
2. Set a date or at least a month that you would like to get married in. This is crucial for you to have when you start meeting with wedding planners and vendors, as this will be one of the first questions you are asked. You also need to block that time off at work, with family, and on your personal calendar. It can be very expensive to change a wedding date once everything is booked.
3. Determine a draft budget in order to get a general idea of where the money will be coming from and how much you will have to work with. This will help you determine how large or small of a wedding you need to have, and where you can get married. This will also keep you from over spending
4. Determine an estimated guest count. When you start looking at venues, you will need to know if you can fit all of your guests or not. This can also help you see if your guest count can stay within your budget. You might realize you have more money or you need more of it.
5. Pick your wedding planner. Your wedding planner can provide large amounts assistance and will take the stress of wedding planning off yourself. Remember, when picking your wedding planner, to make sure they are a good fit for you. This is someone who is planning one of the biggest days of your life and you need to be able to see eye-to-eye.
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