What's The Best Way To Go About Planning Your Dream Wedding?

Answer 1

The first and most important thing you can do for yourself is to set aside all fantasies of "the perfect wedding." They don't happen. Little things go wrong at the reception, the flowers you always wanted aren't in season, etc. If you get locked into the idea of a "dream wedding," you may be setting yourself up for something you can't do.

After that, plan a budget and stick to it. Prioritize what's important to you so that you know where you can splurg and where you have to be frugal. Get inventive, think outside the box, and most importantly, do and choose things that you and your fiance truly want and will truly make you happy.

Answer 2

I'm planning my own wedding too and decided that wedding planners are a waste of money. Just stay organized. Buy a wedding planning book (or use a spiral notebook) and write down all your ideas (neatly). Then make a list of things you need to do and when they need to be done by. I even made a list of all the pictures I want taken. It's not as hard as it sounds and you will save a ton of money! Stick to your list and RELAX! Your wedding will be a dream come true because it will be exactly the way you planned it :-)

I found the following site very helpful:
www.customweddingsolutions.com
(they have great prices and will help with questions and ideas)

Good Luck & Congratulations!

Answer 3

The very first thing you should do is sit down with your faience and make some decisions about budget, possible color schemes or themes, number of guests and a list of possible dates. Then if you chose to hire a wedding planner you aren't going in blind and if you decide not to talk to a professional you'll have somewhere to start from. Also if you do decide to hire a planner remember to tali to everyone who will be helping pay for the wedding before you go so that you have an accurate budget idea.
The next thing I can tell you is to try to convince every one to give you the money they will be contributing up front. I know it sounds wrong to ask of your parents to just hand over money but if you and your fiance go and start a debit account at your local bank you can put all the money every one is chipping in together and it truly does solve problems about who is going to pay for what before they come up.

Answer 4

My idea of a perfect wedding is to run away to an exotic place with the man I love and just do it, no frills, no nothing.

You figure out what you want and what your fiance wants. Make a list of things you want in your wedding, then I'd either get magazines for ideas or look online.

Your wedding could be nothing less than perfect because you are marrying the girl of your dreams! Good Luck!

Answer 5

1. Go easy on yourself, don't be a perfectionist, accept that things won't be perfect.
2. Think about the 2 or 3 most important things to you about the wedding and spend the most time/money on those things.
3. Focus on the positive.
4. Remember the real purpose of the wedding.

Answer 6

Hire a wedding planner. Seriously. It will relieve you of much of the stress and you will be able to enjoy your special day so much more.

Answer 7

first dream big.....write it down and plan it out as if the possibilities are endless
second decide how much you can spend
third hire a planner and give them your dreams and budget

Answer 8

Hire a wedding planner. Go to www.about.com or www.weddingchannel.com or www.theknot.com
They can help

Answer 9

do a lot of research & leave yourself plenty of time to pull it off; or hire a wedding planner.

Answer 10

I know two people who took leaves of absence from their jobs, and took out personal loans, to plan and fund their weddings.

I would not recommend doing that. Keep it simple.