What is the best wedding advice you would give a bride who is planning her wedding?

Answer 1

1) Decide what you want your wedding to be like - small and intimate, simple and romantic, elaborate etc
2) Do your research on venues etc
3) Decide your budget - and stick to it
4) Don't underestimate the amount of time it will take to organise
5) Don't stress too much about bending over backwards to please your guests/people you don't want to invite
6) Remember what it's all about - you and your fiance getting married and being together
7) Have fun!

Good luck.

Answer 2

Two things especially - for all these months leading up to the wedding, you get swept up in planning for the "wedding" and not so much on the marriage to come, which is more important. Make sure to spend time with your man - completely free of wedding talk - every once in a while. Just the two of you.
My second advice is based on personal experience, and it may or may not apply to you. I wear glasses, and my glasses broke the morning of the wedding. I picked them off the counter and they just cracked in two at the nosepiece. I had no backup! I was in a very small city with no optical places open on Sat., so just found a way to put them together so I could at least drive a bit. Went through my wedding "blind" - I can see close up, but not faraway. So, if you have corrective lenses of any type, have backup! (sorry for the big story if you don't) (but anything can happen).

Answer 3

1. Don't get so caught up in the planning that you forget about the marriage, or nurturing your current relationship.
2. Everyone will want a say. How you deal with it will set the tone of your wedding.
3. Keep it simple. People remember the little moments more than the centerpieces they can't see over.
4. Start your own family tradition at your wedding. Personalize it.
5. Say thank you and be gracious to anyone who helps. Don't expect people to do things just because it's "tradition" or "etiquette".
6. Breathe.

Answer 4

If you have the services in the area, hire a wedding coordinator. Planning a wedding is a huge ordeal and if you never have done it, you will have a lot of stress. If you have no coordinator in your area ask for help from others that have planned weddings, like the vendors you are hiring.

Just remember that things go wrong, you can't please everyone, it is over before you know it, and no matter what you will be married to the person you love at the end of it all.

Answer 5

Expect the unexpected. More likely than not, something will not work out exactly as planned on your wedding day. Be prepared to take it in stride and try not to stress over every little detail.

For example on my wedding day we had an outdoor ceremony. We brought our own stereo/boom box to play the music on. It had batteries in it (thank god) because we used it the day before for rehearsal. For the actual day of the wedding they were suppose to bring electricity out to us (via an extension cord and some discretely placed electrical boxes on the location). However, on the day of the wedding they couldn't get it to work. So, it was a good thing we had batteries. The only downside was we were afraid that no one would be able to hear us (we had microphones prepared). So we just tried to speak up. Sure enough after the ceremony, everyone heard us just fine and had no clue we were planning on using microphones. It also ended up being a little windy for us to use the aisle runner and the place forgot to give us the stakes to stake it down (in case of wind), once again, no one noticed we were originally going to have an aisle runner. (The place refunded us the cost for both of these items, so if something doesn't work, be sure to ask)

Another issue was the DJ got a confused and played the wrong song during the removal of the garter belt. We just went with it and once again, no one noticed.

Also, be sure to go over your photo must list with your photographer. In the confusion we ended up missing a couple of shots we would really loved having. In all of the confusion we thought that the photographer took a couple of shots (that when the pics came back we realized he didn't).

So, if something happens to go wrong, just go with. Be happy and just have fun. The day goes by way to quickly to fuss over every single little detail.

Now I know this may sound like my big day went horribly wrong, but it did not. It ended up being a really wonderful day. However, it could have went by a little slower. Before we knew it, it was all over.

Good Luck with your planning!

Answer 6

Be organized. My friend had a binder with everything in it. Dress selection, flowers, catering, etc... She kept all the receipts in it so everything was together and in one place.

Don't go broke for this, if you have the money or someone is paying for it then great. But don't start your first year out in financial stress by charging everything and getting loans. Simple can sometimes be the prettiest wedding. The first year of marriage is hard enough without having bills left over from the wedding.

Answer 7

take your time and make lots of notes and ask for help from your family and friends. try to stop & think before you buy something as to where you are going to use it, it will help you save money. try to outline what you what the overall feel of the wedding to be, if you have a theme in your head write it down and brainstorm what you picture going with that theme. It can be a little overwhelming, just take your time (i had 1.5 yrs to plan), make sure you let your wedding party/family that is helping you know how you picture your special day so that they can be of help to you. Good luck!!

Answer 8

First, STAY ORGANIZED . I had a three-ringed binder with plastic sleeves to keep all important paper wok ( contracts, recipes, etc). Secondly, Give yourself enough time to PLAN. And Third, do not be afraid to DELEGATE responsibility. During your planning stage people will say things like "If there is any thing that I can do..." Take them up on it!. If your aunt is a baker, have her bake your cake, if your friend is a D.J., hire him to D.J. the wedding. You don't have to spend a million dollars to have a beautiful, elegant wedding.

Answer 9

Valium.... It's sad but true... weight until your mother start going on about inviting people and your mother in law is giving you a list of all of her friends.... and your FI is fighting you with the cost of flowers because Rose can't possible cost that much....
LOL- it's really not that bad but someday I could pull my hair out.

You just need to plan and be well organized. That's the best advice I can give you. And book right away, everything books very quickly these days!!

Answer 10

To get a Miss Manners book and read it cover to cover before planning any specific details. Nothing is more important than getting your etiquette right and being a gracious bride and host!