Your wedding party is the first of its kind that will be thrown by you. Pulling together everything needed for a successful wedding plan can be daunting. There are just so many aspects to spread your focus on.
If this sounds like you right now, I’ll team up with you to make the entire process easy with my step-by-step guide on how to plan a wedding party below. By the way, if your wedding party is taken place at Gatlinburg, you may want to check out this mind-blowing wedding chapel venue in Gatlinburg, TN.
Set Your Budget In Stone
Yes. Read that headline again. Setting a budget should be your first step and here’s why. Imagine falling in love with a vendor, dress, venue, and photographer that is way beyond your reach. Or more interestingly, imagine having already spent more than half your entire wedding budget on a wedding dress just because you failed to define your wedding budget. Ugly scenarios like these can be avoided by just sitting down together with your parents and other people who are contributing financially to the manifestation of your wedding. And once a budget has been decided, set it in stone to avoid side-spending.
Tap Into Resources For Wedding Ideas
Other than playing with your imagination and painting exactly how you want your wedding day to be like from start to finish, get wedding ideas from external sources like Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook. You can as well join some wedding forums online to discuss with like-minds. All in all, decide the kind of wedding style you want after considering many like a rustic style wedding, a formal vibe, or something more super-classic. Mind you, in the process of choosing from many, let a good friend or someone who understands your lifestyle and preferences do the picking with you.
Write Your Guest List
While you may be in a hurry to check out the finnest venues on the Net, of course the excitment should thrill you, have a clear-cut guest list. This list will not only be a guide to choosing the right size of venue for your guest but knowing the number of your guests will let you decide the amount of foods, drinks, and photographers you should make available on that day. So, go ahead and dish out your invitation cards to know the number of the possible guests who relied your invitation with a positive.
Who Are Your Wedding Party?
Of course, you should who is who before the day. Every body does that. But while choosing who the bridesmaids, the groomsmen, the bridesmen, and the groomsmaids will be, confirm that they will not disappoint you. Let everyone know their roles and send them reminders through the last 4-3days before the D-day.
Choose A Venue
Your wedding venue should say a lot about your wedding theme and your lifestyle. It should provide more than just enough space to take your guests, your music band, and every other attendees.
Choose A Photographer And Music
Whether you would be going for a music band or a DJ should be decided by you and your spouse. Likewise, talk about your photo-plan with your choosen photographer.