KissMeGoodnight
eLearning Series: Cut Your Wedding Costs
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Hot Tips To Slash Your Wedding Costs
( 26 pages )
How
To Plan Your Wedding Timeline
The first thing
that needs to be considered when planning the ultimate wedding
is how much time you will give yourself for the planning.
In essence; this means what day will you set as the date
of your wedding.
This may sound
like a trivial matter, but it really is important because
it will let you know what the time constraints are for
making your preparations.
Some weddings can take up to 1 year to prepare for and plan. 3-6 months is
pretty typical; depending on how big you are planning your wedding to be and
how
fancy etc.
If you are not
giving yourself more than a month, then planning is naturally
different. You may or may not be able to fully utilize all
the material in this guide.
One of the most important factors that go with planning a wedding is determining
who you will be delegating specific duties to. For example, if you are terrible
at choosing flowers, who will you assign to do it for you?
It is always
best to try to give different duties to others so that you
will not be overwhelmed by them yourself. Let’s take a look
at some of the various duties that you can hand out:
- Catering: Who
do you believe would be the best person to handle all of
the arrangements for the food and drink at your wedding?
- Invitations
and seating arrangements: This person will be addressing
and mailing out invitations and making sure that people
are seated in a fashion that will ensure everyone’s mutual
comfort and enjoyment
- Decorations
for wedding and reception includes center pieces
- Rehearsal dinners
etc.
- Music and/or
DJ
- Bridesmaid
and groomsmen gifts and favors
- Gowns, and
tuxedos
- Bridal showers/bachelor
parties etc.
All of these things
are must haves when it comes to a wedding, unless of
course, you opt not to have bridesmaids or groomsmen in the
wedding. All of these things can be murder to try to do on
your own as well.
That is why you
have to get in touch with people who are capable of taking
over some of the menial jobs for you. All of these things
seem small at first, but they can quickly add up to quite
a bit of money when they are all combined together.
After you have
delegated the responsibilities, you should next set a specific
time period to have all of the tasks completed. Creating
a to-do list and time sheet is a great way to do this. That
way, when all of the tasks are finished you can easily check
them off.
You should set
up specific times and days to discuss the progress of things
as well, just in case things are not going so well. In doing
this, you will be able to help make sure that all things
are running smoothly.
You might be wondering
what happens when you have done all of this and are ready
to get started. First of all, you have to be willing to follow
the general wishes of the couple to be wed; that is unless
you are the couple and are planning your own wedding.
When planning
a wedding on a budget, you have to lower your requirements
just a bit. For example, you can’t try to have to filet mignon
if you are throwing the wedding on a fish stick budget. I
have broken down the various aspects of the wedding planning
to the last details so that you will get a better idea of
what I mean...
 
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