Wedding Planning Mistakes

Here is a checklist of common wedding planning mistakes. To make your wedding planning process go smoothly follow this list and you will avoid some of the frustrations brides suffer when they make these mistakes.

1. Some of the most common mistakes:

Avoid Wedding Planning Mistakes

Check prices with several vendors before agreeing to a contract –  You may find a wide variation. And, if you are working with a planner, her list of preferred vendors may well be the best choices for you.
Do your own homework – Don’t book a vendor because of someone else’s experience with them. Compare multiple vendors in each area before making a decision
If your guest list is critical to you then make it first – the number of guests you feel you must have will drive your decisions on venue, food, basically everything else. The more people, the more expense. So you may have to cut costs in other areas in order to accommodate your guest list in your budget

2. Not understanding the process

Specific Vendors – If you have your heart set on particular vendors you will have to start your planning/booking process really early. The more popular vendors and vendors book out a year or more. Don’t wind up having to settle because you started too late.
A Time Consuming Process – Couples often don’t realize that planning for a wedding is a time-consuming process that will demand a lot of effort. Acknowledge that planning a wedding is a big project and allow the time that it will require.

3. Mistakes Made At The Very Beginning Of The Planning Process

Not Having A Budget In Mind – What you can afford will drive some of your choices. You may have to compromise so that you can get the things that are most important to you
Not Having A Family Meeting At The Start Of The planning Process – Sit down with both families and determine if they have any wedding tradition essentials they want you to include. Also, determine if they will be helping with your expenses. That will certainly impact what you are able to include in your wedding plans. Find out if they have any guests that they feel must be included. Failing to talk these things over with both families can lead to unpleasant surprises too late in the planning process.

4. Misconceptions Couples Have

Careful Planning Avoids Problems

Planning A Wedding Is Easy – It takes a lot of time and an enormous amount of organization to bring all the pieces together. That’s why there are wedding professionals who understand all the intricacies of planning a wedding. It may well be worth the expense of a planner to let someone else handle the stress of pulling it all together. And with their contacts it may even wind up saving you money.
How Much Can A Wedding Cost Anyway? – All of the parts and pieces of a wedding cost a lot of money. And the more
extravagant the wedding and the more guest you have, the more the cost rises. Be ready to compromise on some things to accommodate other most important things.

5. Rules To Stick To

Have a budget and stick to it
Keep you expectations realistic based on that budget
Have contracts with all the vendors laying out exactly what is to be done so that nothing is left to chance or is unclear

6. Must Do’s

Share your vision/dreams with professional vendors you trust and then let them tell you what is possible. They want to please you but they have done many events and know what is realistic.
Be incredibly clear about what your dream is. Nobody can see what is in your head so you must tell your vendors, your family, your friends. Be prepared to be a little flexible in case your dreams are simply not possible. Pictures will help make your vision clear. The more information, the better.
Choose your vendors carefully, then trust them They are the wedding pros. Don’t micromanage them.

Wedding planning can be stressful but if you follow this checklist you can make it an easier and a memorable part of your wedding rather than a dreaded and unhappy experience.