The other day Kellie dished out some guidelines for where to start in the overwhelming world of wedding planning. What we didn't mention was how the length of your engagement may affect how you approach your planning. Luckily, Margo has this topic covered. We have Margo's recap below; the full article is here. Margo is the owner of The Bright Occassions, a local boutique wedding planning company.
Long Engagements
- Enjoy being engaged, but stay away from wedding magazines or blogs!
- Budget and save.
- Set a general wedding date and planning start date.
- Do not ask your bridal party before you start planning.
- Use your time wisely.
- DIY projects.
When couples first get engaged, they are often bombarded with questions from family and friends. One of the advantages of a longer engagement is that you can take your time before answering all of their questions. If you know your engagement length will be well over a year, avoid jumping into planning, reading wedding magazines or browsing blogs/Pinterest for ideas. Take a few months to enjoy being an engaged couple before you start to overwhelm yourself with all of the options and planning.
Short Engagements
- Consider Hiring a Wedding Planner.
- Start with the Who, Where, When, and How.
- Know what you need to do first, enlist help.
- Discard the unnecessary.
- Limit your options, and move on once a decision is made.
- Consider the untraditional.
If you are planning a wedding in 6 months or less, there will be a lot of decisions to make and not a ton of time. Having a Wedding Planner can help in a lot of ways! Perhaps the biggest way, is that as a professional they are not planning a wedding for the first time, they can move quickly providing the appropriate venue and vendor options that are available your date and budget. In addition, they can help manage your time, provide design solutions, as well as contact and negotiate with vendors on your behalf.
