| A wedding planner guide is essential to help take | | | | their pictures or worse yet, they don't show up |
| the stress out of planning your wedding. Every | | | | at all. |
| bride wants her special day to go as smooth as | | | | That is why it is critical to stay organized while |
| silk but let's face it, unexpected things happen | | | | planning your most cherished day of your life. |
| sometimes. There are a huge amount of details | | | | Think about how disheartening it would make you |
| that go into every wedding-big or small. | | | | feel to not have any photographs of your |
| I attended a close friend's wedding reception and | | | | wedding to look back on. |
| watched as the groom came to the gift table and | | | | A timeline of what you will need to do is critical in |
| began going through the envelopes. To his dismay, | | | | your wedding planning. The further away your |
| he hadn't remembered that he had to furnish tips | | | | date is the better off you will be. A year off is a |
| to many of the service people at the reception. | | | | good place to start your planning. However, if you |
| He was horrified to say the least, that he had to | | | | don't have that much time you might think about |
| dip into his gifts which he was going to use for his | | | | contacting a wedding planner or wedding |
| honeymoon. | | | | consultant to help out. |
| Today's bride and groom are, for the most part, | | | | The wedding business is a huge profit making |
| young and have no experience when they enter | | | | industry, but that doesn't mean you have to cash |
| into a first marriage. For my friend, it was | | | | in the farm to pay for them. If you pick your |
| appalling that he had spent so much money on his | | | | wedding date that is at least one year in the |
| wedding reception and it didn't even include | | | | future, you can start saving money on your |
| everything. He certainly would have benefited by | | | | current bills and give up those expensive dates at |
| using a wedding planner guide that told him to get | | | | restaurants. |
| all his contracts in writing and know precisely what | | | | There is power in numbers. Brides who network |
| is included. | | | | can often negotiate a better deal with vendors. |
| The last thing any bride or groom wants to | | | | To help keep you on your time line you should |
| happen is a disaster on their wedding day. | | | | always stick to your wedding planner guide. |
| Photographers who omit family members from | | | | |