| How Long Does It Take to Plan a Wedding? | | | | member or friend? |
| Have you heard the expression that a task takes | | | | - Will you hire a wedding coordinator and use their |
| the time allotted to it? Wedding Planning is exactly | | | | experience to shorten your learning curve and use |
| like that. It can take weeks to years, depending | | | | vendors with whom they have proven |
| on... well, that is what this article is about: | | | | successes? |
| When Is Your Wedding? | | | | How Close Do You Live to Your Wedding |
| Assuming you do not have a shotgun pointed at | | | | Location? |
| your head, you will take some time to plan your | | | | If you do not live near the location of your |
| wedding - even if it is an elopement. Once you | | | | wedding, how many trips to your wedding location |
| set a date, you can calculate how much time | | | | will you make before the wedding? Are you |
| there is between now and then; alternatively, you | | | | depending on family members, friends, or local |
| can do it the other way - which is to decide how | | | | vendors and strangers to help make decisions? |
| long you need to plan the wedding and then set a | | | | Will you have other events and responsibilities |
| date. | | | | when visiting this location, i.e.: how much time will |
| Set Your Priorities | | | | you have for wedding planning when you are |
| The closer the date, the fewer choices you get | | | | there? |
| to control because fewer resources are available. | | | | Enjoy the Process |
| Pick the most important item(s) to you and your | | | | You want a put together event. Hopefully, you |
| future spouse to lock in first. It could be the date, | | | | only have to do this once. Create and use a team |
| the ceremony location, the reception, the | | | | to help you. If you can afford it, do not reinvent |
| attendance of someone who lives far away, the | | | | the wheel and use experienced wedding |
| time required to obtain a specific wedding gown, | | | | professionals. (They have already made their |
| or perhaps the availability of your favorite vendor: | | | | mistakes on someone else's event.) |
| the officiant, florist, photographer, videographer, | | | | Take a break and for some comedy and light |
| caterer, a wedding singer, band or DJ, or wedding | | | | entertainment [ There is a nice list of wedding |
| coordinator. | | | | planning movies you can watch with your intended |
| What Is Your Style? | | | | or planning team. |
| Planning a wedding is about creating several | | | | SummaryWedding Planning is about research, |
| different events to happen in a short period of | | | | preferences, priorities, trade-offs, budget, |
| time. | | | | compromise and decisions. |
| - Are you a lone planner or do you work better | | | | - Who is on the planning team, who is on the |
| as part of a team? | | | | implementation team, and what are their |
| - How much can you do in a day with or without | | | | assignments? |
| getting stressed? | | | | - Who controls the budget and who is the final |
| - Can you make many decisions on the spot, do | | | | decision maker? |
| you need to have someone with you or do you | | | | You can focus on your wedding planning and get |
| need to "sleep on it" so that you do not change | | | | it done it a short time or you can take the same |
| your mind? | | | | amount of time or longer and stretch it out over |
| - How much research do you want or need to do | | | | weeks or months. How long will it take to plan |
| before you start planning? | | | | your wedding? It is up to you. |
| - Will you rely on the experience of a family | | | | |