So you’ve got engaged. Congratulations! You are at the start of the most exciting, nerve wracking, wonderful journey! Not really sure where to start? Lots of ‘ooh you should do this’ coming in from well meaning friends and family. Lots of shiny things suddenly coming into view with ‘buy me’ and ‘you can’t do without me’ labels attached. Take a deep breath, get a cup of tea (coffee? wine?) and read on! This blog will talk you through how a wedding planner can help!
Brides.com have a great bullet list. Planners can
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help with your budget constraints and legal contracts
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fight for your wedding vision and keep everything on track
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keep things stress-free
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handle ceremony-to-reception flipping
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help you coordinate the entire day (as opposed to just one aspect)
Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Even if you have decided to DIY your wedding, a wedding planner can give you advice about where to start. So it’s with great pleasure that I introduce Hannah Rose of Hannah Rose Weddings. Read on for some really great advice and top tips…..
The thought of planning your wedding can be really daunting and overwhelming, as well as really exciting! So many couples come to us as they literally do not know where to start, which is completely normal. It would be like wanting to run a marathon having never ran before, and not getting any advice before you begin. Well, we are here to help with the advice! We have five top tips for all you newly engaged couples to help you.
So who are we and why would you listen to our advice?
Hannah Rose Weddings offers wedding planning and event management. We guarantee to bring organisation, creativity and perfection to your wedding or event. With 10 years’ experience planning and managing weddings, we offer various packages to ensure you have the day you have always dreamed of.
Top Tip #1: Initial Decisions
Before booking venue viewings or visiting wedding fayres, have an initial conversation together about your day. So many couples I work with have very different ideas when they first start planning about how they would like their wedding to be. Once you know the style you want, it is so much easier to stay focused on looking for inspiration, ideas, venues and suppliers for the wedding you both want. There is SO much wedding inspiration out there! You don’t want to be like a magpie with shiny things. Stick to the style you have agreed on. For instance, if you have chosen an informal, field style wedding, stick to looking at what will match this theme, not beautiful stiletto heels or venues with no outside space.
Top Tip #2: Parents
It is an exciting time for all of your family to know that there is an upcoming wedding on the horizon, especially for your parents! Some couples love that their parents want to get involved with their planning and give their ideas and opinions. And others…don’t!
My top advice if a parent wants to get involved with planning is to give them a specific job, whether it is arranging the favours, booking dress appointments or helping with the table plan. Let them be involved, but give them something to focus on. Also, make sure they understand that it is your day and you want them to be involved but also to respect your wishes.
Top Tip #3: Terms and conditions
It can be oh so exciting when you are sitting at the venue of your dreams, speaking all about colours and flowers, the pretty things. Then a copy of terms and conditions is put in front of you to be signed. Make sure you take these home, read them, understand them and get an extra person to read over them before signing. This is the same for suppliers too. Don’t sign anything in the moment until it is fully digested.
Top Tip #4: Take time out of planning
This may seem crazy now, as I am sure you are super excited about planning your wedding day. You don’t want to talk bout anything BUT your big day …. but there will be times that it can get a bit too much for you, or stressful times. My advice is, from the very start of your wedding planning journey, either set time aside when you DON’T talk about wedding planning or time where you DO talk about wedding planning. One of the couples I work with only discusses their wedding plans once a week. Trust me, you will be glad for the break from it all further down the line…
Top Tip #5: Your day is YOUR day!
Remember it is yours and your partner’s day. Of course, you will want all of your friends and family to enjoy the full day, the setting, the food, the music etc, but this is a day about YOU. Make sure you stick with what you have decided and how you would like your day to be. The whole planning process is part of your wedding memory – don’t let it be a stressful one because you are worried about other people.
Want to know how to get hold of Hannah?
Her website is: Hannah Rose Weddings.
Telephone: 07584 012406
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