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As a bride, do you find yourself scrap booking and cutting out pictures from every magazine just to piece them together in a notebook for inspiration? That can get bulky, and if you forget it somewhere when you may need it, you are just out of luck. As Pinterest has come aboard, it has created … Continue reading
Come up with a budget and make sure that budget sticks. I have seen in some instances where budgets are approximated at a higher rate of what actually becomes available.
How does this affect your planning?
1. The first thing you may do is higher a wedding planner. If your budget is not truly what you had expected, you may find your self in a bind later down the road when trying to fit the rest of your vendors in.
2. Your photographer and venue are the other two large costs that might take away a large percentage of your budget. The issues will arise beyond this where you have discovered you have 30% less than you had expected to have in your budget
3. Once your catering is approximated, you may find yourself trying to find additional budget, or reducing your guest size in order to meet your budget.
Recommendation: Figure out your budget and then put the detailed budget together before hiring any vendors. As a general rule, if hiring a wedding planner, make sure you are aware of what you can afford. For full-service, you can determine a guestimated cost between 10-20% of your budget depending on the type of full-service chosen. For a Day of Coordinator, you may be looking at approximately $700-1000. Depending on the package, your wedding planner can put together the remainder of the detailed budget for you, so you know what you can afford for a photographer, florist, etc.
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According to the 2012 Almanac, the best days of this year to get married are: Jan – 3, 4, 8, 16, 25-27, 30, 31 Feb – 1, 4-6, 23, 24, 27, 28 Mar – 2-6, 21, 22, 25-27, 30, 31 Apr – 1, 2, 5, 18-19, 22, 23, 26-29 May – 3, 4, 15, 16, … Continue reading
