Wedding day can be a stressful experience if not planned for carefully. There are many details that have to be planned for and considered in order to prevent stress, unexpected satiations, conflicts and misunderstandings between you and vendors as well as among family members. Here are a few helpful hints that will ensure your BIG day will run smoothly and be as memorable and exiting as you have pictured it.
1) Have an up-to-the minute schedule for the day of the wedding – sit down with your fiancé, family members and even close friends and think through every minute of your day – when you wake up, time for preparations, traffic account into your schedule, etc. On the day of the wedding try to relax, have family and bridesmaids around, and have a glass of champagne to clear your thoughts and take away the pressure. Do NOT drink more than one day as being tipsy on your wedding day can ruin the experience.
2) Take your time while walking down the aisle – many brides do not realize when they are walking to the altar too quickly, which makes harder for photographers and videographers to make pictures and videos. Make an effort to slow down and really enjoy walking down the aisle – after all, you are the most important person in the room!
3) Check other large events that are happening on the day of your wedding. Keep in mind that large political, cultural, and celebration events such as elections, visits of political parties in the city, and musical concerts may make it hard for you to book a hall, reserve a block of rooms in the hotel, and book a limo or a number of buses. Due to large number of people visiting the city during such events, vendors may not have a piece of business that they can offer you.
4) Choose your first dance as man and wife carefully – make sure you have chosen a song that will really connect you two on the dance floor, ensure there is an adequate space in the hall’s dance floor, and practice the dance many times beforehand. Nothing can be worse than having to concentrate on the moves instead of enjoying your first official day together.
5) Segregate the roles among your family members – when it comes to making important decisions such as choosing the dress, buying the cake or renting a hall for the day of the wedding, all of the family members from your and your fiancé’s side absolutely must participate and tell you what they think should be your choice. And of course, at the end you have 12 or so people who want to go everywhere with you because they ‘just want to help’. Instead, this can slow down the planning process, make you loose your concentration on what YOU want, and just look awkward in front of the vendors. To prevent this situation and make everyone happy and feeling important you should separate the duties among all the family embers so that each person can help you with a particular aspect of the wedding. For example, you mom will help you with a dress, your maid of honor can plan a bridesmaid’s party, and you really need your aunt’s help to decide what flowers should you choose for hall decoration.
It is great if you have already considered those tips, however with some many things involved in planning the wedding there is a chance that little details can be forgotten until it is too late. Have a GREAT wedding!
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