If I can save couples a few menty b’s while wedding planning, I will, because I see so many people getting married on social media sharing their frustrations with wedding planning, and I thought I would write a quick blog on 7 issues I usually see people struggle with when they are planning their wedding, no gate keeping here, I will give you some actual solutions to help with this shit!

Underestimating your budget vs. the actual cost of things
We often time see couples go “venue broke” because they didn’t really price out everything before landing on a venue. They went with the venue, that took up more of their budget than they planned for, and now they are pancaking. It is important to do a bit of research before signing contracts with some of your big ticket items like venue & catering.
Not paying attention to the max guest count of your venue.
If your venue has a max guest count of 200, that does not mean inviting 250, hoping that 200 will show. The max guest count is MAX for a reason, if you want your guests to feel comfortable, and ensure they have a chair, don’t over invite guests.

3. Not setting goals and priorities - We often see couples get caught up or overwhelmed in small details and forget or lose sight on what truly maters.

4. Procrastinating on planning - We see so many couples get planning anxiety and freeze up, if this is you, a partial or full- service wedding planner is the easiest way to eliminate this problem, because we take over most if not all of the communication an d organization with vendors, and that takes a lot off of your plate, being organized immediately and have a really good and thought out checklist really help from getting overwhelmed!

5. Neglecting communication with vendors - Keeping vital information from your vendors is only going to lead to a hectic wedding day. Timeline info, delivery info, set up info, all should be clearly communicated ahead of time so that people are not coming up to you with a million questions on the day of. This is one of the reasons we give all of our couples a Google Drive that helps keep all of this information in one place for us to access on the day of!

6. Not planning for the weather - We’re not just talking about rain, but wind is probably a bigger issue that we have to deal with. Or let’s say your venue doesn’t have a fridge for your cake, and it’s displayed outside, on a hot Summer day, getting set up at 2pm but not eaten till 8… That isn’t going to work…

7. Poor day of timeline planning - Planning your day of timeline is one of the most difficult parts of planning, people like to just assume you work around the sunset, but so much more goes into creating a day of timeline.. Your photographer typically will help if you don’t have a coordinator to help you, but they might not take into account how long hair & makeup is going to take, if a room flip needs to be done, how long will it take? How long catering service is going to take, there are tons of little details that go into creating a solid day of timeline. We have another blog to help create your timeline (here)!

8. Not having a proper day of emergency kit. Having a solid kit with any and all emergency items one of the best ways to avoid stress on the day of the wedding! Click the link to download our wedding day emergency kit checklist!

9. Not understanding your linen choices - Floor length linens will make or break a wedding design, couples often don’t really think much about the linens they are going to use. Most of the time linens will come through your venue / caterer - These are usually basic “lap length” linens, and often do not come pressed. You can rent linens, this is the best way to guarantee they will be pressed and the correct length. You will have a really great variety to choose from as well if you rent your linens! You can purchase your own, this is time consuming and often doesn’t save that much money. We always suggest renting linens, the quality is just always better when you rent!

10. Not having an end of night plan. You need a plan of who is taking down decor, who is taking decor with them at the end of the night, who is taking gifts and cards, and most importantly, who is taking YOU TWO home! This is by far the most over looked thing we see at most weddings, proper end of night planning!

These are just a few of the things that we have witnessed over the past couple of years, we are hoping that you found a nugget of wisdom in here so that you can plan with less stress! If you find yourself ever in need of a planning buddy, we are always here for you!

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