![]() Booking your wedding ceremony and wedding reception venue It makes the wedding planning process very real when you start making a commitment (both financially and mentally) to things like your wedding venue! There’s some hefty decisions (and deposits!) to make: Once those initial tasks are underway, it’s time to begin making some big ticket decisions. Starting wedding planning with a good foundation Planning to BYO alcohol? It’s not too early to sign up for a wine plan to soften the blow to your budget ( more info in this article on buying alcohol for your wedding) Decide on a general wedding date – come up with 3 or 4 dates for flexibility Start to pin down a wedding theme or feel (this helps determine the types of venues to visit) Determine a budget and consider who is contributing With the big three in mind, here’s the steps you need to take, to set your wedding date: and finding somewhere to hold your weddingĮach of the big three affect each other, so you can’t get away from them… you need a wedding venue big enough to hold all your guests, and the number of guests and wedding venue affect the budget, which affects how many guests you can have and where it can be held… you get the picture. ![]() Of course when you set out to set a wedding date, you can’t really do one thing at a time… because you need to juggle the big 3: Lots of people feel overwhelmed about all the work that needs to be done right at the beginning – but you don’t have to be! All you need to do is take each task one at a time. Sign up for Southern Bride’s free email newsletter + wedding planning course Shop the wine labels here When you’re getting serious about setting a wedding date: The Big Three Start compiling inspirational images for a wedding planning vision board Get yourself a wedding planning diary, my personal favourite is hands-down the little white book Plan an engagement party (it’s great practice for wedding planning) List your engagement ring on your contents insurance Place an engagement announcement in the local newspaper Download a copy of Southern Bride’s comprehensive wedding planning to do list here.Įach of the initial wedding planning tasks has an accompanying article to go with it, to give you a bit more detail about each aspect. So today I want to share the first steps you need to take with your wedding planning.Īre you the sort of person who sits down with a clean piece of paper and pen, ready to take notes? If so, you’ll want to grab yourself a copy of our wedding planning checklist above, which covers all the tasks below (plus all the wedding planning to do’s you’ll need to get done in the lead up). If you keep a cool head and work on one thing on the wedding planning to do list at a time… you’ll get through your wedding planning without getting (too) stressed out. There’s lots to sort out, all at once, when you first decide to set a wedding date. It can get overwhelming, and fast.
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