Hello everyone- I'm new to the board and just wanted to say hello to everyone! We do not have a date just yet (just got engaged!).
Any recommendations on where to start in the whole planning process? Let's just say I'm at square one. Just the ring
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks!
Re: Hello!
I would start with budget and go from there...also, if you are hoping for this summer, you will need to move asap and possibly be flexible with dates, as we found in July, most places for summer and fall the following year were already booked.
Good luck and feel free to ask questions!
I just can't seem to concentrate on "working" and I keep surfing the internet for ideas ha!
Definitely feel free to ask questions. The ladies on this board are very helpful, and you can get a lot of vendor ideas and reviews here.
The Knot has a calculator that you can use as a starting point (click on 'Tools', and then go to 'Wedding Budgeter'), but I found that it wasn't always helpful since you'll end up spending more on things that are important to you. For us, that was the venue, photographer/videographer, and flowers- so we splurged on those.
Number 2 - before you look at ANY venues - figure out an estimate of how many people you will be inviting (50/100/300). Talk to your families/whoever is paying and get a rough head-count. You don't want to book a venue that only holds 100 people and then do your guest list and figure out that your guest list is 150 people. Also, if you're tally is at 150, I'd look for a place that can hold 200. Somehow our guest list went from 150 approx to 216! I'm glad we booked the larger venue!
Then after you have done number 1 & 2, look at venues that will hold the amount of people you expect in your budget (good rule of thumb is that 50% of the budget should go towards the venue).
Good luck planning!
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