It is especially difficult if you have a budget to plan your wedding on a budget because besides all the organizational tasks you are looking for bargains at the same time! Don't get me wrong! Money saving tips are helpful, there are so many that it can be overwhelming, especially when they are mutually exclusive!
Planning a wedding will be one of the most (if not THE most) difficult task you will ever experience. One year of planning for one day incorporating vendors and people and guests for a 6 to 8 hour stretch that is your wedding.
The best tip I have learned which is subtly hinted at in wedding planning book after wedding planning book: BE ORGANIZED!! FOCUS ON GETTING ORGANIZED FIRST!! From the get-go, this will save you time, save you money, save you headache. Focus on getting organized about wedding planning on a budget before entertaining any other type of tips. Here's what you need: a three ring binder a three ring hole punch (because surprisingly not all materials have three hole punches in it .. who knew?) dividers for your binder, preferably with color tabs, preferably already punched. I would even start labeling them with categories for planning your wedding like: wedding budget wedding catering wedding favors wedding gown groom tuxedo wedding checklist wedding timeline wedding venue reception venue
And so on. One more important and subtle tip: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BINDER Wedding planning checklists and binders come in all sorts of shapes and beautiful colors. If you bought or were already given something fancy, feel free to use it, but I recommend you stick with the office supply store binder. HERE'S WHY:
When it comes to wedding planning, you have to be organized. You also have to, when trying to stick to planning your wedding on a budget, think of it more like a business and not something to get emotionally involved in. Read more about wedding planning by pressing here: Wedding Budget planner
That is kind of tough, because you want to be emotionally involved. It's your wedding! But that's also the same kind of emotion that causes not only wedding vendors to boost their prices up to those inflated markups of 200%
You need to think of it as a business you need to keep on a budget. That is why I prefer the normal binder versus the fancy wedding binder (fancy and FILLED with emotion. It's a subtle reminder to budget like a business to be made "profitable" (get your money's worth!) and not to "lose money" (overspend!)
The bottom line is if you don't have an organizational system working for you already , and you're not one of those organized types (like me!), you NEED to be one or need to find a friend who is one (like me...) to help you plan your wedding on a budget.
Stay happy and sane! Simon B Edwards
Read more about planning a wedding here: wedding planning books Under Creative Commons License: AttributionSimon B Edwards is a well-known book author and a founder of a website called wedding planning books guide visit it if you are interested in more information about wedding planning resources.
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