One of the most important days of your life is coming up. While you’re getting ready to spend the rest of your life with the one you love, you’re also probably going through a lot of stress.
Whether you’ve just said “yes” or are putting on the finishing touches, there is plenty of room for mistakes when planning your wedding. Take a deep breath and calm your mind. We’re here to help by showing you a few things to avoid when planning your wedding.
1. Making a Budget Too Late
Getting married is an exciting time. It can feel like a whiplash of emotions. Before you start picking out the venue, the dress, or even the knife to cut the cake, it’s important to set a budget for yourself.
A common mistake for engaged couples is to start planning their wedding before they know how much they’re willing or even able to spend. It’s easy for anyone to get attached to a certain chapel or style, only to realize they have to downscale if they want to afford catering or invitation cards.
Try to come up with a budget that not only fits your range, but also accounts for mistakes or accidents. Try to have a rain plan in case the weather isn’t on your side, or invest in a videographer to make sure you capture the best moments.
2. Trying to do Everything Yourself
You’ve probably spent your entire life imagining the perfect wedding and this should be your chance to make it a reality. While you should try to make this your day, you shouldn’t be the only one working on it.
Planning a wedding is incredibly stressful, with tons of moving parts, little details, and missable expenses. While you may have the entire event planned out in your head, you should not have to do everything on your own.
Ask your significant other for advice or to take on some responsibilities. Try to get a team that you can rely on for making sure parts of the wedding go smoothly.
3. Wanting to Please Everyone
While the wedding is about you and your significant other, you do have guests to consider. Not only are you concerned about keeping them comfortable, but also about how they’ll feel about your design choices.
Maybe your father-in-law doesn’t like the color green, maybe your aunt isn’t a fan of your music tastes, or maybe your best friend from high school doesn’t like the flowers you picked out.
While you should accommodate your guests with dietary options and a spacious venue, you shouldn’t worry about what they’ll think. Your wedding is a symbol of your love, so it should reflect your tastes and sensibilities. Your family and friends will just be happy to see you both happy.
4. Not Being Clear Enough
When talking with your photographer, caterer, DJ, or anyone else involved in the ceremony, try to be as clear as possible. Part of planning your wedding is understanding exactly what you want for each part of your wedding.
While you may want to trust your team to know what’s best, that’s not how these professionals often work. By giving them a clear idea of what you want, be it a certain style of music or a person to take photos of, you give them a goal to strive for. If you’ve picked the right team of helpers, they’ll make sure everything fits your description.
5. Stressing the Little Stuff
When planning your wedding, it’s easy to lose the forest for the trees. You may be missing the right number of flowers, 15 of your guests may have had to cancel at the last minute, or your napkins may be the wrong shade of white.
No matter how perfect your wedding may look in your head, it’s impossible to expect everything to go off without a hitch. That’s why it’s important to not worry about the small details. As long as your loved ones are with you, and your marriage is actually officiated, then your wedding day will be successful!
If you’re looking for one less thing to worry about, then look no further than Salem Chapel and Event Venue. We have traditional chapels across Virginia that aim to create a timeless feel for your wedding day.
Call us to find out how Salem Chapel would be the perfect venue for your dream wedding.