Even if you’re meh on these vendors, book them at least nine months before your wedding. Lock down your photographer and caterer.Jennifer Taylor, a wedding planner at A Taylored Affair, suggests using Squarespace, The Knot, Minted or Riley & Grey to create a website. In fact, you can do this instead of sending a save-the-date card. Set up your wedding website as a makeshift save-the-date.If you can be bothered with minutia, consider booking a day-of or week-of planner, who can handle last-minute details and hiccups. But if your budget allows for one and/or you can’t be bothered with minutia, it’s worth the cost. Review your mission statement and proceed accordingly. * This is the second time calling the whole thing off and exchanging vows in front of an Elvis impersonator will seem appealing. Every planner I spoke with recommended using Postable to collect addresses, and Davis suggests keeping track of R.S.V.P.s using Zola’s guest list tracker or a good, old-fashioned Google Doc. That is, if you plan to mail your invitations, a custom that’s becoming more optional, thanks to the popularity of digital invites (more on that later). Once you have a handle on how many people you want to invite, make sure you have current home addresses. Do you want them there that badly?” If someone really wants Great-Aunt Millie’s summer fling to come, they can throw in the extra cash.* If the combined list is longer than your budget allows, then you can tell your family members, “You can invite them, but it’s this much a head. Make your list of who you want at your big day, then ask your families for a rough list of who they want to invite, but make no promises.
Budgeting first will help you decide whether to include people like your well-meaning but overly enthusiastic coworker, Dave. Only after you create a budget can you move on to your guest list. *This is the first time you’ll probably consider eloping. Wedding planner Leah Weinberg of Color Pop Events suggests cold-calling vendors and asking recently-married friends for insights.* Davis recommends reaching out to a local wedding planner for a consultation, which is often free or low cost (even if you don’t want to use a planner). Websites like Wedding Wire and The Knot offer some pricing information, but Ms. This won’t stop others from having opinions later, but it’ll help.įinding preliminary information on how much wedding items cost is like discovering the Coca-Cola recipe. If parents or other parties decide to contribute, ask what their top three priorities are, and tell them you’ll do your best to make them happen. You and your future spouse should figure out how much you can spend, and then talk about whether you want to ask people for money.
The good news? There are no rules for wedding budgets anymore! “The tradition of who pays for what is done,” Ms.
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