When To Start Planning Your Wedding

Wedding planning starts even before you got engaged. This is specially true for couple who have found their partner in life or are serious to each other. Some couples start to discuss their wedding 3 or 4 years before the actual wedding. This is mostly due to the pressure of societal standard on the "perfect wedding" especially to the high class society where reputation and showmanship is very much a big deal. For others, they have an ample time to search for ideas to incorporate into their wedding day planning.

The average time to complete a wedding plan is about 4 - 6 months but usually takes longer if both the couple are into the intricate details. It would also be best if you start wedding planning a year before the date you have chosen. Although getting married while being pregnant is already accepted, there are many couples who wait for their child to be born and turn two or three years old before they settle down. There are a lot of reason for this, the most common is considering how the bride looks in her wedding dress while having a bulging tummy. For some women, that's not an ideal wedding picture.

There are many things to consider in wedding planning, but there are three things that have utmost importance of them all.

1. Wedding Day Planning. The wedding day plan is a schedule of all the activities that will take place on that day. It start from waking up of the bride and groom to doing their daily routine and finally getting started with the wedding preparations. It is important to have wedding coordinators and wedding planners at your service on this day, because it is the most stressful day of all and you don't want to absorb all the negative energies of having to worry on the turn out of the occasion.

2. Think of your Guests. Wedding planning is not just about you and your lover getting married but also you have invited other people, your family and friends to witness your vow to each other. Romantic and grand as it may seem, never let your guests wait while you bask in the lights of the camera in your wedding decorations and set up. This has become a trend in the wedding industry. When people arrive in the reception area, guests are not allowed to enter until the photo session with the function set up is done. An alternative to this is to have a separate area to which you will have you photos taken while the guests are seated in the function hall.

3. Have a Checklist. The most important tool in any plan is the written checklist. It will serve as a guide to what is lacking, and what not's. There are many free and downloadable checklist in the internet that you can customize according to your needs. Use the power of the internet to achieve the ideal wedding you want.


It should not be as painful as it sounds. Just try to relax and enjoy the process. In every step in the wedding plan, always  try to chill and breathe in and out. Don't stress yourself too much in the details. After all, weddings are not about the details that people see. Weddings are all about celebration and people celebrate. It has nothing to do about the decorations and flowers or dresses. Remember, just be happy and make others happy during the most magical and celebrated occasion in your life - your wedding day.