Planning


At this point you should hopefully be able to roughly picture what type of wedding that want and can start planning for. This can often be very overwhelming knowing where to start, but don't worry hopefully these blogs will stear you in the right direction to planning out that special day.

The next step you need to take is to buy yourself a nice ring binder folder to store all your information and documentation in. This will also help you keep track of everything and keeping organized.
At the end of the whole process this folder is a nice keep sack item as well.
It is recommended that you also buy some page seperators and seperating your documents into each relevant section. You may wish to label your sections to each relevant page of these blogs just to keep things easy.

This page/part of the blog is really the first steps in planning your wedding and will give you an overall outline on what to plan out and everything that is required, so that through the whole process the both of you will be in complete control enabling that you both enjoy this exciting stage of your lives.

Before getting carried away with all the possibilities of your perfect wedding the most important part to take into account is money, your budget. Use the this Budget Planner link, as your first step, upload the page and then cut and paste it onto a program of your choice for free. This planner will guide you in costing your wedding and keep in line with your budget making adjustments where necessary.

Budget Planner Document

If you wish a copy of the above planner or any of the check list which i have laid out in these blogs i will happly email attached copy in a word format 1998 or 2007 version or in a PDF file.
Just Email at aarontowndrow@yahoo.co.uk
with the details of the document you want and in what format & i will send it over ASAP.
 
When calculating your budget you may want to take into account who traditionally pays for what as reference and other possible sources of money available to you (i.e. Personal loan, parents may wish to contribute), to make your dream wedding come true.


To view this Please go to the Traditionally link as a guide to this



When going through the budget planner you may wish to glance over each page of these blogs to guide you in each aspect while getting estimates and price guides for every part of your planning process.
you can get these estimates from any links that are provided or alternativly just google search the relvant topic for further price details.

Check List

The key to planning a successful wedding with as little stress as possible is organization knowing what to do and when to do it.

Use the following downloadable task lists (for free) to help you manage your time effectively and to help you think about all the things you will need to arrange.

It is Recommended that you print out these check lists and put them into your wedding folder ready for you to keep track on your progress and things that are still left to do.

Please feel free to adapt these lists to suite your personal requirements as not all elements will be applicable.










Insurance

At this early stage of planning out your wedding you may wish to consider insuring your wedding day.

Insuring your wedding is something that you might not have considered or even thought you needed but is well worth looking into and allowing for in your budget, after all weddings can turn out to be very costly.

Evan with all the detailed planning it is still possible for something to happen which could prevent your wedding day. What happens if the Groom becomes ill the night of the wedding, or the venues become flooded days before your wedding?

The insurance will not help you both to cope with the stress and disappointment of having to postpone your wedding but at least it will provide a financial protection.