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| Wedding Planning - Not for the Faint of Heart |
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What is the best resource for the busy bride? The Internet! Let�s take a moment and thank the maker (or makers) that we have the World Wide Web. I planned 90% of my wedding via the internet. It�s a great resource and one that can make planning much easier. There are tons of sites out there to help you plan. Most of those bridal magazines that we drool over have websites full of information some of them even have budget tools and guest list planners as well as vendor searches. They also may have templates you can print out, like seating charts, budget pages, checklists, etc. Another great place to look is your city�s web page. They have listings of historical sites and all the parks in the area as well as restaurants, caterers, florists, etc. Some sites even have special wedding sections. Keep your feet happy and relax on the couch as you surf the net. Not only can you find locations, dresses, photographers, rentals, etc but there are also a number of wedding sites with chat rooms. Yeah, I know �chat room� has a bad reputation but most of the wedding sites require that people sign in and conversations are tracked by dedicated monitors. If posts start getting out of hand, name calling or what have you, then the monitor can delete it. Believe me, you will be grateful to have a chat room in which to vent rather than annoying your future husband with the daily issues that come up in the planning process. They have lots of different sections in which to post under, if you want some advice on your color choices or theme options there�s a section just for that. If you just need to vent about unruly family members or future in-laws, there�s a section for that too. You�d be surprised how helpful other brides can be. Not only did I find help with some of my planning problems but I in turn helped out other brides. It was a good feeling to know that I wasn�t alone in my crazy wedding world and that I could help other brides who felt just as lost. My personal reccomendation is the chat on the Bridal Guide website. It's has many different topic rooms and in my experience the monitors were all very nice as were the fellow brides. |
| Location! Location! Location! �
Now you are into your wedding planning, thinking you�ve become an expert on location scouting using the internet and your two little feet to seek out all the best places, but a wedding location is more than just a pretty place. It�s about price and what you get for the money you pay. When searching for a location it�s good to have at least some idea of what you are looking for. If you just start searching at random you will be inundated with the infinite possibilities and will likely run amok. *Side Note - Every so often running amok isn�t such a bad idea. Wedding planning is a nutty business and it can help maintain your sane state of mind to let the planning stress expel itself in what ever way you see fit. If that means you break out toy, foam weapons and have an all out war in your living room with your sweetie, go ahead. Now that you are a little more relaxed after pummeling your future mate with foam balls it�s time to get back to location scouting. Picking a location is time consuming, after all this is the place that will house the biggest celebration of your lives. Do you want it to be over the top and make an impact with stylized architecture? Or do you want it to be an accent to your wedding, fading into the background and letting you be what makes the impact? There are other things to consider too. Such as if you are having a church wedding, how far away is the reception location from the church? You�ll be surprised to learn that you can loose guests in that travel time. I know it seems unthinkable but it happens. I attended a wedding at a church and then we had to drive across town and down dirt roads until we came to a barn like building in the middle of nowhere. It seemed like it took forever and I almost turned back (but the bride was my college roomie and the party was worth it). Don�t make your guests have to go on a huge trek to get from one location to the other, you�ll wind up with very unhappy people and that doesn�t make for good pictures. If you are going to have the locations far apart consider looking into transportation for all your guests, rent a bus or a trolley, something that will make the travel easier on them. |
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