{"id":5878,"date":"2018-05-17T16:43:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T15:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingsuppliers.ie\/?p=5878"},"modified":"2019-02-05T16:41:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T16:41:12","slug":"22-things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-about-planning-a-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weddingsuppliers.ie\/blog\/22-things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-about-planning-a-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"22 Things I wish someone had told me about planning a wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hindsight is a wonderful and annoying thing. Life, sometimes would be easier and less nerve wrecking, if we always had the benefit of hindsight. And while planning a wedding can be different for every couple, for those interested and willing to heed hindsight, here\u2019s 22 things you\u2019ll be glad you were told {and heeded} once the wedding is over.<\/p>\n

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  1. Ask for help with planning the wedding. Delegate to your wedding party. Do not try and do everything yourself\/selves.<\/li>\n
  2. [If you\u2019ve written your vows] give a copy to someone else to bring to the ceremony for you. Chances are you\u2019ll leave them behind in your excitement to leave for the ceremony.<\/li>\n
  3. Take your time walking down the aisle, enjoy the moment AND tell your bridesmaids to take their time too\u2026 otherwise your music may be cut abruptly short or it will play out leaving you waiting at the top for the ceremony to begin.<\/li>\n
  4. Have someone bring you both drinks throughout the day and night, otherwise you could be parched! It can be very difficult to \u2018make it to the bar\u2019 with everyone stopping you to chat and congratulate you.<\/li>\n
  5. Limit the speeches ! Give everyone 5-7 minutes to speak and give specific speakers specific people to thank\/ things to talk about, so that the start of every speech is not repetitive.<\/li>\n
  6. Before you set a wedding budget research what actual wedding services cost in the area you\u2019re getting married. Don\u2019t just look at average budgets available through Google searches.<\/li>\n
  7. The more people you invite the more expensive your wedding with be. Feeding and watering your guests will take up 35% \u2013 50% of your wedding budget.<\/li>\n
  8. Include a contingency fund in your wedding budget \u2013 this will help cover unexpected\/ forgotten costs or help you splurge in areas you might want to.<\/li>\n
  9. Remember there is life after the wedding. Don\u2019t create or escalate arguments that will become irrelevant after the day has passed.<\/li>\n
  10. Set aside one day\/night a week were you\u2019re not allowed talk about the wedding \u2013 at all !<\/li>\n
  11. Vet your vendors. Testimonials [unfortunately] can be questionable. Recommendations are fabulous\u2026 but always ensure the people you are choosing meet your expectations and standards.<\/li>\n
  12. Always see Bands live. I might love them, your friends might rave about them, but you might hate them; the only way to know for sure is to see them live.<\/li>\n
  13. Compare packages not prices. Every suppliers offers their services differently. Don\u2019t just compare prices; compare actual product, service, quality, experience, hours offered, extras included as standard. Beware of the airline pricing model.<\/li>\n
  14. Don\u2019t sweat the small stuff. You\u2019ll possibly not even notice it on the day. Remember what the day is all about.<\/li>\n
  15. Something will go wrong in the lead up to the wedding. BUT pretty much everything is fixable \u2013 so keep a level head and move past the problem to the solution.<\/li>\n
  16. Make a list of the photos you definitely want\/ expect to see in your wedding album and give it and discuss it with your photographer. Don\u2019t assume your photographer will take them. It\u2019s too late afterwards to realise you forgot something or someone important.<\/li>\n
  17. Ask two people, who know both sides of your family and friends well, to help the photographer \u2019round up\u2019 all the people you\u2019ve written on your \u2018must include in a photo list\u2019. Remember your photographer won\u2019t actually know these people and you\u2019ll be too busy having your photo taken to go find them.<\/li>\n
  18. To try and pee while wearing your wedding dress BEFORE the wedding day. Depending on the shape and size of your wedding dress and how fitted it might be trying to using the facilities could be an exercise in flexibility and manoeuvrability.<\/li>\n
  19. To practice posing in your wedding dress. Oh that we lived in a world where we get to wear \u2018ball gowns\u2019 or evening dresses regularly, but alas we don\u2019t and for some, possibly this is the first or second time to wear such a dress. You won\u2019t be familiar with how it moves, or how you feel or move in it until you wear it and so, it can be a good idea to practice posing in the dress before the day.<\/li>\n
  20. Find a great wedding dress dry cleaners [before the wedding day] so you can arrange to have your dress cleaned [and preserved] while you\u2019re on honeymoon which avoids any nasty stains setting in.<\/li>\n
  21. Hire a Wedding Day Coordinator. These are independent [from your venue] who will work with you in the last few weeks and months before the wedding, to ensure everything is done and confirmed and they will be with you on the day, ensuring all goes to plan and to time, so that you get the very best out of the day!<\/li>\n
  22. Plan a project for after the wedding. It\u2019s a big come down when you return from honeymoon. Having a new focus will help with the slight depression some couples face after all the planning and festivities of the wedding are over.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Author Bio:<\/strong>\u00a0Bl\u00e1ith\u00edn O\u2019 Reilly Murphy is a Wedding Planner & Author based in Dublin, Ireland. Over the last ten years she has worked with couples from all over the world, planning weddings in Ireland and Abroad. Her favourite things to do include shopping for designer handbags, organising a messy drawer and fostering little kittens. You can stalk her on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0and hire her through\u00a0The Wedding Expert<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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