Setting Your Budget

You may have massive or meager amounts of money to spend on your wedding or event. That doesn't really matter. You can have an exquisite occasion. However, to do so, you've gotta set your budget first and foremost.

Once the high of being newly engaged starts to even out, to-be-weds usually dive into planning. They may check out websites or flip through magazines. A vision begins to form and they want to start booking things. Wait! First, you've got to create a budget. It doesn't matter what that budget is, it just matters that you have one.

Once the budget is created, then you can start fulfilling your visions. And trust me, if you hire the right professionals you can get the day you're looking for regardless of your cash flow. No, I'm not promising that you can wear those diamond encrusted shoes that you saw in a magazine. However, what I am saying is that you can have an event that envelops your desires.

Step one to planning a wedding: set a budget.

Step two (in my humble opinion): hire a wedding coordinator who will make sure your dollars are spent wisely...

One of the reasons I started planning weddings was because I'd been to too many weddings where the bang for the buck was lacking. Two brides, with the same amount of money, can have vastly different affairs. You just have to make sure you know the ins and outs before doing anything.

Once your budget is set, relax a little. Not all of the planning can be done overnight, but with a lot of hard work the details will all come together.