Wedding planning is one of the few huge, once in a lifetime, epic events that can be very overwhelming. It’s a lot to coordinate in front of the most important people in your life and you don’t want anything to be out of place. There are so many layers of expectations floating around to make everyone happy. You want to appease multiple generations with very different wants and needs, to coordinate various venues and all of their schedules, to keep every one in your support system informed of every other party’s decisions, and on top of that, to make it a personal day with your relationship front and center. It’s a lot to deal with for a skilled wedding planner, which can be disheartening for someone who’s planning their first large scale event.
It’s a lot.
But how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately with my friends getting married, and watching the glee and panic unfold for each of them at the same planning steps. It is without a doubt a lot to do, but broken up into one hour blocks it doesn’t feel quite so enormous.
I’d love to join you on this journey to eat the elephant, and we can have fun doing it.
First step, choose a date.
Is this a multi year long journey, a year long trip, a few months long hike, or an as soon as possible jaunt?
That’s a small step, right? Choose how far away the event is.
Some things to consider are if you envision a certain season for your wedding, or if you need to plan for a larger group of people (approximately 100 and more people), or if you expect guests to travel in from out of state or country. Most of those will require more time.
Recap question: How much time do we have?
