Planning your own wedding: what should you start with?

Organize your wedding yourself

Organizing a wedding reception is one of the most important steps of this dream day. It will give an idea of ​​the wedding style you want to have. First you need to define what part of the budget will be allocated to each step of the reception. The organization of a wedding reception and especially the meal includes the biggest part of the budget of a wedding. Formerly, the costs of this day were left to the parents of the bride. We have gradually abandoned this practice, it is now often the bride and groom to do it. Before starting the organization, you must have a well-established budget, and above all stick to it. It is very easy to exceed your budget.

Organizing your own wedding is not an easy task and some prefer to surround themselves with a professional organization and his address book

To select the place of the holiday, you must have, at least, determined the date of your wedding and the number of guests. Indeed, all sites dedicated to the reception will not be available on your wedding day. It is best to go one year in advance, especially if you are getting married between April and September.

If you undertake to make yourself the decoration, using arms will be mandatory, especially if the space to be decorated is large.

Little things to plan

When you take care of organizing your own wedding, it is almost obligatory to omit things. To avoid this, the establishment of a checklist will allow you to note as you go, all the important points to remember. There are obviously some details you will not necessarily think about. For example, consider checking the authorization at night if you are planning a wedding in the city, in a place where dwellings are.

Why? Simply because if the festivities can stretch until the early morning when it is a wedding in the countryside, it is not the same for the sites in the city center. Ask about the prefecture authorization.

Celebrations, music, DJ: if your party takes place in an urban environment or outside, do not forget to inquire about the prefecture authorization ...

Also note that it is not necessary to establish a detailed list of future guests. A realistic approximation should suffice. As an example, base yourself on the following figures: Lunch or buffet, 2 people per square meter, for a sit-down meal 1 person per m².

It is important not to neglect the size of the reception room, it very often conditions the atmosphere. Imagine yourself in a room the size of the ice gallery for a wedding of 50 people!