Saturday 3 March 2012

How to do Wedding Planning?



At least 4 Months before the wedding;

1) Ask bride, groom and their parents to set budget for various ceremonies And how they will share expenses. 

2) Ask bride, groom and their parents to divide responsibilities between both families. 

3) Interview bride, groom and their parents, review historical data, conduct risk analysis and feasibility study to estimate the overall budget of the wedding. 

4) Take approval for the budget from bride, groom and their parents. 

Note: Have all your booking confirmations in writing. Keep a record of every transaction.

5) Place an order for wedding invitation cards according to bride, groom and their parents´ preferences. 

6) Place an order to the wedding boutique for making and designing engagement wedding and reception attires and trousseau according to bride, groom and their parents´ preferences. 

7) Place an order to the Jewellery shop for making and designing wedding Jewellery according to bride, groom and their parents´ preferences. 

8) Ask bride and groom to keep their passport and visa ready for honeymoon. 

9) Filled an application for registering the marriage in the registry office.

At least 2 Months before the wedding
1) Ask bride and her parents to start shopping for wedding gifts.
2) Send wedding invitations to all the guests along with a map to help them in finding the venue.
3) Be sure the wedding attire and Jewellery is collected and ready to wear.
4) Book cars for transportation.

Note: Be in touch with all the service providers like venue manager, Caterer, priest, florist, photographers etc

 At least 1 month before the wedding

1) Confirm all bookings and arrangements.
2) Hire 2 or 3 girls for petal tossing.
3) Confirm final guest list.
4) Book 3 or 4 security personals
5) Finalize shopping for wedding day.
6) Finalize your menu, beverages and alcohol order.
7) Plan wedding hall layout and seating arrangements with your venue manager And get an approval from bride, groom and their parents before finalizing.

One week before the wedding:
1) Ask photographer to meet bride, groom and their parents to know what type of photos they want.
2) Ask Videographer to meet bride, groom and their parents to know which events or people they want to be videotaped.
3) Ask bride, groom and their parents to make sure that all the wedding dresses and outfits are ironed/dry cleaned and absolutely ready to use.
4) Confirm all bookings and arrangements once again.

A day before the wedding:
Ask bride, groom and there family members to go to the parlor for pedicure, manicure, nails, facial etc. 

On the wedding day- Onsite Management:
1) Ask bride and groom to go to the parlor for final makeup.
2) Appoint three or four persons (preferably educated well mannered security Guards) and assign them following responsibilities:
   i) Maintain a record of all gifts received during the wedding.
  ii) Make sure that bride and groom´s outfit, Jewellery, presents, all rented items and other items are safe.
  iii) Lookout for suspicious people like freebies and thieves.
  iv) Make sure that guests do not face any problem.
 v) Take care of all the kids. Keep them away from electrical appliances, heaters, burners etc.
 vi) Transport gifts from the ceremony site to the bride´s suite or car.
vii) Make sure that everything is running smoothly and in case of a mishap or any problem contact the event manager.
viii) Switch on generators during a power failure.
  ix) Use fire extinguishers in case of fire.
   x) Handle the entire security of the wedding

Note: Make sure that all rented objects are returned and all payments are made after the wedding.

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