Once Venues are Finalized, Set the Date/Time of Your Wedding
When is The Big Day?
12 Months Before Your Wedding
Okay you can finally breathe a sigh of relief! Being a bride-to-be is a lot of work and there are so many things to think about. You’ve done your research and made your visits, and you have proudly selected your venues. You have fortunately found the ceremony and reception locations, and this is the most important chapter in your wedding planning journey. Now it’s time to set the details for the big day, and once this is determined you can plan everything else around it. This is huge but will provide such a sense of relief once complete!
You want to be sure to match up some possible dates with your ceremony and reception locations. Hopefully you’ve gone through some potential dates with each location so that you have a broad idea of what is available. If you are open within a particular timeframe or season, then that will give you a bit of much needed flexibility. Keep in mind too that holding a wedding on a Friday night or Sunday afternoon or at a less popular time of year can save you bundles on your final wedding budget. The key is to match up the date with the ceremony and reception locations—once you’ve done that then you are in great shape! A date has been set and now it’s all about the details, for most this is the fun part.
In determining the time for your wedding on the big day, it may be helpful to lay out a timeline. If you’ve always wanted an evening wedding, then you need to plan everything around it. If you are getting married in a Church or synagogue then the time may be selected for you and everything else can be planned around. In your timeline consider the amount of time it will take you and the entire bridal party to get ready, build things like that into your overall timeline. Hair appointments and just the simple act of getting dressed can take much longer on your wedding day than normal. Consider when you want pictures taken, and how you will fit in your family photos as well as those at the ceremony and reception halls respectively. Photography can take up a lot of time on your wedding day, and while it’s well worth it in obtaining the memories you deserve to have, you just want to be careful to build in time for everything on your wedding day. Once you’ve decided upon a timeline that works for you both as a couple, you can quickly confirm the time for your ceremony and reception to start. This completes one big phase in the wedding planning process, and now you can relax and get into the fun details of the whole affair!
