Weddings are considered to be the most important step in celebrating a relationship between two people. Besides this, it is a celebration of pure and holy matrimony. In India, weddings are not only about the bride and groom, but also about two families coming together. Besides the couple, many other new relations are made due to the wedding. It is a very special day in everyone’s life, and making it memorable is what everyone wants! All in all, it is a celebration of togetherness, love, bonding, sharing and caring.

As both the families gear up for planning the wedding of their grown up (little ones), here are the 10 things that one shouldn’t forget while planning such an important and exquisite event of life.

Beautiful theme for a wedding

1. Balance the budget for your wedding (The Splurge and Save Rule)

Every wedding is a grand celebration as it marks one of the most important milestones of the bride and groom’s life. While making its grandeur grow, often the sumptuous event goes over budget! To plan any wedding budget, there is just one golden rule to be remembered: Splurge on the important things, Save on the rest…

Though budgeting a wedding is a task in itself, one needs to be wise and prioritize. The most important things, or simple things that matter list should be prepared. The top most in this list are generally the dresses, photography and food! These are the three things which you can and must splurge on! The bride and groom must look simple but spectacular on their wedding day. Now that they are graciously dressed, they should be photographed well, by a professional in that particular field. While the bride and groom are at their best, the guests must be served delicious and special food! Besides these three, the other things in the list can be budgeted.

Balance the budget

2. Try to have a simple menu (with a welcome drink!)

Speaking of food, any guest coming to the wedding or the reception isn’t expecting 10,000 types of dishes served on the platter! Let your wedding menu be simple, delicious and well suited to the weather! Serving chilli laden dishes on a 20th May wedding is a total disaster.

Before the actual lunch or dinner, keeping a proper welcome drink for the guests makes the perfect silver lining to the function. There’s nothing more refreshing than a small cutting glass of “Chhass” (Buttermilk) on a hot afternoon.

Food and wine

3. Make your wedding musical

“Where words end, music begins” - Heinrich Heine

Light Carnatic music is the best way to create a proper aura for your wedding. A live music arena is always preferable, but if not within budget, a handpicked instrumental recording will also do. Let your music compliment the decoration theme as well as the food! Generally, loud music or instruments having a metallic sound should be avoided.

Express your love through music

4. Agni Pariksha – Preparing the guest list

All the people on board definitely have their own opinion on inviting certain people, or not! Remember, it is the day of the bride and groom, so the guest list should be of their consent. A simple rule is start with the people that matter the most, second comes close family relations, third come close friends, and last come colleagues. Feel free to invite anyone you want, but make sure you don’t invite the whole city!

Be wise, prioritize

5. A creative reminder for the wedding

Though you are sure that everyone invited will show up, sending a simple one-line reminder will not make any harm. A simple handwritten note or a one line SMS brings a smile to the guests as they feel reassured and remembered. The message can simply read, “Hello! Come join us in celebrating our marriage on the 3rd of September, Saturday, @ Hotel Pride, First Floor. Time: 10:00AM to 02:00PM. See you there… Lots of love – Rekha & Vishal”.

An example of a creative reminder card

6. Make the guests comfortable in every way possible

The food is delicious, the theme interesting, the wedding card is creative. Just one more tick to go to make the guests comfortable – the Seating arrangement! Avoid the usual seating arrangement like in an auditorium – line after line.

Instead, be a little creative and combine lines with round and rectangular tables, so that all the guests get a good view of the main stage, where the important ceremonies take place. Give the guests name tags or envelopes where in their position is enclosed.

Guests come first

7. Delegate your way to a tension free day!

In the typical Indian big fat weddings there are lot of agencies are involved including food, decoration, lighting, transport, music, make-up, etc. The simplest way to make sure everything’s in order is to hire the services of a wedding planner. But if you wish to arrange the whole celebration yourself, not to worry! Delegate each agency to one or two individuals. Including the small wedding tasks such as keeping a track of the guests during arrival, keeping the dresses ready for the bride and groom, getting the car decked up, proof-checking the sound system, etc. With delegation, you minimise your worry, and each person ends up doing only one or two simple tasks!

Delegate and succeed

8. Payment – made easy…

As mentioned earlier there are lot of agencies and contracts involved in one wedding ceremony. This means that you need to pay all these agencies separately. Firstly, avoid clearing these payments during the ceremony! It just makes things worse. There are a lot of payments to be made and the recollecting the amount during the hassle of the day of the ceremony is next to impossible.

A simple solution would be preparing all the pay cheques in advance and keeping them ready at your house. The particular agencies can always collect the payment on the very next day. This eases your tension of carrying cash or chequebooks to the wedding. Or even better, make maximum possible payments online!

Online payment - a relief to pay cheques

9. Take your time on selecting the venue

After you have decided the number of people to be invited and the budget of your wedding, it comes down to the final daunting task of selecting the perfect venue! The venue needs to be in your budget, of a considerable carpet space and well suited for all the ceremonies. With more than a thousand venues available, visiting and selecting the picture perfect venue for your special day is in itself a task.

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A beautifully decorated wedding venue

10. It only happens once, make it special!

Weddings are a thing that only happens once in a lifetime! Don’t hesitate to make it special. Be it the theme, food, venue, make up, photography, seating arrangement, or even the invitation card! Make every moment count. All taken care of, let the light be always on the Bride and Groom as it is their special day…

The bride and groom taking the leap of faith

We hope that these pointers help you in planning your special day and turning it into a flawless event which will dwells in your memory and of those present, forever. A wedding is the most important day in the life of the bride and groom. It is their first thing together. To make it immaculate, the perfect venue, suitable food spread, backup plans, trusted vendors, good designers, and more than anything, perfect management is a necessity!

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