Wedding Size - How to Plan Your Wedding

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Planning the wedding size is really a tough job. Organizing, planning and coordinating the whole wedding ceremony is not easy. It calls for lots of pre wedding preparation, budgeting and planning before the D-day. But nowadays deciding the wedding size depending on the budget is no more the responsibility of the parents of the bride and groom alone. As the bride and the groom also takes equal part in the planning process of the joyous occasion. Simultaneously, there is an increase in the propensity to spend and an interest in departing from the common norms has led to the rapid growth in services supporting the wedding ceremony. Professionals like wedding planner, event organizers, fashion designers who makes bridal trousseaus, beauticians, make up artist, hairstylists, and caterers. Today, brides and grooms can opt to obtain specialized services from a number of professionals and service providers. The options available are much more compared to earlier years. The size of the wedding ceremony depends on the total budget of the wedding. So it is important to make a complete plan based on the total expense.

The basic areas to be looked after and planned are as follows:

Ceremonies: Pre wedding, main day Ceremony and post wedding ceremony. Venue of the wedding depending on the number of guest invited. Pandit or priest registrar, musicians for the wedding functions like sangeet, mehendi, wedding invitation cards, gifts etc.

Videography and photography for the various pre wedding, main day and post wedding functions.

Bridal Attire like sarees, bridal trousseau, dresses, etc. Make-up and beauty care, shoes, jewellery, lingerie, etc. For the groom there is groom wear, men accessories.

Pre wedding and wedding functions decoration, car decoration, lighting and flowers at home and wedding ground. Hire fee for ground, marquee, food, liquor, champagne, waiters, and caterers. And there are various other miscellaneous expenses to be looked after.

Weddings are expensive affairs. A budget plan is very important for any wedding so that only that money is spent, which you can afford to. And if you plan your wedding than unnecessary expenses can be avoided. Wedding size should be decided on the budget of the wedding.