TOP 10 SECRETS TO PLANNING A STRESS FREE WEDDING
  1. Plan a budget! STICK TO YOUR BUDGET!
  2. Research your vendors thoroughly
  3. Have contracts for all vendors
  4. Develop a payment schedule for all vendors
  5. Put together a WEDDING ITINERARY!
    This will save your life and your sanity!
  6. Make sure all details are handled at least 2 days before the wedding
  7. Have cash ready to go in marked envelopes for gratuities
    • Bartenders, Banquet Captains, Venue Coordinators, Drivers, Valets, DJ's and Musicians, Videographers, Photographers, Spa Technicians
  8. Put together an Emergency Kit to take to ceremony
  9. Be sure to schedule relaxing things to do on wedding day (massages, golf, lunch with friends, manicures)
  10. Several days before the wedding PACK your bags:
    • Everything you need to get dressed for the wedding (this bag goes to the ceremony site with you)
    • Your clothes for the wedding night (to be checked into the hotel by you or a trusted individual)
    • Everything you will need for the honeymoon (should be in the car ready to go to the airport)