Destination weddings are a great way to celebrate the marriage of you and your loved one. They’re also a little bit different than throwing one in your home country. Depending on whether you get legally married in your own country and then travel abroad or decide to do it all overseas, it’s important that you plan everything in as much detail as possible.
By being detailed and vigilant with your wedding planning, you’ll avoid all of the stressful moments that can come with wedding planning as a result. Here are some helpful tips to plan your destination wedding without too much stress on your part.
Hire a wedding planner
A wedding planner is a great decision if you’re someone who wants the stress of planning a wedding taken off your shoulders as much as possible.
With a wedding planner, you have the ability to just make suggestions and requests for your wedding day and then the wedding planner does all the legwork for you. The only thing you’ll need to do is show up for the relevant appointments needed, like your wedding dress or trying out cake flavours for the wedding day.
Be realistic with your budget
Your budget is something to be mindful of when planning a wedding. There are a lot of costs to consider and factor in, which is why you’ll want to be realistic with the money you have available and how much you’ll need in order to pay for the wedding.
Some people get money from family, others have savings, and some rely on borrowing money through a credit card or personal loan. No matter what you have available, budget, and be realistic with your budget to avoid too much debt.
Book everything as early as possible
From your wedding venue to your florist, everything for a destination wedding and a wedding in general, should be booked well in advance. There are a lot of challenges that can come from booking everything for a destination wedding. Some suppliers might be readily available while others might be limited depending on when and where you want to get married.
Be selective with your guest list
It’s good to consider everyone you want for your guest list and to be selective with who you pick. The reason being is that it can be fairly costly to invite everyone you’re thinking of to a destination wedding.
Be selective with your guests and only invite those you’d be heartbroken about if they weren’t there to see you get married.
Inform all your guests early
Finally, speaking of guests, you’ll want to inform them all early and well in advance to make sure that everyone you would hope would come, can turn up. The more in advance you let them know, the better it’ll be to get in those RSVPs as soon as possible.
Planning a destination wedding is exciting but it does come with its own set of challenges. Make sure you use these tips to make it a hassle-free one.
