Where to start with wedding planning? Help! Do we book the church, or the venue first? How did you decide on dates? We have a really big guest list and how did you cut it down? Thanks
Church get them to pencil the date in & then see if the venue is free that day too
With dates, the venue helped narrow it down. The venue we wanted charged more for over summer months and at weekends so that helped us narrow down the date to a time when it was more affordable. First thing we did was book our venue :-) venues book up fast and often have huge waiting lists.
Depends how far away it is, I'd get confirmation off venue and church that date is free. We got married on a Wednesday because we wanted to get married on our anniversary xx
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We got our church pencilled in first then looked for venues with the same date free and picked the one we liked most
Choose your venue first, pencil in a date then go to your church and confirm with them if they are also available. Book both. Then decide on the guest list, how many the venue can hold and you can afford. Goodluck! X
The venue/Church might dictate your date. If you have decided where you want to get married then check their prices for different dates and their availability. We booked in Jan last year and the first Saturday our venue had free was this November! The venue will usually hold the date for a day or 2 before you have to pay the deposit and you can use that time to check the church is available the same date. As for guestlist I would write a list of people that you absolutely have to invite to give a starting point on numbers to make sure your chosen venue will accommodate that number of people. After that sort out your budget and see how many people you can afford and make the decision whether you want to have a cheaper wedding so you can invite more people or whether you want to cut down your guestlist, if it's the latter I'm afraid you just have to be brutal!
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Thank all for the help
We picked the venue we wanted for our ceremony first and contacted them for there availability, then cross matched there dates with the venues we wanted for our reception till we got a match. We didn't have a fixed date in mind just that we wanted September early October. If you dont already have an idea what date you want this could he a good way to do it. It almost felt like the venue we ended up with for the reception was more about fate. We're more than happy with what we have.
Church first then venue.
We chose the venue and I rang the vicar whilst at the venue but we booked 2.5 years in advance so we could basically have any date we wanted xx
Out of interest what do you class as a really big guest list? I've altered ours so many times but after mulling it over for 3 months and the odd tweak I think we're sorted
I picked the date. It's the same date I got engaged on 3rd June. We picked when that falls on a Saturday we waited to years. It's also my birthday. We booked picked then venue which was new to weddings but we then booked the church officially booked then venue. We have a massive guest list. And remember if you don't send a save the date not everyone will be able to come. I no it's sad but helps the numbers come down a bit especially for people you think should come but don't stay in touch with as much. I get upset when we get a rejection tho
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