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How do I Jump-Start my Wedding Planning?

Many of the world’s top wedding planners often face the idea of people coming to them shortly after they get engaged and wondering how they can jump-start their wedding planning. The process of planning a wedding is a newly engaged couple may seem like an insurmountable goal at first. The good news is that there are some steps you can take as soon as you get engaged even if your wedding is going to be a year or even several years away.

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Soon-to-be Engaged
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Romantic Proposal

Starting a Wedding Planner:

It’s likely that with planning for a wedding, you both have ideas. Before you even contact the wedding planner you should consider putting down some of these ideas in a wedding binder. Get some bridal magazines or even look up some themes online. When you start to narrow down the type of celebration you want to have, you can start getting more serious.

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Wedding Planning Notebook
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Wedding Planning Planner

Look at budget:

The budget that you have for your wedding will often determine whether you should seek out wedding packages that are for cheaper ceremonies or the type of experience you should have. When you’re getting married, your significant other and yourself need to work out a budget that will suit your needs as a couple.

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Time to Start Budgeting
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Budgeting for Wedding

Choosing your Wedding Party:

Have the people in mind that you would want to choose for your wedding party.

 

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Wedding Guest List
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Guest List for Wedding

Hire a Planner:

This is the perfect time that you can hire a wedding planner that can help you plan your wedding. Getting a wedding planner before you book a venue and start choosing other items for your wedding can be the best way to coordinate the planning process.

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Time to Hire a Wedding Planner

Booking your Venue:

Booking your venue is one of the last major steps to jump-start your wedding planning. When you tour a few venues and pick an official date, you can start coordinating all of the other elements that make up your wedding.

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The Newly-Wedded couple at their beautiful wedding venue
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Choosing the Perfect Venue
Choosing a Venue | How do I jump-start my Wedding Planning | The Marigold Company
Picking out the Perfect Venue

Keep some of these initial steps in mind for jump-starting your wedding planning and handling some of the earliest arrangements!