What where your must haves for your wedding?
What little things do you wished you had had,?
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What where your must haves for your wedding?
What little things do you wished you had had,?
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Tbh I stressed about every detail it was gorgeous but no one else notices!
If I had my wedding day again I’d have less people less detail and a longer honeymoon.
I would also go with a venue that you can do both ceremony and reception
We had both our ceremony and reception in one place and it was awesome. It also had accommodation so majority of guests stayed there including bridal party (they were couples and instead of giving them a thankyou gift we paid their accommodation for the night). Highly recmommend this idea.
Awesome groom and a dress I felt good in. The rest didn't matter.
I wished I had eloped. Save money and had more honeymoon time
We turned our engagement party into a wedding. Invited a select few to our house before the party, told them when they arrived we were getting married - did the ceremony in the dining room. Very low key ceremony with about 20 loved ones and then about 80 people at the party afterwards, we didn’t tell anyone at the party until after dinner - it ended up being an awesome night, the entirety of our guests stayed right until the end - we didn’t have the usual people staying until it was polite for them to leave.
I didn’t even get a wedding ring (still don’t have one lol), we married with my engagement ring (which I didnt wear until we were married and then I had to take it off again for the after party until we announced it)
We decided to hire a photobooth for the party, which the guests absolutely loved, but we decided not to hire a photographer because of the photobooth. Although the photobooth was amazing, I regret not getting a couple of professional photos - we ended up relying heavily on our guests to take photos for us.
We hired a live band, who were astounding, they had everyone up and dancing and singing the whole night, worth every penny. definitely think about the feel you want to portray - no point getting a band with a celebratory feel if you’re going for quiet laidback and relaxed vibe.
I spent about $200 on stuff for centrepieces and lights and told the venue to use their normal tablecloths and cutlery and plates and stuff. I am so glad I didn’t spend any more than that, no one noticed any decorations at all. The 200 also included a heap of craft stuff and textas and the like for the kids, also glad I did that they had a ball.
I also honestly regret not shopping around a bit more with the celebrant! We went with the first and cheapest, she was an absolute cow!! She was voicing her beliefs about how same sex relationships were a sin, and she snapped at all the kids who were quietly sitting at our feet and under the table during the ceremony, even though we specifically said it was child friendly and we didn’t mind them being there.
Lastly we made sure our venue had their courtesy bus available all night to take our guests home - but a courtesy bus might just be a small town perk and not available in big cities..
Hope that helps!
The only thing I would change would be the celerbrant. She showed up in jeans and cowboy boots and a drab shirt. I didnt really notice until the pictures and my photographer was amazing and cropped her out mostly. Could have had someone loads better for half the price biggest waste of $1200 and she didnt even do somethings we paid for.