Here is a nice article that brings up some good points to consider when choosing the date for your wedding.

The article asks the following questions and offers down-to-earth answers for each:

1. Do you want a religious ceremony?
2. Is your heart set on a popular date?
3. Do you want to be outside?
4. Are you on a budget?

Read the full article on “How to choose a wedding date“

Choosing a wedding hall can make things easy, planning-wise, but injecting personal touches into this often-cookie-cutter space can be a challenge. It’s also important to let your guests know about your personal touches. There’s no point in serving family recipe cookies if only you and your mom know about them. So here are some tips to add your touch to the reception site:

Match the decor to your interests
If you and your fiance love the surf and sand, name each table after famous beaches (Malibu, South Beach, Waikiki), then choose a seaside palette of soft blues, whites and creams. Prefer the theater instead? Pattern the tables after your favorite Broadway shows.

Make favors part of the decorating scheme
Embellishing with a ribbon in your wedding color is an easy trick.

Use a menu card to highlight special foods
A special mention on handwritten table cards can lend an intimate tone to your meal.

Place a card with guests’ names on each table
It’s harder to remember names and talk to people when you can’t see their place cards. An extra touch: an explanation of who’s who, as in “Amy Johnson (Beth’s sister)” will work wonders for the conversation level.

Showcase your family tree
Print your newly united family lineages on a large poster board and display it on an easel during the cocktail hour.

Choose meaningful songs
Explain their significance in the wedding program.

You have just accepted the most amazing wedding proposal and now you and your fiancee are already planning how to spend the rest of your life together. First however, you have to get through the wedding. For busy brides and grooms nowadays, that means taking a hard look at expenses and deciding whether a bridal consultant will save you time and money in the long run.

Wedding consultants essentially do everything you need so that you don’t have to worry about it. From planning a destination wedding, to handling pre-wedding plans, to co-ordinating the events on wedding day, wedding consultants offer services that include as much or as little as you need. In fact, a wedding consultant can even work with a couple from the day of their engagement right up until they board the airplane for their honeymoon.

While many couples prefer to pick their own vendors, flower arrangements, cake design and location, wedding consultants can do this for you if you need them to. On the other hand, wedding consultants are also good at just taking over the small details. In some cases they are only there to communicate everything on the day of the wedding.

If you do decide to choose a wedding consultant then first and foremost remember that you must like the person you hire. While there are many good consultants in the business, finding one that can handle your temperament, special requests, family issues and overall personality is the real key to success.

From the very beginning make sure your wedding consultant understands your budget and what you are willing to spend. it is with this knowledge that he/she will be able to negotiate deals with vendors, make a proper schedule for you and even teach you the correct way to stand in a receiving line.

Overall, wedding consultants are all about making your day the best it can be and assuring that you have no idea about the last minute pending disasters that were averted just in time. A wedding consultant will make sure that your wedding goes off without a hitch and that’s good news because then all you have to think about is how you and your husband can begin to spend the rest of your life together.