Getting married

Figment

Hi folks,
Finally making the love of my live an honest woman next year and im looking for your experiences of organising it all.
Anything would be gratefull to help make it go off without a hitch and at a price that my grandkids wont still be paying back

Thanks
Alan

Shad0r

Congratulations!

smiles

Excellent Congrats!

From the random ranting of my two siblings who are married I think the most important thing is for you both to sit down (preferably with the bestman/chief bridemaid or whoever is going to be helping organise stuff) and make a list of all the things you need to do, suit hire, dress hire/purchase/making, cars, church/registery office booking, baptism certs from your own churchs to the church your getting married in, etc, etc, etc.

Get a hardback notebook or something similar and write in what needs to be done and who is doing it, keep a page for each complicated section and get each person to write in every time they ring something/book something, etc.

Saves running around trying to remember names of places/people you're meant to be

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Ruu_Old

Congrats pal try here im getting married next year in America and my fiancée and i have been working through this, has checklists and stuff like that, very useful. Hope it helps and good luck

thedrowner

if you are looking for a wedding singer (mainly classical)(i can do pop but priests usually wont let you do that unless youre in the unitarian church) send me a pm,i've loaaaaaaads of experience, and i can put you in contact with organists or anything music related, even if youre not looking for a singer.

Trojan

Al.

Typedef

You know the Spanish word for handcuffs means 'wives' also in spanish.

interesting shudder

Sposs

try http://www.mywedding.ie/ if you want an Irish Company

commuterised

Congratulations Alan,

I just got married 6 weeks ago so it's all still fairly fresh in my memory.
I can highly reccomend this website www.weddingsonline.ie you can chat to suppliers and to other brides and grooms to be.

First things I would advise you to do are
1. Book Church & priest or Registry Office
2. Book Hotel
3. Book Band & Photographer, these can be booked up to 2 years in advance so book early in order to get your preference.

Other things to do are
Book Videographer, Church Musicians, Wedding Cake, wedding candles, attire for all bridal party, bridal party gifts, honeymoon, flowers, wedding list, wedding stationery, wedding car, pre marriage course, wedding rings, hen and stag parties!!

I would highly advise doing a wedding list in one of the larger department stores. Anyone who doesn't agree with them wont buy from them - that's that sorted.

Sit down with your B2B as soon as possible and discuss a budget for yourselves, how many guests you are each thinking of inviting. Tip: most hotels do reduced rates for mid week or off season weddings, some will let you serve your wedding cake as dessert, rope in family and friends to help out with their area of expertise, ie get your aunt/granny to make the cake, yer best mate with the fancy new car can be the wedding car. Your ace photographer friend can take the snaps of the day. Have 1 attendant each to save on bridal party attire costs. There are loads of ways to save money if you just put your mind to it. Daintree do fabulous stationery etc which can help you make your own invitations.

Hope you get some good stuff out of that!
Good Luck!

nanook

going through the whole planning myself as we speak, my fiance swears by the www.weddingsonline.ie so i would have to go with commuterised on that whole site.

I have been going through all the plans and all the palava that goes with it and all i can advise is that you start planning now, no matter when the wedding is, cause no matter what something will skittle your plans in some way or another.

good luck and congratulations and if you need any help or anything just give me a pm.

Tusky

congratz ! enjoy the day and GL with the rest of it !

Asok

Congrats Alan, as for wedding planning i dont have a clue

Gordon

Congratulations!

Figment

Thanks all. Those links are great.