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Newlyweds and other wedding veterans share advice about how they'd plan their weddings if they knew then what they know now. Is there something you'd do/redo? Submit your own advice.
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I'd DoRight when we got engaged, my fiance and I looked at wedding dates. Most of our friends and family are HUGE football fans and our date is smack dab in the middle of college football season. We chose our date based on the fact that there were no major games on that weekend. It may sound silly to base our wedding around football season but I recently attended a wedding on the day of the biggest football game in our state. All of the men (and several women)were gathered around a TV in another area of the reception site and about 1/2 of them missed dinner because the game went into triple OT! I felt so bad for the couple who spent all this money on food only to have some of the guests wolf it down after everyone else was done. Neither me nor my fiancee wants our guests to have any reason not to catch every moment of all the festivities.
Posted By: Catherine, married October 8, 2005
2004-11-11 12:37 PM
I'd Do
I would definitely have my wedding again at The Tuscany, it was beautiful and I hardly did anything to make it that way. I loved my spring flowers, I had a bouquet of just tulips and it was gorgeous. I wore flip flops and it was great because I was comfortable the whole time, not itchy nylons.
Posted By: Emily, married April 10, 2004
2004-11-10 10:09 AM
I'd Redo
I would definitely get a new photographer. Not only was she unorganized, she had no plan of action for the after ceremony pictures. She didn't know how to line up the family and took forever. Not only that she lost some of my pictures, so now half of my day is gone because of her.
Posted By: Emily, married April 10, 2004
2004-11-10 10:09 AM
I'd Redo
Although all of my planning went very well, there is one thing I'd do over and that is my own makeup. I paid too much for someone else to do my makeup that I was not pleased with in the end. I should have spoken up at the time but didn't, which is my own fault. She was late and rushed through it since I was on a time schedule. Also the woman that I originally spoke with wasn't there. The Salon brought in someone else that day and I wasn't advised.
Posted By: Eileen, married September 18, 2004
2004-10-12 12:21 AM
I'd Do
For our destination wedding at the Turks & Caicos Club on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, and for any destination wedding, you've planned all you can plan. spend at least two days before the wedding doing nothing...absolutely nothing. If you do too much before the big day, you will be too exhausted to enjoy it. Curl up with a good book on the beach and let everyone else you put in charge take over. You're the Bride and it was the best thing I ever did!!!
Posted By: Tiffany D., married August 27, 2004
2004-09-10 9:15 AM
I'd Redo
Don't assume tropical flowers on an island will always be in bloom. I was planning on using all native island flowers, but for some reason they didn't bloom, and I ended up having to spend money importing flowers. Have a back-up flower plan.
Posted By: Tiffany D., married August 27, 2004
2004-09-10 9:15 AM
I'd Do
My fiance and I got engaged in Chicago (his hometown). Since he has only live in California with me for 8 months, we had a hard time deciding where to get married. Either way people will have to travel. We chose Chicago!! Although, I thought if we did it there alot of my friends and family wouldn't be there.But to my surprise, after telling everyone we'd be getting married in Chicago,so many people were excited, and willing to go. They've all decided to make a weekend vacation out of it. Especially since so many of them have never been there. So my advice is when choosing a place to get married, have it where ever your heart desires and you just might be surprised how many people will love to be there regardless of where it is.
Posted By: Amanda Ortega, married September 10, 2005
2004-08-19 3:38 PM
I'd Redo
I would follow my natural instinct and not have invited certain people just to make some people happy that includes DH. I would have spent less on the dress since it ended up being big for me on my wedding day due to weight loss without trying.
Posted By: Island Bride, married June 24, 2004
2004-08-02 3:25 PM
I'd Do
Destination Wedding, $$ spent on wedding rings, $$ spent on honeymoon
Posted By: Island Bride, married June 24, 2004
2004-08-02 3:25 PM
I'd Do
We had a dance instructor come and teach a 1/2-hour lesson for our guests at the reception. This way, more people were involved with the fun part of dancing! Just make sure if you want to try this that you get an instructor who has done dance lessons at weddings before.
Posted By: Shanti, married January 8, 2005
2004-07-13 12:31 PM
