Planning Your Wedding – First Steps
At the very beginning of your wedding preparations, you envision yourself walking down the aisle with the love of your life. Your family and friends cheer and shower rose petals on you as you marched pass them. You have all the ideas in place for each segment of your wedding day. The thought of your wedding day excites you more than anything else.
What comes next? The challenging process of selecting your wedding service providers like wedding banquet venue, gown and tea dress rental/purchase, makeup artist, wedding planner, wedding photographer and videographer. These wedding services make up the core part of your wedding planning and budget allocation.
During this process, you may realise that there is actually a great selection of providers for each type of wedding services, differing in styles and rates. You are likely to come to a junction to choose between one stop boutiques which covers most of the required services or to go the ‘ala carte’ way of choosing each wedding service providers seperately.
In the former method, you have all the convenience of settling every wedding service with a single point of contact. The bundled services could also mean a lower price as compared to the ala carte option. It is also a good option if you are not particular with the style of each type of service. This also mean that you have lesser options and control over what they can provide.
However, if you have a clearer vision of what you like to have/not have, the ala carte option might be a better option. Despite being typically higher in price, you have more control with what each wedding service provider can do towards your vision for your wedding day. One challenge is that you will have to contact and liase with each service provider for discussions before we come to your decision for each of them.
There is also an upcoming trend whereby various wedding service providers come together to form collectives that allows you and your partner have the best of both worlds in the above mentioned methods. Firstly, you can view more than one wedding sevices under one roof. Secondly, you can expect tie up promotions between the wedding service providers. Thirdly, you do not require to commit to all the services if you prefer to have particular wedding service providers elsewhere. The only downside is that you may still have to liase with each individual service provider before and after your wedding. In this case, a good wedding planner who understands your ideals can help you handle most of the liasing.
With these options available, it might take a little thought to decide which is the best option for you at first. However, with a relatively clear idea of your preferred styles, available wedding preparation time and budget, it is actually not as difficult to come to your decision. Lastly and most importantly, you should ensure that the wedding service providers that you have chosen can deliver your vision of your wedding.
Happy wedding planning!
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