New Year's Resolution: Plan Stress-free Wedding

Grab your fiancee and kiss him at midnight, because baby, you gotta wedding to plan and by golly, you are resolving to do it without stress!

You can do it and we are here to give you 5 tips that will help make it so.

Obviously, you are getting married to someone you intend to love for the rest of your life, so let's make it about the love of your life and not the stress of one day.

Here's how:

1. Hire a Wedding Planner

We cannot stress the importance of this crucial action enough. So many people assume they cannot afford a wedding planner, when in fact it is the wedding planner's job to work within their budget. And that includes paying their fee as well.

Wedding planners will save you money. They have connections with vendors. They know who to work with and who will give you the best deals. Oftentimes, they get insider discounts and they pass those onto you. The savings they wrack up will neutralize their own cost.

A wedding planner frees up your schedule, curbs contractual complications and keeps track of your budget. They are quintessential to keeping the stress out of your planning. Plus, all the logistics are handled on the day-of, so you can truly enjoy your wedding day.

2. Manage Expectations

Sometimes Pinterest is not your friend. The day is short and you can't do everything at your wedding. Try not to get distracted by the plethora of ideas out there. This is also another good reason to hire a wedding planner so they can keep you focused, on track, and on budget.

Sit down with your sweetie and talk about the two or three things that are really important to the both of you for your wedding day. Focus on those and forget the rest. Keeping it simple will keep you sane.

3. Elope or have a Destination Wedding

Seems contradictory that doing a destination wedding would be easier and less stressful but it actually is. They are designed to cover ALL the important details. They tend to be all-inclusive with ceremony, reception, menu, minister, photographer and flowers all in one package. Not to mention the fact that your honeymoon is essentially included here as well. Then it’s also a good excuse to keep your guest list more manageable as most “acquaintances” won’t want to pay to attend a wedding in another country.

You can also elope at the local courthouse and then, if you want, you could plan a reception later. And then you are only planning half a wedding without the time crunch.

4. Schedule a Weekly Date Night

Give yourselves a chance to come together and remember why you are doing this in the first place, you love each other!

This also gives you a chance to make decisions face to face.

Make a date that is fun for the both of you so discussing the wedding will inevitably be enjoyable.

5. Make Planning A Breeze with Brideologist

Brideologist is the Online Bridal Show that was the brainchild of couples who came to the Denton Bridal Show. They wanted everything the brick-and-mortar show had to offer from the comfort of their own home. Which meant seeing vendor's pricing and videos without any hassle.

The best news is that Brideologist is totally FREE. How's that for cutting out the stress?

The platform is more than just instant access to top-notch North Texas vendors.

You also get all the wedding planning tools you need to keep your cool: Wedding website, budget tools, guest lists, timelines and more are all included in your dashboard.

It is our mission to help couples spend less time planning so they can focus on what is truly important: the relationship.

6. Come To Our Show!

So if you are planning a wedding in 2022, we hope these tips will make it stress-free and fabulous. We are here to serve! Let us know if you have any questions and we'll get back to you! Don’t forget that our next Denton Bridal Show is happening January 15th, 2022 from 9 am to 2 pm. Registration is open, so tell your friends and register here!

Lots of love to you in the New Year,

Lisa + LeeAnn