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The average wedding cost is $29,000. Reading that figure can cause many brides to hyperventilate. When I first started budgeting for my wedding, I nearly had a panic attack. In my wedding planning process, I learned a lot about catering options, florists, and venues.
So, you’ve chosen the date for your big day, but who will you invite to your wedding? Determining the guest list is a very important step in the wedding planning process. The number of guests that you will be able to invite depends on the kind of wedding that you are planning to have and the budget that you have to work with.
So you’re planning your wedding reception and you need to figure out the entertainment. What’s the better choice—a DJ, or a wedding band? Great entertainment is the key to any successful event, and deciding who to hire for your wedding reception is an important task.
When people care about you enough to take time off from work and spend money on travel just to be a part of your special day, be sure to show them how grateful you are.
It’s often assumed that the title of Billy Idol’s 1982 pop hit “White Wedding” refers—in spite of the song’s angry overtones—to a timeless cultural convention. The fact of the matter is that white weddings are actually a fairly recent tradition, and date back to the mid-19th century.
Destination weddings gained popularity in the late 1980s, as warm-weather destinations in Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean became increasingly accessible to greater numbers of people. While the rich and famous had always enjoyed opulent weddings in exotic locations, the destination weddings trend made it possible for the less well-heeled to tie the knot more fashionably than they might at their local church or conference center.
Planning a wedding has always been a deeply personal experience for every couple. A wedding should speak of a relationship’s uniqueness and each betrothed’s personality. Many couples feel they have to follow tradition, simply because that is how it has always been done, even though they are likely unaware of the origins of most wedding traditions. Traditions have simply endured.
Your wedding day is one of the most significant days of your life. On your big day, you’ll want everything to be exactly how you always dreamed it would be, because it will provide you and your partner with beautiful memories as you embark on the journey of the rest of your lives together.
The Victorian Glasshouse, indoor Garden Pavilions and celebrated gardens make the Palm House one of New York’s premiere wedding ceremony and reception venues.
