Guest Blogger: How much money can I spend?

Planning a Wedding or an Event can be the most stessful thing to do.From choosing the reception site, to the church, to the dress, to the music, to the cake, to who is going to be in the wedding party. But the very first thing that you HAVE to do is: PLAN A BUDGET.

This is going to determine how much you can spend on the reception, dress, music, cake and ultimately the member sof your wedding party.I see so many people come into my office and have all of these elaborate ideas and then we sit down and start talking about MONEY, and they soon realize that they can't afford that huge reception with open bar, top shelf liquour and top of the line food for 300 people. They realize that they HAVE to scale back tremendously.

Everyone has a different idea of a dream wedding. Some want a huge lavish wedding with all the bells and whistles. Some people want a small intimate wedding in a backyard or garden. Whichever wedding is for you, be sure to make it a wedding that you want and are happy with. You have to be happy with the wedding or event to truly enjoy it.

When planning an event you want to take into consideration what is important to you. Is it your dress, the cake, the reception, the ceremony or the food.Most people will spend the most money on what is the most important aspect of the wedding. If it is the dress then you might validate spending a large amount on it because that is the most important part of the wedding. The same for the cake, the music or anything esle.

I will offer these key pieces of advice,

Make sure that you:

1. PLAN A BUDGET
2. Make it realistic
3. Stick to your Budget
4. Determine what is important to you.


Happy Planning,

Shafonne Myers

Making Your Event Special, LLC
http://www.makingyoureventspecial.com/