Perfect time to take advice and lean on the experts

CONGRATULATIONS, you’ve decided to get married and now it’s time to plan the wedding, one of the biggest events you will probably have the responsibility of organising in your lifetime.

There is a lot to be done. You must set the date, book the church or wedding venue, engage a priest or celebrant and discuss the ceremony, choose a hotel and a menu for the reception, pick the guest list, find the dress, select the groom’s outfit and the colour of the bridesmaids dresses, hire a band, arrange a photographer/videographer, order flowers and transport and plan a honeymoon.

The pressure to have the ‘ the perfect day’ is immense and with so much to organise, there is endless potential for stress.

But things can run smoothly if you make a make a number of key decisions and then delegate to experienced professional people who are there to help. It will save you a lot of hassle and perhaps even money in the long run.

This is definitely a time to take advice and lean on the experts, from the wedding co-ordinator to the photographer, jeweller, lighting designer and the florist. They will have helped countless couples tie the knot.

Decide on a budget for the event, settle on the wedding location and the size of your guest list and then leave it to the professionals. It will save you a lot of hassle and even money in the long run.

Many venues offer amazing wedding packages that take much of the stress away from intending couples, leaving them and their guests free to enjoy a day filled with memories that last a lifetime.

When it comes to a choice of wedding venues, you are spoiled for choice in County Wexford which has everything from luxury hotels in town centres and coastal resorts to beautiful country house marquees in rural locations and even restored castles offering a wedding day celebration fit for royalty.

Booking a consulation with a wedding venue co-ordinator may be the most important decision you make after the moment you decided to get married in the first place.

The venue is probably the most important contributor to the success of a wedding and even more so now that many places are also licensed to hold civil wedding ceremonies, thereby providing the entire package under one roof.