Content about Wedding Planning

There’s no getting away from the fact that getting married is an expensive business, with over £20,000 being the average spend for a UK wedding in 2008. The current credit crunch means that couples are finding it increasingly difficult to afford their dream day, with many either postponing their wedding, sacrificing what they really want for cheaper options, or starting married life with huge wedding debts.

However, with some careful planning you can still make savings and have the wedding of your dreams. London wedding planner Helen Carter offers her top tips on how to make the most of your wedding budget.

The Secret World of Wedding Planning

Ok, so you’ve heard the horror stories about the wedding planner that took over the preparations and left the bride wondering what on earth happened to her dream wedding. You know they’re expensive, unnecessary, and are only for brides that are rich, famous, or too lazy to plan their own wedding. So let me tell you something that may come as a surprise – it’s all a big myth!

Despite the increasing popularity and prominence of wedding planners, there is still a lot of mystery surrounding the work we do. Be honest, how many times have you come across an advert for a wedding planner and thought “what do they actually do?” or “why on earth should I pay someone to plan my wedding when I can do it myself?”

Well, why not grab a cuppa (and a biscuit if you’re not already on the pre-wedding diet!), get yourself comfortable and let me take you inside the world of wedding planning...

When it comes to your Wedding day, whether you are opting for a traditional or non-traditional day - you are probably being bombarded with advice from friends and family over when you cut the cake, when the Mother of Bride can remove her hat and if the Groom is allowed to remove his jacket before you sit down to the Wedding Breakfast.

So how do you know what the right Etiquette is?

In order to keep it all simple and enable it to be followed you might want to consider referring to a highly recommended book:

The Designer Wedding Show is all about you.

About indulging your natural sense of style. About finding every exquisite detail to make your wedding day blissful.

Ionian Weddings as recently launched as the first wedding consultancy in the UK specialising in Greek island weddings. From a romantic, guitar-serenaded arrival at historic Corfu’s town hall to a wedding on a sailing boat in pristine Lefkas or a barefoot beach wedding in Zakynthos, Ionian Weddings offers a wealth of ideas with a touch towards the unusual and has the inspiration and vision to help British couples plan a wedding of their dreams in the Greek islands of the Ionian Sea.

When you are planning a wedding its the bridal dress that costs the earth and is an extremely important part of any wedding day. Its not only the wedding dress that is important, the Groom's attire is equally important. There is no point having a bride in an amazing dress if the Groom looks like hes just rolled out of bed.

So, what does a modern day Groom need to think about when choosing what to wear?

Feast your senses at the UK's biggest "wedding department store"

From over the moon to the honeymoon, from your dream dress to the world's most romantic resorts - there's nothing quite like the National Wedding Show to help you make your big day everything you've imagined.

It's all laid out for you under one roof - dresses, groomswear, occasionwear, accessories, photography, flowers, honeymoon destinations, venues, cakes and much, much more. And the beauty of it is that you can you can see, touch, taste and try before you buy.

After a glorious break in sunny Spain we're back! It was great to completely 'desconectar' (no internet, no computers) for a while...and it's taking a bit of getting used to being plugged in again (that's our excuse for not replying to any emails yet anyway!).

The rising cost of nuptials prompted an article by Esther Rantzen in the Daily Mail this week. The title was an eye catching claim - 'A big wedding is the quickest way to the divorce court'.

Without wishing to be negative about the fancy trappings of the fairytale Big Day, I'm forced to agree that she does have a point. The sad fact is that some marriages do come unstuck before the wedding has even been paid for. And therein might well lie the problem.

It is the big day, everything is planned down to the last detail and everyone is praying that nothing goes wrong. But what if something does happen, what if the groom is a bit worse for wear or a wedding hair style starts to fall out?

Heres where the 'wedding survival kit' comes in, to help ensure any incidents or problems can be resolved quickly.

EnglishRose events is here to share the contents of that survival kit, so you can fully prepare for any eventuality: