You\u2019re a smart cookie so you\u2019ve already budgeted for your hair, makeup and spray tan for the big day. However, it\u2019s important to budget for your trial sessions with your chosen suppliers. Spending a bit of extra cash for your trial hair and makeup is absolutely worth it – there would be nothing worse than not feeling your best on the big day. Remove the risk and pay for a trial session with one, maybe two, hair and makeup options and you\u2019ll sleep soundly the night before your wedding knowing the next day you\u2019ll be looking more like Rosie Huntington-Whitely and not Beetlejuice.<\/p>\n
2) Bridal party<\/strong><\/p>\n Asking your nearest and dearest to be a part of your bridal party is a privilege and extremely exciting. But one thing that couples need to ensure is that they\u2019ve set out a clear budget for whatever it is you choose to pay for for your party members. It\u2019s absolutely ok to pay for as much or as little as you like, but setting this out very clearly for both you and them will save a lot of dollars and potentially, friendships. Dresses, shoes, suits, makeup, gifts, accommodation, jewellery – it all adds up. If you\u2019re all on the same page, there\u2019ll be no surprises for anyone at the end.<\/p>\n 3) Back up plan<\/strong><\/p>\n At the risk of sounding blindingly obvious, a wedding is an event and should therefore be treated like one. It requires a run sheet, a budget, and contingency plans. If your wedding is outdoors, it\u2019s a no brainer you\u2019re going to need a wet weather plan. What does that plan look like? Have you factored it into the budget? Having an \u201cincase\u201d budget is wise for candles if there\u2019s a blackout, you need something sent in the post urgently, or (and you\u2019d be surprised how often this happens) you need to pay for an extra head at a table. Always, always have a back up plan budget.<\/p>\n 4) Pre and Post Wedding To-Dos<\/strong><\/p>\n For many couples the wedding day is just one of the days in a string of celebratory events. Some couples hold a pre-wedding dinner the night before, or a brunch the day after. These still need to be budgeted for. Furthermore, incorporating some finer details like Thank You stationery, postage, taxis and couriers also need to be accounted for.<\/p>\n 5) Day of Coordinator <\/strong><\/p>\n We love DIY wedding couples! We love their enthusiasm and go-get-em attitude. However sometimes the running of a wedding on the day can become all too much for the wedding couple. Not because they\u2019re incapable, but because they simply can\u2019t be in three places at once. Think managing florists, late DJs, lost photographers, missing cake knives, wrong centrepieces. All of these little things add up, and trust me, you don\u2019t want to be dealing with these mishaps when you\u2019re meant to be sipping champagne with your new wifey or husband. That\u2019s why we\u2019re here! Plus, we\u2019ve seen it and done it all before, so chances are we have a spare extension chord, a bag full of emergency bobby-pins or double sided tape, a kitten for crying babies and a wand for perfect weather.<\/p>\n Our advice? Save yourself sanity, stress and cents (thousands of them!) and prepare, delegate and watch the details. If you\u2019re planning a wedding and have questions, remember we\u2019re just an email away. We\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n K x<\/p>\n Source: Nothing kills the \u2018planning-our-dream-wedding\u2019 mood faster than the B word: Budget. Amiright? On average, a couple will enlist 14(1) vendors on their wedding day; including photographers, videographers, cake makers, florists, wedding planners, DJs, hair stylists, makeup artists, and event stylists. That\u2019s a lot of vendors to manage! And that doesn\u2019t even include the venue or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18,20],"tags":[29,28,30,32,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1520,"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions\/1520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bridesmaid](\"https:\/\/hireabridesmaid.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/40_file.png\")
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\nWedding Wire, 2019, https:\/\/go.weddingwire.com\/newlywed-report
\nEasy Weddings, 2018, https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/04\/Easy-Weddings-2018-Survey.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"