Discussions from Planning

I’m newly engaged it will be a month tomorrow and I’m literally just starting the planning. We aren’t getting married until 2024 so I was thinking I have quite some time to figure things out. But is a...

Hi all! I’ve found this forum more helpful than Google honestly, so figured I would pose this question here: How did you plan your seating chart with your future spouse and their parents/family? I...

Has anyone here in the DMV been able to have a beautiful wedding for $15k? Why do I feel like it’s nearly impossible 😞 I did find art factory studios in Jersey on HereComesTheGuide.com waiting...

So as of yesterday my fiance and I decided that we want to elope this year instead of getting married next year (March 2023). Honestly, a wedding isn't really our thing and how we were planning it, it...

So to save money, and my sanity, I've decided to put my wedding website on my save the dates. I have it worded "Formal Invitations to follow. Or RSVP online at *insert wedding website*" All of the...

We only could afford 6 hours. I feel like we might miss out on some very nice shots. Anyone else only have a photographer for 6 hours? Any tips?

Going on my first wedding venue tour today! Super excited about the venue, any questions I should ask? I don’t want to miss anything!

Has anyone ever used HitchSwitch to change their last name? I just heard about it because of an offer I got from being a Diamond Member at David's Bridal. If you have, how does it work? Did you like...

My future mother in law wants us to jump the broom--I have done some research and from what I can tell nowadays it symbolizes the start of the couple making a home together. I wanted to get yalls...

I'm going to be "DJ" for my own wedding (putting a playlist on an iPod and having father in law play music at certain times). My fiancé and I pretty much listen to exclusively metal and hard rock, and...

Hi all! My fiancé and I are trying to decide if a videographer is worth it. What do you all think? Any opinions or advice is greatly welcomed! If you did use one, how much do you think is a reasonable...

We live in Europe. My fiancé’s childhood friend — who got engaged many months after us and has many overlapping friends — decided to schedule his USA wedding less than two weeks before our destination...

Hi everyone! My husband and I were originally scheduled to have our wedding in October 2020 but of course covid ruined those plans. We didnt want to wait to get married so we eloped on the beach just...

I am going to be getting married in Southern CA next year, where I was born and raised. I moved in August of 2020 to North Dakota, and it is still a way away but am not sure how it works planning an...

Is it okay to have an uneven number of bridesmaids vs groomsmen? My fiancé has a massive friend group that they all have been friends since the 2nd grade and I just don’t have that. It’s causing me a...

Hi guys, I am planing my wedding this summer and find a perfect location for both ceremony and reception. The online problem is the timeline, usually the daytime wedding is from 10am to 3pm, but the...

I am helping with a same sex wedding and I am not coming across others. If there is anyone that can see this that is or has been part of a same sex wedding could you please reach out. Thank you!

My husband and I eloped on March 21st, but we plan on having our wedding ceremony and reception on June 17, 2023. I’ve never been to a wedding before (everyone is always shocked when I tell them.) I’m...

Hi everyone! I'm in between two venues - one would be a library and community place which is gorgeous and wouldn't need a lot of decorations, but I would need to bring everything from wait staff to...