How To Prepare for a Hindu Wedding
Hindu weddings are often jam-packed and colorful events filled with lots of tradition and love. However, there’s a ton of planning and organization that goes towards making these festivities a success. As you prepare for your big day, here are three things you can do to have a wedding day that no one will stop talking about.
1. Get Organized
Wedding planning is a stressful and expensive affair, and if you’re planning your own wedding, the stress can make it difficult to focus on the joy of your special day. However, with a bit of planning, you can get your priorities back on track. Budgeting is often the most important part of the wedding planning process, and to manage this, nothing works better than a wedding budget spreadsheet. A budget spreadsheet will help you become a bit more practical with how much money you allot for your wedding expenses. It’ll also help you and your partner stay within budget by planning a practical wedding that won’t lead you into debt.
Creating a spreadsheet is easy; sticking to it though—that’s the hard part. Focusing on the bigger picture can help you stick to your checklist and take some of the stress off your planning process. When creating a wedding budget worksheet, your list should detail the cost of your wedding attire—the bridal saree, the groom’s Sherwani, and accessories—beauty, guest count, vendors—photographer, videographer, wedding caterer, DJ—and party favors.
A wedding budget planner can be made via shareable Excel or Google Sheets to be shared with the wedding planner, your parents, and your partner. It’s also easily customizable, where one person can update the spreadsheet with the others able to view and track these changes in real time. What’s more, if you’re new to either Excel or Google Sheets, they both have free and downloadable wedding budget template options that you can use.
2. The Dress Comes First
You also need to figure out where you’re going to shop, but before you do this, have a vision of what you’d like to look like on your wedding day. Shopping for your dress is probably the best part of wedding planning. However, given all the options that’ll be available to you, this process can turn stressful, fast. As mentioned earlier, there’s nothing a little planning ahead can’t fix, which is why you should make shopping a priority early in the planning process.
Online shopping is a great way to find inspiration for your wedding saree because of all the endless designer saree options it makes available to you. If your saree is getting shipped in from abroad, you’ll need to allow some time for shipping and delivery. Besides this, you’ll also need to ensure that the sari is a perfect fit. If it’ll need alterations, planning ahead can also allow you to schedule these in.
Once your wedding attire arrives, try not to try it on so often, to avoid ruining the delicate fabric. Also, be sure to store your dress properly, to make sure you look perfect on your big day.
3. Find Vendors
After you have a budget and the wedding attire locked down, start thinking about vendors. A great way to find vendors is by asking for referrals from friends or family members who’ve been married recently. Once you’ve made a list of potential caterers, for instance, find out what menus they cater and their cost. Creating a menu is probably one of the hardest parts of planning an Indian wedding, so you’ll need a caterer who has experience with Indian cuisine.
Getting married is a huge milestone, so get ahead of the wedding stress by making a budget and planning ahead.
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