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Everyone knows your wedding is supposed to be the happiest and most stress-free day of your life. So rest assured, because we’ve listed seven of the most common wedding day dilemmas and how you can avoid them.
Wedding
Dilemma: Wedding Pro No Show Wedding Dilemma:
Temperature Tantrums Wedding Dilemma: Hairdo Horrors Wedding Dilemma:
Missing Rings Wedding Dilemma: Faulty Fittings Wedding Dilemma: Not Hiring a Planner
or Day-of Coordinator
The last thing you’ll want to do on the day of your wedding is track down a
missing wedding cake or put out an APB for your florist. Days before your
wedding, be sure to give your wedding pros the correct names and addresses of
your venues to deliver the goods. Be sure to submit accurate contact
information for the vendors to your wedding planner or day-of coordinator,
and your wedding coordinators should
also have a document with cell phone numbers and ETAs of your wedding
professionals to communicate as necessary.
Even though the day is all about you, your guest’s comfort
level shouldn’t been neglected. When meeting with the manager of your wedding
reception venue, discuss climate control measures for your ceremony and reception.
Have your planner or a point person know where the thermostats are in case
someone needs to adjust the temp in the room. If your wedding venue is outdoors,
be prepared to reserve outdoor heat lamps for cooler weather or fans for warmer
temps.
It’s never a good idea to experiment with a new hairdo or cut right before your
wedding. Schedule a trial run with your stylist a month prior to the wedding
date to stagger cut and color services. Also, take a camera and any wedding
hair accessories with you to the trial appointments to keep record of the looks
you’re considering, and to get the best idea of the look that will be recreated
on the day of.
One of the worst things to realize when you’re at the altar is that your
wedding rings have gone missing. Before the ceremony, grooms, be sure to hand over your bands to a reliable
wedding party or family member. Traditionally it is the best man’s
responsibility to care for the wedding rings, so make sure he keeps the rings
in a safe space up until the time to say “I Do.”
Always schedule wedding dress fittings in an appropriate time frame. The
first fitting usually takes place six weeks before the wedding day, with
subsequent fittings closer to the wedding date as needed. Remember to bring in accessories such as shoes
and foundation/ undergarments to get an accurate fit. Your final fitting should
take place a couple weeks before the wedding, and should include pressing/steaming
any wrinkles and a discussion on dress care tips should you (God forbid) accidentally spill something on the gown.
Wedding Dilemma: Tumbling Wedding Cake
While your cake designer or baker might charge an additional fee to deliver
your wedding cake, it’s totally worth it. Transporting a multi-tiered wedding
cake might not be something you want to leave up to your groom or your mom, so
just pay the extra fee to have it delivered by the pros. And while you’re at
it, it might be a good idea to place someone in charge of keeping the cake safe
before cutting time, away from the dance floor and any entry ways to the
reception area.
It’s always amazing to hear when a bride plans every aspect of her wedding on
her own (not for the faint of heart), but there are some things she should
leave to the pros. Wedding coordinators are a lifesaver for overwhelmed brides
and can help tackle and take care of everything from contract negotiations to
helping the MOB find her dress. And if you don’t happen to need a planner for every
detail, a day-of coordinator can be used as a point person to touch base with pros
and the wedding party, and to ensure that wedding events stay on schedule.