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How to Ensure Your Wedding Day Goes Perfectly


Jessica Jex Updated:
2nd of March 2023

No doubt you’ve been planning your wedding day for months, if not years, and you want to make sure everything goes perfectly on the day. To help you achieve that, here are tips to make sure your wedding day goes off without a hitch: 

A Trial Run

Couple embracing before wedding

A trial run is essential for any wedding. It's important to go through the ceremony, reception, and other events at least once before the wedding day. That way, you can ensure that everything runs smoothly and that there are no surprises on the day. It's a good idea to practise with the wedding party and other key people involved in the wedding to ensure that everyone knows what they are doing. This also gives you the chance to make any tweaks or adjustments to the timeline if needed. 

Have Fun

Bride with Groomsmen

Make sure everyone is having a great time. That includes the groom and his best men. To make sure they feel at their best, they need to dress in the best way possible. That is why they should be confident in their wedding suits. Hockerty creates custom suits that would make the groom feel at his best at all times. Your wedding day is all about celebrating your love and having a great time, so make sure everyone is having a wonderful time! 

Timeline

Wedding Timeline Guidance

Creating a timeline for your big day is an essential part of the process and will help ensure everything runs smoothly. Start by deciding when the ceremony and reception will take place and the duration of each. You should also decide what time the photos will be taken, when the speeches and first dance will take place, and when dinner will be served. Once you have a general timeline in place, ensure that all of your vendors, such as the photographer and caterer, are aware of it. 

Flexibility

Wedding Planning with flexibility

Flexibility is key to successful project management. No matter how carefully planned a timeline may be, there are always unforeseen circumstances that can throw a wrench in the gears. Being flexible is essential in order to ensure successful completion of a project.

Be prepared to adapt to the situation at hand; if something is not working as planned, consider alternative courses of action and be prepared to modify plans accordingly. This will allow the project to stay on track and ensure it is completed in a timely and efficient manner. 

Emergency plan

Emergency Plan for Wedding Day

It's important to plan for the unexpected by having an emergency plan in place on the day of your wedding. Start by making a list of emergency contacts who you can turn to in the event of something going wrong. This should include family members, wedding planners, and vendors who can provide assistance. Additionally, it's a good idea to have a designated person on site who can coordinate with the emergency contacts, and ensure that all necessary steps are taken in the event of an issue.

Jessica Jex, Marketing Assistant at Guides for Brides

About the author


Jessica Jex

Jess is a lover of all things wedding and dreams about being a wedding and event planner once she graduates from her BSc in Management at Loughborough University! She loves seeing how couples personalise their wedding days and what traditions they choose to follow. So, you can often find her figuring out all the latest trends from celebrity weddings and Say Yes To The Dress! Plus, as our office's resident Northerner, Jess is the best person to speak to if you need help planning your wedding in the North of England.

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