Wedding Planning Organization & Budgeting

The important part of your wedding is organization. If you are inviting your close friends and relatives then you are going to have to get a well organized planning. Good organization will help and prevent you from becoming overwhelmed when you are planning your wedding. So it's important for planning a wedding on a budget.

In those days you will be busy in arranging wedding photographer, swatches, business cards and more essential documents for the big day in your life. So choose your wedding organization style as early as possible. Depending upon the size and complexity of your wedding you have to catalog all the things. For that you use combination of following files:

Select several sizes of file boxes which are complete with convenient carrying handle. Load up on file folders and create folders for major component of your wedding such as attire, location, music, flowers, etc.
Select a file sorter that is suitable for your wedding complexity. These are available in various styles from magazine-size to desktop multitier tray to 30-slot wall organizer.
Choose a binder. Personalize it to your needs with accessories such as pockets, dividers, extra note paper, and other office supply essentials.
Set up a special wedding email folder to save ideas form your attendants, notes form vendors, messages from your online registry, etc. Make subfolders if you need it to make your planning deeper.
Use different spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel, for organizing your guest list, catering choices, vendor phone numbers, etc.

Budget is very important factor while thinking of wedding planning. You need to set budget for wedding. First you have to determine two things:

How much money you want to spend on your wedding?
Who will be contributing to the wedding and how much?

As per the tradition, the whole expenses of wedding were paid by bride's family. But nowadays wedding expenses are getting shared among the bride's family, the bride, groom and groom's family. Many couples first establish their own career and then get married so many times they pay entire wedding expenses or biggest part of it.

A good way to budget your wedding is to set priorities of elements which are most important. i.e. you should choose 3 to 4 tasks at the top priority and set rest of your budget from there. Your reception which includes food and beverages can average 50% - 65% of your total budget. So, the reception location you select and how many guests you invite will have the most impact on your budget.