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Most people dream of their wedding day as being the happiest day of their lives and so it should be. However it takes work to bring it all together and at times it will be frustrating and there will be times when you think that all the love and romance of your special wedding day has gone out of the door. However you will find as the big day draws near that if care and attention has been given early enough all the hard work will be seen to worth while. You will find all the advice and wedding planning tips you need in our special romantic wedding blog to make your day go so smoothly you can concentrate just on the loving occasion you are finally sharing together.

You obviously want to have a wedding you remember for all the right reasons. You do not want to remember it only when all the bill repayment reminders come in each month. To get the right perspective in planning the wedding costs you need to consider what the total budget will be and to do that it will be necessary to meet with both sets of parents to consider what contributions they may be able to meet. In many traditions it is the bride's parents that would pay for the wedding and reception costs but in other places it is usual for this to be shared. Overspending on the wedding day and associated costs will severely restrict the monies left for the living costs setting up a new home together and maintaining a loving relationship over the first few years including unexpected costs e.g. babies, home maintenance bills etc.

Most relationship problems in the first couple of years of a new marriage are due to financial pressures. Normally they arise from one of the partners being seen as more extravagant in their spending than the other party leading to feelings of resentment. This is even more prominent when there are debts still paid off due to spending over the agreed budget or when there was no agreed budget to start with.

One of the best ways of ensuring you have a wedding to remember for the right reasons is to set a tightly controlled budget for each aspect of the wedding. Usually the most expensive costs are those for the reception venue, the food and drink. However you should bear in mind that many wedding planning professionals will look to spend at least 10% of the budget on each of the following: photography (including stills and video), music whether recorded or live, flowers and wedding clothing (even when some is being hired for the big day). The person(s) having the responsibility for monitoring expenditure will need to be able to adjust some estimated expenditure for example reducing the cost of flowers and decoration to cover increased costs of providing a better quality meal.

Whatever you have thought in the past you can plan a romantic wedding to remember and save money at the same time. There is nothing to say that the more money you spend the more romantic and memorable your wedding will be. Do you need that expensive floral centerpiece at the platinum price would you be content with the gold version? Could you use the same centerpiece on show at the front of the church at the reception? All you need is to arrange in advance for one person to gather it up and transport it across. How much would that save you at no cost? What other savings can you find in the budget?