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PLANNING YOUR
BIG DAY
WEDDING PLANNER OFFERS TIPS TO HELP
INDIVIDUALS PREPARE FOR THEIR WEDDING
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TEXT BY MICHELLE WULFSON |
PHOTOS BY YVETTE WOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
ongratulations, you’re engaged!
If you’ve started the planning process, you’ve probably felt stick-
er shock over what it actually costs to get married outside of a court
room.
To say weddings can be expensive is a laughable understatement, but
creating a special, memorable day does not have to break the bank.
So fear not, the professionals of Huntsville wedding and event plan-
ning service Let Us Events met with us to provide their favorite tips and
tricks for pulling off your dream wedding on a budget.
HIRING A PLANNER
Hiring a planner may sound counterintuitive to having a budget wed-
ding, but sometimes you have to spend money to save money (and your
sanity).
As professional wedding planners, the duo behind Let Us Events not
only provides collaboration, organization and communication, they play
a vital part in ensuring that weddings stay on budget. While not every
wedding or bride will be the same, Let Us Events offers three different
planning packages to assist every type of bride.
In 2018, Let Us Events owner and lead coordinator Lexie Stoudt recalls
booking almost every single wedding as a partial package for the bride
who has booked a couple of items, but needs a little extra help from plan-
ners to take care of the rest. However, with the rise of the budget-con-
scious DIY bride, this last fall was nearly entirely comprised of day-of
packages for the women behind Let Us Events.
The day-of packages are just as they sound – the bride has planned the
entire wedding on her own, however she doesn’t want herself or her fam-
ily to be battling the stress of the event on the actual wedding day. Let Us
Events begins working with the bride three months out in these cases to
ensure that the bride’s day flows smoothly, coordinating with vendors so
that the brides and their families can be left alone to enjoy the process.
As for the bride who wants to be entirely care free and enjoy the excite-
ment of an engagement from the backseat, there’s full planning pack-
ages as well, bringing weddings to life from the bare building blocks of
simply a budget and Pinterest board.
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