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Planning your wedding is one of the most exciting times in your life and you want to make sure that your special day is perfect, and full of wonderful memories, so it’s very important you make the right choices when it comes to booking your wedding suppliers.

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It’s the biggest day of your life and you want it to be perfect and memorable. At first glance hiring a wedding planner may seem a little extravagant but in the long term it will save you time, money and of course stress!

So what should you look for? What questions should you ask?

Firstly, do a little research and select the best 2 or 3 that appeal to you. Look at their website; does it have testimonials and photographs? Take a look at their ‘About Us’ tab, this should give you an idea of how long they’ve been a wedding planner and what their previous experience has been. Once you’re happy with what you’ve seen arrange to meet them for coffee or invite them round to meet you and your fiancé at home. This is incredibly important; this person is planning the most important day of your life, you have to get on and feel a synergy between you.

The best wedding planners will listen to what you want your day to be and be able to advise you on a timeline of what should be done when. They’ll work within your budget and will have the best suppliers already on board, giving you peace of mind that you are getting first class value for money.

As you head closer to the main event all you need to do as the bride-to-be is sit back, relax and let your wedding planner do what they do best – plan weddings!

Top five reasons to hire a wedding planner

1.     A good wedding planner will be able to chat with you and visualise the day as you have dreamt, it and brings those dreams to reality.

2.     They will help you to provide creative, practical and cost effective (where required) ideas and solutions to help realise your special day.

3.     As we all know weddings can be a costly affair and the mention of the W word can send your budgets soaring, your WP will be able to keep these in line and help you stay on the straight and narrow.

4.     In today’s busy lifestyle planning and preparing for a wedding can take in excess of 250 hours to plan- your wedding planner will be able to save you some of this so that you have time to spend with your loved one!

5.     Not only will your wedding planner be there for the build up to the big day, but will also be on hand on the day to make sure everything goes to plan and all the little details are perfect.

Hiring a wedding planner however is not for all couples some have the time, patience and the kind of negotiating skills that would recognise you a job in the U.N when dealing with families, here’s some top tips to help you utilise your own planning skills here are our top tips for planning your wedding

1. Don’t Panic! I know the thought of planning one of the most important days of your life is daunting, but simplify it. Make a list of what you think you want and tackle each item at a time.

2. For expert advice log on to expert wedding websites, you will find all sorts of help from suppliers to locations and the forum is an excellent way to chat to other real brides and discuss your plans.

3. Remember you are the client, do not be pushed into things you don’t want by suppliers, listen to their advice but put your own stamp on what you want it is your day and they want your business.

4. Check out the internet, there are lots of sites to help you and this is a quick and productive way to compare costs, find items and get reviews on suppliers and ideas.

5. Choose your venue wisely there are hundreds out there and they all want you to pick them, so negotiate what you want within the budget you have set, but remain realistic.

6. Keep focused on what you as a couple want for the day. Everyone will have an opinion and they will voice it; but this is your wedding so make sure it is about you and your dreams.

7. Do not let budgets take a nose dive and get out of control set your cost down at the start, be realistic but stick to them, it is easy to get excited and overspend.

8. Choose a theme for your day and work around that, if you do this before you begin buying such things as table décor you will save money in the long run and not end up with a box full of stuff you don’t use.

9. Do not set your heart on the weather, this is the only thing you cannot plan and so don’t let a spot of rain or overcast day ruin the whole thing.

10. Give members the wedding party jobs for the day and things to keep an eye on so you don’t have to. This is your day o you want to be able to relax and enjoy.

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By Jiles Halling

Some people would say that a wedding’s not a wedding without champagne, but everyone has a budget to work with, so here are a few simple tips to make sure that you have exactly the wedding reception that you want, within the budget you have available.

Am I Bothered?

The first question is “How important is it to you that you serve champagne at your reception?”

If the answer is “ Not Very” then that’s fine – save your money for something that you want more.

Instead of champagne why not try one of the excellent sparkling wines from New Zealand or Australia?

Deutz, Lindauer, Montana are a few names from NZ that are worth trying, whilst from Australia look out for Jansz.

These will set you back around £12. You can pay more for sparkling wine but there’s no need to spend much more or you might as well buy champagne.

If it’s got to be champagne then here are a few tips on deciding which one…

If the reception is to be held at a hotel two issues crop up: limited choice of champagne and corkage charges

Hotels don’t usually have a wide range of champagnes, so if you are a champagne lover you may well be disappointed by the range of champagnes available to choose from.

Sure, you’ll have a big name brand on the list and this may be fine for you. You’ll also probably have a cheaper and lesser-known champagne on the list because the quality is (usually) satisfactory and the price is OK too, however the range may well be limited.

If you’re O.K. with this I’d still suggest that you tell the manager you’d like to taste the champagnes before you decide which to order for the reception. I think this is a perfectly reasonable thing to ask for; for a start you’ll be spending a lot of money on the reception so the least the venue can do is let you taste the champagne for your special wedding day.

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If you want something special in the way of champagne, perhaps a brand that has special memories for you, then you’ll probably need to buy it yourself and take it to the venue and that’s when you come across the dreaded corkage charge.

This is the extra, hefty charge a venue makes on any wine brought in by a client to compensate for the fact that the venue is missing out on the profit they usually make on wine and champagne sales. Do check this out first – some venues won’t even let you bring in any of your own wines at all.

In my experience you’ll usually find that even after paying the corkage charge, it’s still cheaper to buy the champagne yourself and take it to the venue and then at least you drink exactly what you want to drink.

If you go down this route or if you’re holding the reception at home, you may already know exactly which champagne you want to serve, but if not, here are some tips to take the mystery out of champagne and help you make the perfect choice….

The Classics – you can’t really go wrong

If you expect to serve champagne throughout the reception, then a fairly full and fruity tasting champagne is a good idea because it appeals to almost everyone.

Nearly all major brands and most other brands too, are made with this in mind. They are a mixture of white and black grapes blended in varying proportions but always with the objective of pleasing a wide audience.

Another factor that almost all champagnes have in common is that they have about the same level of sweetness. You’ll find the word  brut on the label to indicate this, the most popular degree of sweetness.

If this is the style of champagne you want, then you can select with confidence from all of the brands you’re likely to find in a wine shop or on a wine list, in the reasonably safe knowledge that it won’t offend anyone.

A little more zing

If you’re serving just a glass, or perhaps two, of champagne as guests arrive, a light, aperitif-style champagne is ideal and for this a Blanc de Blancs champagne is perfect..

Blanc de Blancs champagnes are made 100 % with Chardonnay grapes and have a fresh, citrusy zing that makes for an ideal aperitif. These white grapes wake up your taste buds and prepare your palate for the meal to follow. So, if this is your preference look for the words Blanc de Blancs on the label

Cutting the cake and afterwards

If you just want to serve a glass of champagne to enjoy when the cake is cut then I really recommend the sweeter demi-sec style of champagne.

The wedding cake itself is sweet and rich so the dry, slightly acidic style of brutchampagne, just doesn’t go with it at all. Demi-sec champagne is a much better match. In fact after tasting the cake the champagne doesn’t seem sweet at all.

Demi-sec is also perfect if you want to carry on drinking champagne into the wee small hours, because it doesn’t have any of the astringency that brut can produce in your mouth after several glasses. If you ask most wine shops and wine merchants they’ll have at least one demi-sec.

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Now that you’ve decided which champagne to choose, here are a few tips on serving and style that will be useful if you are holding the reception at home.

Serving

Contrary to popular usage, don’t have a tray of glasses ready, poured and waiting for the guests as they arrive. Instead pour the champagne in front of each guest as they arrive.

Why ?

Because part of the pleasure of champagne is seeing the bubbles froth up in the glass as it’s poured and a full glass standing on a tray for 10 minutes, or more, will warm up, start to loose a little of its fizz and not taste half as good as it should.

Adding a little style

If you have any more than about 6 guests, by the time they have drunk a glass or more each, then you’ll need several bottles so why not consider buying magnums (double bottles) instead of bottles?

For a start magnums look impressive, but more importantly they take longer to mature than bottles, and so the champagne is always richer and more full-flavoured.

A magnum will cost you slightly more than two seperate bottles, but for that extra bit of style they work wonders every time.

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That’s it then – a few simple hints that will really make sure that whatever your budget and whether you are a champagne fan or not, your reception will be just the way you want it.

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Jiles Halling spent 10 years living and working in Champagne and loves to share his unique knowledge of champagne with anyone who enjoys this wonderful drink. To read his regular blog, and to find out lots more, go to www.debateabubble.com

By Rachelle Goff

Photography is a big part of any couples’ wedding day.  Your photos are the lasting memory of a day that whizzes by, faster than you had hoped it would.

A photographer can often pick out moments that you wouldn’t even realise had happened and you end up with a wonderful story in photographs and something to cherish for the rest of your lives.

Wedding photographers can sometimes get booked up a year or two in advance so if photography is important to you, it’s a good idea to put a wedding photographer on the top of your to-do list.

The key things to look out for when looking for a good photographer are:

• Good use of lighting to get blue skies in addition to well lit faces.

• A varied portfolio with sample albums showing a whole wedding, not just their best images.  This will give you a better idea of what to expect from your own wedding photos.

• All eyes are looking at the camera in group photos.  A good photographer will be able to capture people’s attention and stop them getting distracted so easily.

To summarise, a good professional photographer will help your day to run smoothly and efficiently and this will be evident in the photos you get back from them.

Rachelle provides creative wedding photography with a contemporary style to her images. She produces a fusion of candid (informal) and formal photography to capture your perfect day. Your wedding day will be captured as it unfolds, with emotion, expression and style.

You can find out more by visiting www.rachellegoff.co.uk