Once you have jotted down lists and other things in WedNicely that you must consider before planning your wedding. It is now time to boil down a broad spectrum of events to subsequently smaller events. And for the marking, engagement is the first event to officially, emotionally, mindfully, and socially confirm your wedding. However, this not so big event, or at least before the 2000s, has now become a pedalling for the grand commencement and announcement of events ahead. Thus, your engagement holds a significant place in everyone’s hearts and minds. And for this reason, good planning is necessary to smooth sail for the happy and tough journey ahead. But, why is pre-engagement planning necessary? What effects it has on the overall sphere of your wedding and life?
We are here to resolve all your oblivious and clueless situations that you two might encounter. Pre-engagement planning, before sliding rings into fingers is necessary because:
Deciding the date will help you systematize the arrangements, essentials, and requirements beforehand. There are ample things that need to fit into a tetracube, so you can enjoy the engagement day just being with your fiancé. There are things like scouring for venues, finalising the dresses, buying the perfect ring, inviting the guests & closed ones, designing the invitations, hiring vendors, and many more. And all this needs to be done at least two days prior to engagement, so you can settle down with yourself. This will shift your focus from arrangements to yourself; in grooming and taking care of physical and mental health. Moreover, marking the date also helps in considering the course of events ahead and the time gaps between them. This helps in getting a clear picture of what next.
Pre-engagement planning helps in fixating your budget for the forthcoming event. They say a wedding is an investment in your lifetime memories and unbreakable bonds. And like every other investment you need a proper segmentation of money expenditures for each event. Fixating your engagement budget inside the overall budget will help you manage things for the events ahead effectively. Well, determining segmentation based on the number of events and the importance they hold, a budget should be planned. For instance, your entire wedding has 5 important events. Then on a priority and scaling basis, you need to set the inner and outer limit of expenditures for an event like engagement.
Pre-engagement planning is necessary for hiring best photographers and their finesse packages long before cards in the box run out. It is earnest to find the prolific photographer & videographer for the desired theme of the wedding. Because the best among your city shall assist you in selecting a nuanced and lofty package out of their treasure box. Besides, hiring the best will make your videos and photos travel you into your past whenever you like to reminisce and recollect these loving moments, perhaps on your silver-jubilee anniversary.
The guest list is also a major reason why pre-engagement planning is necessary before getting hitched. Apparently, the headcount in each event reflects every other thing in your wedding ranging from caterers, photographers, hospitality, management, sweets & dishes, gift hampers, and many more. So, you must make a list including every person that holds value in your life. Missing anyone could be a lifetime nightmare for you!
Of course, engagement is a day for you two to slide in the world’s most beautiful rings in each other's fingers. And preplanning or scheduling an entire day for this auspicious day is a must. You should invest an entire day in selecting the ring for your fiancé and a charming dress for yourselves. It is the first time you would ever look like a queen or a king, so it is immensely important to make each other head over heels and fall in love a thousand times in a fraction of a second.
Finally, yet importantly, pre-engagement planning is also necessary for selecting and ordering gifts for would-bes and the guests. Sparing an entire day for selecting gifts would be beneficial as you will photoengrave this beautiful moment in everyone’s heart and mind for a lifetime. A guest might not remember the cuisine and decorations, or the dress you wore, or even the ring but they will always remember the presents you gifted them. And a happy guest is a sign of deeply engraved relations.
There are several other things that need to be considered before the wedding, both for Groom and Bride. And for a bride like you to shine on your D-day, we have some secret tips to make you glow!
