Where Do We Even Start?

The first week after an engagement is full of advice and very short on order. Before you look at a single dress or flower, 3 decisions will shape everything that follows: roughly how many people, roughly how much you want to spend, and roughly when.

None of these need to be final. A range is enough. 80 to 100 guests, a budget you could live with, and a season rather than a date. With those 3 in hand, you can have a useful conversation with any venue, and the venue is almost always the first booking that matters.

Then talk to each other before you talk to anyone else. Write down the 3 moments of the day you most want to feel, and the one thing you would happily skip. That short list becomes your compass whenever the choices start to multiply.

“A range is enough. Guest count, budget and season come before everything else.”