{"id":1517,"date":"2011-10-26T08:30:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studioweddenver.com\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2011-10-26T08:30:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T14:30:49","slug":"5-common-mistakes-brides-make-when-starting-to-plan-their-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/5-common-mistakes-brides-make-when-starting-to-plan-their-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Common Mistakes Brides Make When Starting to Plan Their Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1. Not considering a professional wedding\u00a0planner <\/strong>&#8211; Even if you hire an experienced pro for a few hours, it will always pay off. Whether you need help finding the perfect venue or need realistic estimates to create an accurate budget, a seasoned pro can share their expertise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Meeting with vendors before you have a wedding date and venue booked<\/strong> &#8211; Your vendors already have weddings on the books for at least the next year. While you may be super excited to book your favorite florist, wait until you have a confirmed date and venue so they can actually book your date and know they are available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Not having a rough budget estimate from the start <\/strong>&#8211; If your overall wedding budget is $30k but you want the venue that is $20k, you are really going to skimp on every other vendor category to stay close to your budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Randomly finding vendors<\/strong> &#8211; Ask your venue for a preferred vendor list, hire an experienced planner or use a resource such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiowed.net\/denver\" target=\"_blank\">StudioWed<\/a> to find reputable professional vendors who have a great reputation and at least two years of experience. Also, read reviews for potential vendors on websites such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theknot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Knot.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mywedding.com\" target=\"_blank\">MyWedding<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingwire.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wedding Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Not having a general style before you\u00a0look at\u00a0venues\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Rustic mountain cabin,\u00a0historic mansion, grand hotel ballroom, private home, country club, organic farm&#8230;all of these offer a very different types of atmosphere for a wedding. What is the feeling and type of atmosphere you want to create? Romantic, elegant, luxury, casual, chic, modern, artsy, vintage, simple and eclectic\u00a0are just a few common adjectives to help you get started.<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Debbie Orwat, Owner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiowed.net\/denver\" target=\"_blank\">StudioWed Denver<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Not considering a professional wedding\u00a0planner &#8211; Even if you hire an experienced pro for a few hours, it will always pay off. Whether you need help finding the perfect venue or need realistic estimates to create an accurate budget, a seasoned pro can share their expertise. 2. Meeting with vendors before you have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[60,198,337,418,419,978],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}