What 'not to do' when you are planning your wedding!

Once again Canoe.ca found great value and posted another newspaper circulated article that I, your Toronto Wedding Planner, provided my expertise for. Once again it was fabulously written by Joanne Richard!

Click here to read the full article! Below is an excerpt tips to avoid a not-so-flattering situation at your wedding.

Say 'I don't' to tacky
By JOANNE RICHARD, QMI Agency

Calorie overload

"Your guests need to be well fed but often less is more. Focus on the quality of your menu and not the quantity," says Denise Georgiou-Newell of Weddingsjubilee.com.

A cash bar

"This is tacky with a capital 'T'. Your wedding is not a fundraiser; it is an extension of your hospitality. If you wouldn't charge them for drinks at your home, you don't charge them at your wedding," adds Georgiou-Newell.

Listing your registry or gift preference on your invites

"This is absolutely distasteful and indicating to your guests that they are simply invited because you expect a gift. Your registry or gift preference should be strictly word of mouth by your wedding party and sometimes family," says Georgiou-Newell.

Hiring friends to work your wedding.

If they would normally be invited guests, then keep them as such, stresses Georgiou-Newell.

Some more tips:

- If you are creating an elegant event, don't go cheap or DIY on your invites. Your invites set the mood and the theme to you event.

- Hire a wedding planner for consulting and Day-of or Month-of to ensure your event is flowing and expedited as per your vision. The last thing you want is to have spent almost 250* hours and not have someone manage it.

- Say 'NO' to your cousin the iPod DJ... it's a wedding not a backyard BBQ (unless you are actually having a Backyard BBQ with a case of Blue;)).


*250 hours is the average time spent by a couple in planning their wedding.