{"id":9238,"date":"2020-01-01T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city-new\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2020-01-01T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T17:57:00","slug":"how-to-start-planning-a-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start Planning a Wedding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CONGRATULATIONS!!! You just got engaged! Now what?<\/p>\n<p>So many newly engaged couples ask us how to start planning a wedding. Wedding Planning can seem so intimidating, but our simple and clear steps will help you get there!<\/p>\n<h2>How to Start Planning a Wedding?<\/h2>\n<h4>1. Set Your Budget<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out who is contributing.<\/li>\n<li>Figure how much you &amp; your fiance can comfortably &amp; realistically afford.<\/li>\n<li>Come up with a rough guest count.<\/li>\n<li>Decide what items are non-negotiable.<\/li>\n<li>Do your research and do the math. Then, adjust accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2. Start a Pinterest Board for Inspiration<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Wedding style &#8211; rustic, modern, traditional<\/li>\n<li>Wedding dress<\/li>\n<li>Decor<\/li>\n<li>Food<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>3. Guest List<\/h4>\n<h4>4. Reserve Date &amp; Venue<\/h4>\n<h4>6. Create Registry<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>There are plenty of sites that help create wedding registries, whether it&#8217;s a honeymoon fund, cash, or physical gifts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>7. Wedding Website (and hashtag)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Wedding websites offer an easy way to keep the wedding planning organized.<\/li>\n<li>Many websites offer a hashtag generator or come up with one on your own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>8. Research &amp; Book Vendors<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Wedding Planner (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Photographer<\/li>\n<li>DJ<\/li>\n<li>Caterer<\/li>\n<li>Hair &amp; Makeup<\/li>\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Photobooth<\/li>\n<li>Up-lighting<\/li>\n<li>Transportation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>9. Purchase Attire<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Wedding Dress<\/li>\n<li>Bridesmaid Dresses<\/li>\n<li>Flower Girl Dress<\/li>\n<li>Groom Tux<\/li>\n<li>Groomsmen Tuxes<\/li>\n<li>Ring Bearer Outfit<\/li>\n<li>Family Attire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>10. Reserve Block Hotel Rooms<\/h4>\n<h4>11. Invitations &amp; Save-The-Dates<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Order or create your own invitations.<\/li>\n<li>Send out Save-The-Dates several months prior to the wedding day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>12. Create a Timeline<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating a timeline of events helps all of those important for making the BIG day happen to keep organized. Hand the timeline out to vendors, bridal party, and anyone that is responsible for helping with day-of events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>13. Rehearsal<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule the rehearsal &amp; location.<\/li>\n<li>Reserve a place to host the rehearsal dinner or ask a family member to host (to cut costs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>14. Wedding Favors<\/h4>\n<h4>15. Rings<\/h4>\n<h4>14. Confirm ALL Vendors &amp; Times<\/h4>\n<h4>15. Marriage License<\/h4>\n<h4>16. Bridal Party Gifts<\/h4>\n<h4>17. Write Vows<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Write your own or go with what the officiant recommends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>18. Final Payments for Vendors<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To make the day-of go smoother, have final payments in envelopes with tips for the vendors. A thank you card also goes a long way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>19. Party!! Bachelor &amp; Bachelorette Parties<\/h4>\n<h4>20. GET MARRIED!!!!!!!<\/h4>\n<p>Hopefully, this answers the extremely common question, &#8220;How Do I Start Planning a Wedding?&#8221; Now that you&#8217;ve been armed with the information, get out there and do your research, make some calls and be extra choosy. This is YOUR BIG DAY! CONGRATULATIONS!!!<\/p>\n<h2>Complete Weddings + Events in Kansas City<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the right DJ can sometimes require a lot of time and research. At <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete Weddings + Events<\/span><\/a> in Kansas City<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we want to help make this easier for you. When you meet with our event consultant, we will go over all the things that are important to you and match you to the very best DJ for your event. The DJs we hire have all the qualities of great DJs, and they know exactly how to make your event everything you want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is nothing more important to us than helping to create amazing events. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to learn about some of Kansas City&#8217;s <\/span>best DJs. We can\u2019t wait to connect you with the people who will help you through your \u201cI do\u2019s!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONGRATULATIONS!!! You just got engaged! Now what? So many newly engaged couples ask us how to start planning a wedding. Wedding Planning can seem so intimidating, but our simple and clear steps will help you get there! How to Start Planning a Wedding? 1. Set Your Budget Find out who is contributing. Figure how much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":9240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-weddings-engagements"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Start Planning a Wedding | Complete Weddings + Events in Kansas City<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So many newly engaged couples ask us how to start planning a wedding. Wedding Planning can seem so intimidating, but here are a few steps to help.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Start Planning a Wedding?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CONGRATULATIONS!!! You just got engaged! Now what? So many newly engaged couples ask us how to start planning a wedding. Wedding Planning can seem so\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Complete Weddings + Events Kansas City\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CompleteWeddings\/?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/COMPLETEKC\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-01T17:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2019\/12\/00001_SimanowitzTrickey091419-6734-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kansascityadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CompleteWeDo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CompleteWeDo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kansascityadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Start Planning a Wedding | Complete Weddings + Events in Kansas City","description":"So many newly engaged couples ask us how to start planning a wedding. Wedding Planning can seem so intimidating, but here are a few steps to help.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Start Planning a Wedding?","og_description":"CONGRATULATIONS!!! You just got engaged! Now what? So many newly engaged couples ask us how to start planning a wedding. Wedding Planning can seem so","og_url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/","og_site_name":"Complete Weddings + Events Kansas City","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CompleteWeddings\/?fref=ts","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/COMPLETEKC\/","article_published_time":"2020-01-01T17:57:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2019\/12\/00001_SimanowitzTrickey091419-6734-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"kansascityadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CompleteWeDo","twitter_site":"@CompleteWeDo","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kansascityadmin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/"},"author":{"name":"kansascityadmin","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/#\/schema\/person\/0d37c185a786c88a6f1770df8dab3a31"},"headline":"How to Start Planning a Wedding?","datePublished":"2020-01-01T17:57:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/"},"wordCount":525,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2019\/12\/00001_SimanowitzTrickey091419-6734-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Inspiration","Weddings &amp; Engagements"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/","name":"Start Planning a Wedding | Complete Weddings + Events in Kansas City","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2019\/12\/00001_SimanowitzTrickey091419-6734-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-01T17:57:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/#\/schema\/person\/0d37c185a786c88a6f1770df8dab3a31"},"description":"So many newly engaged couples ask us how to start planning a wedding. Wedding Planning can seem so intimidating, but here are a few steps to help.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/how-to-start-planning-a-wedding\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2019\/12\/00001_SimanowitzTrickey091419-6734-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2019\/12\/00001_SimanowitzTrickey091419-6734-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Planning a Wedding"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/#website","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/","name":"Complete Weddings + Events Kansas City","description":"Photography | Videography | Photo Booth | Lighting | DJ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/#\/schema\/person\/0d37c185a786c88a6f1770df8dab3a31","name":"kansascityadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eee74aa69a1cfad9e2526c611c8f46121512dc9cc4d9d137f72f43753cc16e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eee74aa69a1cfad9e2526c611c8f46121512dc9cc4d9d137f72f43753cc16e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eee74aa69a1cfad9e2526c611c8f46121512dc9cc4d9d137f72f43753cc16e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"kansascityadmin"},"description":"Complete Weddings + Events KC has been a trusted leader in the Kansas City wedding industry for over 40 years. We are proud to be a staple in the area, providing exceptional DJ, photography, videography, photo booth, and wedding coordination services. Our mission is simple: to help make your special day absolutely perfect. At Complete, we believe in the power of vision. We take the time to listen to your ideas and work with you to bring them to life in a way that exceeds your expectations. From the very first consultation to the last dance, our team is dedicated to ensuring every moment is flawless. Our DJs will create the perfect atmosphere for your ceremony, dinner, and reception, keeping the dance floor packed and filled with all your favorite songs. With superior sound and lighting, we guarantee an unforgettable experience. Our talented photographers are there to capture every important moment, while our videographers expertly document all the emotions and memories of your day. The fun doesn\u2019t stop there \u2013 our photo booths provide hours of entertainment, allowing your guests to capture playful, candid moments that will make you smile for years to come. Our reputation speaks for itself, and we pride ourselves on delivering the highest level of customer service. Our dedicated team is here to guide you through every step, ensuring your vision for your big day comes to life just the way you dreamed of. Let us help you create a wedding experience that you and your guests will never forget. Complete Weddings + Events KC \u2013 where your vision becomes reality.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/COMPLETEKC\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/completeweddingseventskc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUQ7GxB4m9KSQPrQDWSryMA"],"url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/blog\/author\/kansascityadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9238"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9316,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238\/revisions\/9316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/kansas-city\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}