In the modern world, there is a great deal of expectation placed on both the bride and groom when it comes to planning a wedding, and you are both almost encouraged to create a huge drama around planning and organizing every single aspect.

So, if you are both more of the relaxed and chilled-out kind of couple, you have definitely come to the right place because here, for your information and reading pleasure, is a simple step-by-step guide to planning your wedding day.

1.    Set Your Budget

As a relaxed and mainly drama-free bride and groom, it is unlikely that you intend on spending vast amounts of money on your wedding day and instead would like a simple yet beautiful and wholly intimate ceremony that doesn’t blow the proverbial bank.

Once you have decided on a budget, plan every element of your wedding day and reception event along the same lines and never be tempted to spend a lot of money on only one aspect of your day.

2.    Choose a Theme & Send the Invites

The next thing to do once your location is booked and you know how much money you have left to spend in your wedding budget is to choose the theme of your wedding and then spend as little money as possible on simple invites, perhaps even made by your own hand, that fit with your chosen theme.

There is a wide plethora of wedding day themes to choose from, including but not limited to the following:

• Casual bohemian
• Retro
• Simple & modern
• Romantic & classic
• Vintage
• Whimsical
• Modern
• Natural & rustic

3.    Wedding Attire

For the no-nonsense bride and groom, it is unlikely that either of you is particularly enamored with the notion of traipsing around an infinite number of bridal shops to find the right suit and dress for your big day.

Instead, for the bride, the best way to find your perfect wedding dress is to spend time researching different styles and looks of wedding dresses online from the comfort of your own home and then visit just one bridal shop when you are ready to try on and purchase. For the groom, it becomes even simpler; that’s what the best man is for! Give your best man the specifications of what you want and let them sort everything out for you.

4.    Enjoy Yourself

Finally, perhaps the most important thing of all to remember for a bride and groom who have just started to plan their wedding day and evening is to enjoy not only the day itself when it finally comes around but the process of planning too.

Do as much as you can together, from designing and then inevitably redesigning the seating plan for the sit-down dinner to making the table decorations and even sewing pieces of material together for bunting, make sure that every step is planned and enacted together as the team you will officially be on your wedding day.