Your Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wedding - Feb/Mar 2019 (Issue 75)

Our local experts offer stellar advice on planning your big day GET READY FOR LOVE We’re finally engaged, and I’m so excited! Can you offer any idea of a sensible timescale and what our priorities should be? Karin says: Congratulations on your engagement! A very good first step is sitting down and working out a rough guest list. Figure out how many people you will be inviting for the day and for the evening. This will help greatly when you take the next step: looking at venues. Most venues will book up around 12 months in advance. My next suggestion is not as much fun but equally as important: your budget. Visiting wedding fairs can be a nice way of getting a good grasp on the cost of suppliers in your area, from florists and cake makers to photographers. Once you have a budget in mind, visit your shortlist of venues and secure what will become a very special date and place. Now the real fun begins, including finding the dress. A wedding gown purchased from a classic boutique will require around six to nine months from placing an order to being ready for collection. Use the time gathering inspiration from magazines, Instagram and Pinterest, planning and ordering your flowers, cake, stationery (sending save- the-dates is very sensible), transport and other touches to create your perfect day. Enjoy the planning! Karin Tindall | tindallevents.co.uk instagram.com/strattoncourtbarn  HOT TOPIC We say: A subscription to Your Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wedding is also a great investment lucynoble.com EXPERT ADVICE 119