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HOW TO PLAN A WEDDING.

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In this post we will be looking at general Tips on how to plan a wedding and How to Planning a Nigerian Wedding.

INTRODUCTION

Planning a wedding can feel pretty overwhelming at times. While couples often hire professionals to help manage their wedding plans, there are plenty of reasons why they might also opt to take on the majority of the responsibilities on their own, too. Maybe they’re working with a tight wedding planning budget or maybe they simply love all of the DIY possibilities—in any case, it’s a lot of extra details, but it is possible to plan the wedding of your dreams on your own. Organization is key to keeping everything on track when you’re faced with decisions, lists, deadlines, and everyday life. The first step is making sure to give yourselves plenty of time for wedding planning. A longer timeline is your friend here—aim for around a year, if possible. And don’t forget to involve your significant other in this step, as well. Your wedding should represent both of you, together as a couple. So, where to begin? We’ve got you covered. Just remember to keep one very important thing in mind: Try to have some fun! This is your wedding, after all. Don’t get too hung up on the tiny details and focus on what’s truly important: celebrating the love the two of you share and getting married, all while surrounded by your friends and family.

GENERAL TIPS ON HOW TO PLAN A WEDDING

Here are our 42 top tips for how to plan your wedding, from getting organized to traversing the legal framework of a vendor contract to maintaining your mental sanity.

HOW TO PLANNING A NIGERIAN WEDDING

How Do I Start Planning My Nigerian Wedding? That is the question every bride will think or ask herself shortly after she is engaged. First, congratulations on your recent engagement! What follows next is starting your Nigerian wedding plans. With the excitement from your engagement, it might overwhelm you how and where to planning; and that is very understandable. Especially, since it will be the biggest event, you will ever have to plan. As a bride to be, your Nigerian wedding planning process differs from other wedding processes and involves the traditional wedding process, which needs to take place before you can wed. Even if you are planning small or big wedding, this traditional process comes first! Here are six steps to help you start your wedding planning the right way with ease while making sure you complete the important traditional process before proceeding into a full-blown wedding planning.

STEP 1 – Nigerian Wedding Family Introduction

The Family Introduction is a ceremony held for both families to meet one another for the first time following your engagement. The reason behind the introduction is to introduce key family members of both families; and for them get to know their respective future in-laws and approve their children’s engagement for marriage. This is a small occasion that takes place in the bride’s home. Yoruba and Igbo cultures have Family Introduction. In Igbo culture, it’s called “Iku aka”. The traditional wedding process and requirements vary from one Igbo community to another. The completion of the traditional wedding rite is a very important and signifies the couple’s marriage in Yoruba and Igbo Land; and gains all the rights of married couples.

                                                                                                                                                  STEP 2 – Two Weddings, Twice the Fun!

As a Nigerian bride, you will plan two weddings at the same time and that is a normal; the traditional and the church wedding, famously known as “white wedding” in Nigeria culture. The traditional wedding often takes place first before the church wedding ceremony that is more western in style. The couple can have their traditional wedding days, weeks or months apart before the church wedding. The good news is that the traditional wedding is less demanding on the bride compare to the white wedding because the bride’s parents and elderly family members handle most of the traditional requirements with the groom’s family. The white wedding ceremony will require a lot more of your attention to put together a ceremony that reflects your style and your hubby as a couple.

STEP 3 – Search Weddings & Set Your Priorities

With the above knowledge about the two weddings for Nigerian couples. You will need to do some search of the wedding industry to get an idea for the cost of church wedding, your style, and the wedding you and your hubby wants. With the church wedding, you have more control on what you want and don’t want. Because with traditional wedding requirements, you and your hubby have little say. However, you can communicate your concerns to your parents and they will handle that situation better for you and your hubby. After your research, you will need to create a list of your priorities and create a budget to help you control your spending. Having your priorities listed out helps you narrow down the most essential items you want for your wedding. Such as the size of your wedding–big or small wedding, open wedding or invite-only? location, food, drinks, where to make a splash, compromise or do it yourself, if needed. Having your priorities and your budget straight will make your wedding planning process easier, and help you stay on budget.

STEP 4 – Set A Wedding Budget

Setting a wedding budget is very important to avoid overspending. There is often a tendency to overspend with weddings, that’s why it’s important to know the wedding you want and your guests count because that will affect your budget the most. These days, the bride and groom jointly pay for their own wedding. But sometimes, the couple gets financial help from their families to pay for their wedding expenses. Whether or not you get help with your wedding expenses, the goal is to create a realistic budget to help you avoid overspending. And should any surprises come up, which can happen with weddings; you will be in a suitable position to take care of the surprise expense with ease because you have not overspent.

STEP 5 – Pick A Wedding Venue

From your research, you will now know the church wedding you want, you have your budget set, picked your wedding date, and now it’s time to look for a wedding venue that reflects the vision for your wedding. Before you buy your wedding dress, you need to pick and book your wedding venue and date. The earlier you do so, the better chance for you to get the venue you want for your big day.

STEP 6 – Create A Checklist

Finally, planning your wedding will require you to create a checklist to help you stay organize with your wedding plans. Once you complete any item, check it off your list to stay on track of your scheduled wedding date. Planning a wedding can be stressful, so having a checklist is very important to avoid missing any important item and also to help you reduce stress of planning the biggest event of your life to date, especially if you have planned any wedding before.

CONCLUTION

Planning a wedding with ease is doable if you know where and how to start. So if you find yourself, asking yourself, how do I plan my Nigerian wedding? Where do I start from? The above six steps give you the answers so you can start your plans without all the stress.

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