Real Brides Reveal – The One Golden Tip While Planning Your Intimate Wedding This Year!

‘Intimate weddings’ is going to be the catch phrase of 2020! If you are a bride-to-be and are planning a small intimate wedding, there are a zillion things that you need to keep in mind. What is considered an intimate wedding? How long before your wedding should you start planning? We have all the answers! We asked real brides on amazing tips that they can share, making planning a small intimate wedding a hassle-free process for you.

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Vidita says

Don’t rule out home venues! I never imagined that my house could host an event, let alone my wedding. But my sister suggested that we use the building terrace for the event and have the food served at home. This turned out brilliantly as I was able to have the comfort of my house without having to overcrowd the house.

Bhushra says

Don’t overdo DIY things at your wedding. Even if you are planning a micro wedding at home or outside do not do a lot DIY. I know that people are trying to keep things as hygienic as possible but if you take good care and hire known vendors it’s safe. Also other option would be to source the props/materials yourself and put it up – rather than making it scratch.

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Harmandeep says

Divide your guest list between events since there is a guest list limit. What we did was had friends mostly for mehendi and a small cocktail party and had family for wedding event. This way we got to chill with friends and celebrate with everyone on different days.

Pooja says

If you are planning a bigger wedding after the Covid situation is in hands, then don’t overspend on this wedding. We happened to get a little carried away till my fiancé realised this mistake. Plan your wedding budget likewise that this wedding can be done in the budget of one of your smaller events (haldi or chuda ceremony type) and keep the remaining budget intact for the grand celebration.

Drishti says

Having a small intimate wedding was a great opportunity rather than a challenge for me. Smaller guestlist allowed me to do personalised things that I could not do with a 1000-people guestlist. I did a make-your-own-cocktail bar setup for our cocktail party as well as personalised mehendi favours for all guests since I knew who all are coming for sure. So do your intimate wedding planning well!

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Vaidehi says

One tip I would give and what I learnt while planning my intimate wedding is that don’t leave it at the end. We think that small wedding so what planning but even if your wedding is small it needs same amount of planning. Plus nowdays everyone is getting married so vendors are getting booked out fast so plan early as you can is what I suggest.

Nivedita says

One mistake we made and would like all couples not to do is invite only family. I know that since it’s an intimate wedding we think only family should be there but I don’t recommend this. Have a mix of family, family friends and friends. Take your total guest count and divide into 50-25-25 percent ratios. Let 50% be family and 25% each of family friends and friends. We felt really bad on the day of our wedding that we could not have even one friend witness our wedding union. So pay attention to your guestlist.

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