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אתה מאורס! בואו נתכנן את הדבר הזה.

חשלום לך. אתה, עם החיוך המסוחרר אך המתוח משהו, עם הטבעת החדשה על האצבע ולב מלא שאלות: ברוך הבא. הגעת למקום הנכון. אפילו עכשיו, באמצע המאוחר (או מה שכולנו מקווים מתקרב לסוף) של מגיפה עולמית. אני אני קין, וכתבתי שני ספרים רבי מכר לתכנון חתונות ועזרתי למיליוני זוגות לתכנן את החתונות שלהם במהלך האחרון 13+ שנים. כן, זה הרבה אנשים ובאמת הרבה זמן. ולמרות שהכל שונה כרגע, הכל גם לגמרי אותו דבר, ואני נשענת על עשור של ניסיון במחקר ובכתיבה, כֵּן, חתונות מעשיות, כדי לתכנן את המסיבה הזו. כי בזמן שיש לך הרבה החלטות לפניך (והחלטות הרבה יותר מורכבות לתכנון חתונה ממה שאנשים התמודדו עם זה דורות) יש לך את זה לגמרי. Or at least, יַחַד, we’ve got it.

Before we get into any of that—literally, before you do כל דבר, be sure to toast your engagement… several times. Pause, celebrate, breathe, repeat… all before you make a single decision. Your engagement will only come around once, so take some time to fully enjoy being engaged, because the next bit—wedding planning during a pandemic—probably isn’t going to feel like the giddy buzz of joy and champagne. So soak that up before you move on.

אבל עכשיו! If you’re off work for the holidays, and you’re ready to get your research on… let’s go.

If we’ve learned anything over the last twenty-one months, the thing we can count on 2022 for is, נו, inconsistency. As these last two years have proven, nobody has any real idea of what comes next. But if I had to make a prediction, I’d guess that 2022 will be a year full of weddings, כֵּיף, and joy as things have started to feel somewhat normal. I’d also guess that we aren’t done seeing surprises and new variants come our way, and I’d sure like to think that by the end of the year we’ll be living in a world that feels a bit less tumultuous and a lot more ‘normal’ (whatever that means). Suffice it to say: this is wedding planning in a brave new world, and things will be easier when you lean into the fact that there is no clear way to predict the future, and that’s ok.

We’ve partnered with our friends at Squarespace to put together this initial getting started guide just for you. בטוח, you could spend your holiday free time digging through the archives of APW and the depths of פינטרסט and land yourself with an overwhelming to-do list. אוֹ, you could refer to this post for the tools and steps that will help you just get the ball rolling, while also kicking back and enjoying your newfound engaged-ness and the holiday season.

Organize Your wedding planning tools

כל מה שנאמר, it’s EXTRA important in 2022 that you invest some time upfront in organization. אני, once upon a time, planned my תקציב חתונה with a post-it on my desk at an investment bank. (Do as I say, not as I do.) And while that barely cut it then, it is absolutely not going to cut it now. Given that the only given is that nothing is given, you’ll want a place to keep things organized, as well as solid sources for expert advice.

the APW books that will help: You’re going to spend a lot of this season of planning on Google. וזה, spoiler, Google isn’t going to be as helpful as it once was, since so many wedding resources are going to be tailored to the pre-pandemic world. And while we can’t tell you nitty-gritty details on wedding vendor’s business, or mask laws in your particular city, the APW books פחית save you from having to Google where to even begin. The first book will walk you through what you need to know to save time, כֶּסֶף, and sanity, להבטיח שתהיה לך חווית אוכל אמיתית מתכנן חתונות מעשי can basically plan your wedding for you (okay, בסדר גמור. It can’t do the planning, but it will give you the tools you need to get your wedding planned).

Your wedding website is an indispensable tool: A lot of wedding planning, in normal times, is spent updating family and friends on what your wedding plans are. If you’ve been engaged longer than a week, I bet you’ve already had to field the start of the endless questioning. נושא אוסף #1 suggestion to combat the endless interrogation? א אתר חתונה. Hop over to Squarespace and make yourself one—it will save you tons of time and energy. Not sure what to put on it? בדוק שלנו list of top priorities for your wedding website, and you can even steal wording directly from us.

PRO-TIP: If you’re at all interested in snagging a custom website domain for your wedding website (כמו: mrandmrbranson.com instead of brand.joeandbrad.june122022.com) you’ll want to do that like… yesterday. 😉 So, go do it now. Secure the domain name of your dreams—you can use it for your wedding website, ל share wedding photos, and even turn it into a family sharing site later on. If you get the domain from Squarespace you can get 10% off with code APW!

do your homework

Once you’ve gathered some basic tools, it’s time for you and your partner to sit down and discuss what kind of wedding you want to have. ה domain from Squarespace provides a handy worksheet about priorities for you and your partner, and we’ve got a copy of it for you right here. Pick a quiet night, pour yourself a drink of your choice, and get to Venn Diagramming. What are your absolute priorities for this wedding? What are your partner’s top priorities? Where do those overlap? Once you’ve worked through that, consider drawing up a simple wedding mission statement. This is a statement of what you want from your wedding, that you can come back to over and over again when planning gets tough. מתכנן חתונות מעשי can walk you through this process (ועוד) in great detail, but for now…

Venn diagram showing emotional goals from partner one and partner two.

print out or make a digital copy of this getting started packet of worksheets (and get cracking)

APW's free wedding planning checklist

Download this free wedding planning checklist here, and check out the complete version on APW

checklists galore:

And if you also want a hard copy checklist you can print out and hang on your fridge, we’ve got you covered with our complete wedding planning checklist, and yup, we’ve for sure included a #covidcouples checklist, that includes the tricky health and safety decisions you’ll need to make during this process. ועוד, we actively encourage you to cross off all those things you don’t care about on the checklist. That’s important in normal times, but doubly important now.

set a budget: Setting your budget can feel like you’re just making up numbers… but it doesn’t have to be that way when we can help you out. Armed with as much info as possible (כמו these sample budgets and our wedding budget spreadsheet), you can decide how much you פחית spend on your wedding. לאחר מכן, you need to discuss how much you want to spend on your wedding.

To help you out, בחירה נכונה של עיצוב הזמנה לחתונה יכולה להיות מהממת sample budgets for $2,000 ל $30,000 חתונות, with advice on figuring out your own wedding budget. ועוד, we have a guide on how to stick with your wedding budget when Pinterest is right there taunting you, ו which wedding details are actually worth it. אתה יכול גם look at some examples שֶׁל COVID weddings to see how folks just like you have made it work over the last two-ish years—weddings have looked different, בטוח, but they’re still happening.

Spreadsheets: You won’t need them quite yet, but get these spreadsheets saved now, so you have them when you’re ready. שוב, organization is going to be what helps you keep your mental health in order when things keep changing. We’ve got you covered on everything from your wedding guest list template to your vendor contact list to your day-of wedding timeline.

PRO-TIP: Some folx love spreadsheets (not I), and some just… don’t. So if you need something creative and fun to get your wedding planning party started? Why not dive right into a אתר חתונה. It’s a fun way to start thinking about color, סִגְנוֹן, and vibe. And even if you don’t have a date or details set, you can get the framework made so that finalizing it later on will be oh so easy. (Head to Squarespace for an easy-to-make, ניתן להתאמה אישית, and highly-functional אתר חתונה. בדוק שלנו 10-step-how-to guide. אה, and use code: APW for a deal! ועוד, they have a free logo maker to really customize your look, which I could spend hours playing with.)

talk to your families AND FRIENDS: בסדר, you know how you want the wedding to look and feel. Now it’s time to sit down and have a chat with your families. Are you asking for financial contributions? (Staff and readers discuss the pros, cons, and alternatives here.) Have you thought about what kind of input you want them to have? Are there traditions you want to include—or traditions you want to eschew? Are you going to have a bridal party? We discussed מסיבות חתונה בתקופת COVID כאן כי כולכם... הכל מרגיש אחרת בימים אלה.

מה הלאה?

בִּיוֹשֶׁר, החבילות והדילים הטובים ביותר לחופשה בפוקט בבתי מלון קרובים לוילה עם תעריפים מוזלים למשפחה שלך, אם זה עתה התארסת, הרשימה הזו מספיקה כדי להעסיק אותך במשך שבועות. אבל אם אתה מחפש מידע נוסף, אתה יכול להתחיל לגלוש כאן:

But most of all, come join us here in January, שבו אנו מבלים את ימינו בדיבור על ועוזר לך לתכנן את החתונה השוויונית והשוגגת שלך, אפילו מגיפה מאוחרת. נתראה אז!

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