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Planning guides

Practical advice for
a smaller wedding.

Venue costs, guest-list decisions, and the questions that make a reception quote useful. Start with the topic you need today.

Reception details

Reception details

Reception signage: what to buy, borrow or skip

Plan signs around the decisions guests need to make, then borrow the holders and leave unnecessary extras out of the order.

6 min read

Stationery planning

Stationery planning

Wedding stationery quantities: count households, seats and tables

Work out invitation, menu, place-card and table-number quantities without treating every printed piece as one per guest.

8 min read

Venue booking

Venue booking

Eight questions to ask before booking a venue

Eight questions that turn a venue quote into a usable reception budget.

4 min read

Guest list

Guest list

What changes when your guest list grows from 50 to 75?

A practical way to see what another 25 invitations change.

3 min read

Venue costs

Venue costs

What’s included in a venue rental price?

Rental, mandatory charges, refundable deposits, and your working estimate.

3 min read