Most of the time, all wedding planning advice boils down to the same thing: What has the most meaning for you and your partner? That reality can be one of the most frustrating parts of planning a wedding; it’s both highly individual and inherently cookie-cutter.

Perhaps this investment of both time and money is why I feel so strongly about what happens to my wedding dress after my wedding. I want to avoid what seems to be the inevitable fate of all wedding dresses: a long confinement at the back of a closet that ends with a pile of dress-shaped dust. After doing a bit of research, four options became clear.

We’ve decided it would be more intimate and self-respecting to have an elopement as soon as we’re able, and a honeymoon when we can afford it. This style of wedding wasn’t my top choice but it seems like that’s because of what the wedding industry tells us is appropriate.

As a wedding planner, I’ve worked with clients to develop their guest lists many times and any time the mention of an ex getting invited comes up I give them these three questions to ask themselves.

We checked in with the wedding pros in our vendor directory and here are all of their tips for how to ensure your seating plan is a total success.

The proposal was beautiful. You’re on cloud nine. You post a picture of yourselves elated and over the moon. The comments start with “Congratulations,” but soon deviate into advice — advice you didn’t ask for. Before you know it you have a small battalion of people needling you for answers about your upcoming nuptials. It can make you want to stop before you even start. Follow these tips to help get started on the right foot together. 

Have you ever had a project to complete that seemed absolutely pointless only to find years later that it prepared you for something real? That’s wedding planning.

“I’ve read all of the books below in my work as a wedding coordinator and let me tell you, each offers something important to help you and your partner have the wedding you want, from why we do this thing called marriage to how to have the disco-inspired ceremony of your dreams. Happy reading!”

Even with a wedding planner, 90% of planning is the difficult work of sorting and processing emotions. This isn’t a cut and dry corporate party. This isn’t a normal project that you can delegate tasks to and move on. Whether you want it to be or not, a wedding is an emotional nuclear bomb. Your job is to find a way to disarm it.

It’s a vacation or staycation you take before your wedding. It sounds insane to add a vacation to your list of things to do before a wedding, but it’s absolutely necessary.

You probably don’t want to think through all of the worst case scenarios when it comes to your wedding day, but it’s important for all couples planning their wedding to know how wedding insurance can help avoid financial upsets.

Couples don’t hire a wedding planner because planners have some kind of superhuman ability to make a timeline. People hire a wedding planner because they prefer to spend their money rather than their time. Make the most of both by feeling confident in your vendor selection with these simple guidelines.

“These loans are a way to thread the needle,” David Green told The Post. Green, who is the chief product officer at San Francisco-based online lender Earnest, explained that “people are carrying more debt [and] they want to get married but don’t have the funds to do so.”

For many people the wedding ring is the first piece of fine jewelry (or even jewelry at all) that they will wear. It’s something you are going to wear every single day, so you want it to be perfect, right? This expectation can make shopping for a wedding ring feel like a very daunting task.

Despite what you might have read or seen, there are exactly three things that you need to get married (in the eyes of the law, anyways): a license, an officiant, and each other. Everything else is just gravy.

With a little bit of research, a chat with your officiant, and with our advice, you should feel confident in your wedding vows before it comes time to exchange them in public.

While sharing a first dance as a married couple is certainly not a requirement for your wedding, it is still a tradition that many couples look forward to as part of their celebration. In order to shake off the old fashioned gender roles and uplift the entire event, approach your first dance as a duet that embodies your union.

Unexpected and emergency expenses crop up in almost every wedding, and that’s why the experienced wedding pros in our vendor directory encourage all couples to have a wedding contingency fund.

Without fail, my clients always forget one very important detail as they plan their weddings: Who’s taking all of their sh*t at the end of the night? You’d think this would be an easy question to answer but, in my experience, it’s often one of the hardest.

When deciding on a wedding date, many couples ultimately choose to wed on a holiday or long holiday weekend, but is this really the best idea? We asked the members of our vendor directory for their expertise, and here’s what they had to say.