Summer is the perfect season for weddings, with its warm weather, longer days, and beautiful scenery. If you're planning a summer wedding, here are some summer wedding trends to keep in mind.

Outdoor Venues

With the warmer weather, many couples are choosing to have their weddings in beautiful outdoor locations like gardens, beaches, vineyards, or parks. These venues offer breathtaking backdrops for photos, and can be decorated with natural elements like flowers and greenery.

Bright Colors

Bold, bright colors are a popular choice for summer weddings. Shades of coral, pink, yellow, and blue are

According to Zola, the average wedding in 2023 will cost $29,000. In times past, there was no question of who was responsible for paying for a wedding: the bride’s parents, with an assist from the groom’s parents to cover the rehearsal dinner.

Now there are so many more subsidiary costs associated with a typical wedding, planning can get confusing very quickly. So when considering a modern wedding budget, who pays for what?

New meets old

“These days, anyt

Long before your guests arrive for your carefully planned nuptials, you will be setting the stage through your wedding invitation. So you need to devote a lot of attention to getting it just right.

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Start early

When designing your wedding invitation, you’ll have a lot of decisions to make: formal or informal, digital or paper, font, layout, colors, wording . . . the options for design are literally endless. 

Our pets have become such a part of our lives, it’s natural that we’d want to include them on the biggest day of our lives. 

According to Newsweek, a quarter of engaged couples want their dogs to play a role in their wedding: More than half plan to use them as ring bearers, 34 percent want to walk down the aisle with them, and 17 percent plant to include them in their first dance.

But the logistics of including pets at a wedding - an already frenzied day - can become overwhelming. Ilana Karcinski and Kelly Nova saw an untapped part of the wedding market when they realized they could create a business from handling such details for couples.

So the former college roommates a

Wedding traditions never stand still, and what’s to come in weddings this year illustrates that. For example, Vogue reports that wedding hashtags, uniform bridesmaid dresses, fireworks, welcome bags, and big wedding parties standing up at the ceremony are yesterday’s news. So what will be the big 2023 wedding trends?

Rethinking the ceremony

Several of the newer 2023 wedding trends this year involve the ceremony itself. Some couples are opting for an intimate ceremony with just family and a few close friends, saving

Because music is such an intrinsic part of an Indian wedding, from the sangeet to the baraat to the reception, it’s crucial to find the right DJ to keep up the energy and excitement from beginning to end.

This person will also have to serve as an emcee for the most important events, as well as providing all the audio and visual effects throughout the various ceremonies.

So here are some things to keep in mind when searching for the best DJ for your Indian wedding.

Cultural familiarity

Of course there are literally thousands of

The whole reason you'd want to hire a wedding planner is so they can take over the myriad details of your wedding. But if you hire the wrong one, your dreamed-of day could turn into a nightmare.

That’s because each wedding planner offers different services at different price points, and you need to have everything clear ahead of time.

So here’s what to ask before you hire your wedding planner.

Are you a certified wedding planner?

Your sister’s best friend from college may be great at planning weddings, but unless she has a business license