What Might Go Wrong on Your Wedding Day (And How to Prepare)
As much as we’d love to say every wedding goes perfectly according to plan, most wedding days have a few unexpected hurdles pop up. We’ve compiled a list of the most common issues we normally encounter on wedding day with tips on how to prepare for them.
The Problem: Rain
Unless you’re planning a wedding in a predictably dry climate, there’s always a chance it will rain on your wedding day (especially in NYC!)
How to Prepare: Have a Rain Plan
Planning an outdoor wedding and hoping for the best is a recipe for disaster. There’s a chance it could work out, but this planning route causes lots of anxiety leading up to your wedding weekend and leaves your wedding day experience completely up to chance. We always recommend knowing your venue’s rain plan and being comfortable with it. If you’re planning an outdoor or backyard wedding, it’s smart to have a tent on retainer. Although it might cost more money, it is worth it in the grand scheme of your wedding planning and budget to have the peace of mind and a solid rain plan if it’s needed!
The Problem: Hair and Makeup Dissatisfaction
If you don’t experiment with your hair and makeup before your wedding day, there’s a good chance you’ll end up not feeling happy or confident in your wedding day look.
How to Prepare: Schedule a Trial
We always recommend doing a hair and makeup trial prior to booking your beauty team to make sure you’re happy with the services. Although it’s an extra couple hundred dollars, it’s worth the cost to have peace of mind that you’ll feel confident on the day-of.
If you’re planning on doing your own beauty on your wedding day, be sure to spend lots of time practicing.
Pro tip: schedule your hair and makeup trial before your engagement shoot so you can be dolled up for the photos!
The Problem: Speeches
No one likes to be at a wedding that has long, rambling, and unplanned speeches. When you mix alcohol with emotional friends and family, you can end up with a very disorganized event if you approach speeches with an open mic.
The Solution: Plan the Speeches Ahead of Time
Make sure to select a few people to give speeches ahead of time and give them a time limit. Avoid the “popcorn-style” speech layout or open mic situations that let anyone come up and speak.
The Problem: Timeline Delays
Wedding day is a very exciting day, which means your friends and family are chatting, taking photos, and generally moving slower than normal. Things like photos, getting ready, transportation, and group organization will always take far longer than you might think.
How to Prepare: Build in Buffer Time
If you think family photos will take 20 minutes, build in 30-40 minutes to your timeline. Though getting dressed normally might take 5 mins, we always build in 15-20 minutes. If you’ve already encountered for delays in your timeline, then everything will run according to schedule and smoothly on the day-of!
Photos by Warm Up Lab, Kendall Rae Photography, Eryc Perez de Tagle Photography, and Kelly Vahos Photography.
