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If I would have found Weddingbee sooner…

I would have chosen a local wedding. True story.

Every wedding that I have ever been too in my state of Delaware have cost $25k+. So, the only knowledge that I had of weddings was those that I had already been to.

When we decided on a destination wedding, we figured it would be cheaper and still give us the wow factor we wanted. We just pick the resort, pick the package and bada bing, were married!

Boy was I wrong!

We chose a resort that was all inclusive for our guests and chose a wedding package the resort offered. We figured everything was included in the package and that’s all the money we needed.

There are many things that are not included that are much needed and we are finding that our budget is blowing up, quickly. Despite my every effort to take things out of our package to be able to add necessary things, it is still becoming a stress ball. The only issue is, we are very limited on vendors because they have to choose them. We tell them what we want, they give us a ridiculous price and we have to roll with it. I tried to ask if we could send them items, like decorations, OOT bags, etc., but the wedding planner denied is. She said it would sit in customs and it would cost an arm and a leg to get there. Blah blah blah. The only way to get things there is to put them in our luggage on the way to the wedding.

I mentioned some of this to Mr Handy, and of course, he wanted to see my DIY list. I showed it to him and he looked at me like I had 4 heads and spit out all these questions:

What in the world is a boutonniere??

Why do you NEED all these things??

That is going to cost a fortune to get there!

What about everything else you need to bring: clothes, wedding dress, etc.? You’re going to be going crazy trying to bring all of this!

You are making this more stressful than it needs to be. Pick a dress, choose the food, and let’s get married.

Silly boy.

Why would I have chose a local wedding over a destination wedding? I can DIY much more locally. Yes, things are more expensive and weddings are priced way too high here, but I would be able to transport and do more DIY projects which would save us in the long run. I am forced to use Jamaica’s vendors and pay their ridiculous prices, or go without.

There are so many details to a wedding that brides can get wrapped up in and  overwhelmed with. All of the details are so pretty and amazing, and it’s fun to talk about them and show them off to your friends, but they aren’t really necessary. I have had to bite my tongue and let go of a lot of things that I wanted. But at the end of the day, getting married to my love is the only thing that matters. Whether we have adorable programs or not, we still are making the commitment.

Although, I am going to try my HARDEST to make all these details come to life. I just have to figure out a way to get them there.

DW brides: are you finding it much harder to plan your wedding than you thought it would be? Or do you think having a DW wedding has eased a lot of your financial and stress burden?