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Urgent Dilemma - help / thoughts?! 🥺

Blossom, 14 March, 2025 at 13:09 Posted on Just Married 0 1
So it’s a very long story to make it short, we only had 6 months to plan the wedding, and now there’s less than 3 months left. It’s a destination wedding and we have sent out the invitations - we are expecting 50-60 people so far 40 have confirmed. Maybe only 20 have booked their flights. And the wedding planner I hired in November has not done one meeting with me until I got upset and realised I’ve been planning and organising vendors etc everything myself so I set up a meeting with her two days ago so also didn’t feel confident with less than 90 days till the wedding there is still much to sort out. I told her my budget initially already, there wasn’t transparency as she added costs to the spreadsheet that wasn’t there before so now the wedding is going to cost 15-20k more than we expected it to. We don’t know whether to cancel and do a registry locally then dinner or still go ahead? We are thinking about life after like marriage, housing and honeymoon etc. it’s not making much sense but some people have already booked their flights.
As people that have been married what would you do? We need to make a decision soon and fast - I’ve been praying about it and didn’t know there was a forum here so thought I’d ask for opinions openly.

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Latest activity by RomanticGreenStationery27135, 19 March, 2025 at 23:46
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    I'm so sorry - what a horrible situation to be in.

    Is there any way you can reduce the costs? What is this wedding planner adding that it is costing £20k more than your budget? I would first of all look through the paperwork that you have from her to check that she is able to exceed your budget by such a large amount. Especially as you seem to have been doing most of the planning yourself!

    As for what to do...that is such a tough one. I think you need to weigh up the amount you will lose if you cancel against the extra amount you will have to pay if you go ahead. I certainly would advise against taking on large amounts of debt to pay for what is, after all, just one day of celebration - you don't want to start your married life with a massive financial burden hanging over you.

    Focus on what really matters - the two of you making this major commitment to each other, hopefully surrounded by those who are dearest to you. If you can do this in the way you originally planned, that's wonderful, but a few years down the line, it will be the people you remember more than the location. Look at your options, check your paperwork and make your decision together. Wishing you all the best, wherever your wedding takes place.

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