Wedding day top tips - Advice From Real Brides & Grooms

As Somerset wedding photographers, we are lucky enough to get to follow along the journey of couples planning their wedding days from the very start to the finish. We get to hear all the worries and concerns they have so it’s so nice to get advice from all the recently married couples to pass on to those who are still planning their wedding day. With all that’s going on around us at present with all the postponements, now seems like a perfect time to pass on that wedding day advice to try and help in some small way to make your wedding day as stress free as possible.

Emily & Craig planned their beautiful Sicilian themed wedding in Somerset last August, here is their top wedding advice for you.

“Have someone in charge of the days schedule that's not you (preferably not someone in the bridal or grooms party, someone who can focus solely on getting people to the right places.) Take advantage of the help people offer you. Don't be British and polite, just take the help! Enjoy it!“

“Don’t leave anything till the night before, try and have a night off so you can enjoy the day. Don't worry about not sleeping the night before the wedding, you probably won't (it's like Christmas Eve as a kid!) but it's worse if you stress about it, adrenaline kicks in on the day.“

“And lastly, eat something in the morning unless you want a rumbling stomach during the vows!”

Caroline & Will had a lovely summer wedding in Somerset last August, this is their words of wedding wisdom for you.

“There are so many little decisions to make and so many options that you can spend so long over thinking it.. ..Don't! Pick the one you like first time round and go with it, then tick it off your to do list and move on. All the little details seem important when planning but you won't even know notice them on the day so don't over stress. You will remember marrying the love of your life and being surrounded by all your friends and family.”

“The biggest advice we got was to have time after the ceremony on our own just the 2 of us, we were lucky enough to spend it in the private woods with glass off bubbles and it was definitely sound advice. It gave us a few minutes to absorb that we were married and enjoy a bit of calm.”

Lucy & Edwin had a stunning Autumn wedding at Kew Gardens in 2019, this is the advice they wanted to pass on to you.

“On reflection, we think we’d say trust your suppliers! We didn’t really know what we were doing (why would we? We’d never done this before!) but good suppliers, who’ve done this maybe hundreds of times are the best source of information & support! Both James & Kerrie and our caterers Create Food were absolute lifesavers. We think things got a little easier once we realised we didn’t have to know, control or think of everything. There were people we could trust who had that covered. The same goes for friends and family. You don’t have to do everything yourself. Just let some things go to other people.” 

Anne & Chris had a beautiful October wedding at Beaumont Estate, this is to all the couples having to postpone their weddings this year. 

“We can’t even begin to imagine how you must be feeling if your wedding has been postponed after years of planning and excitement. We could think of loads of tips to help you as you look forward to your super special day (whenever that may be), but ultimately the most important thing is, that it will be just as magical on a future date - if not, even more magical. And do you know why? Because everyone will be in the mood for one hell of a party when this is all over!” 

And finally, a little note from us. We will be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary in June, wow, it seems like yesterday we were in the throes of planning our very own Greek wedding! It was the year of the volcanic ash eruptions in Iceland that wreaked havoc with flights across Europe, we were panicking that we and our guests wouldn’t be able to fly over to Zakynthos for the wedding. If we had to postpone, what about the watch Kerrie had gotten engraved with our wedding date? Would everyone get a refund on their flights AND accommodation? Would everyone be able to make the new date? Luckily we were able to make it to Greece in the end, but we do understand in a small way the emotions everybody planning their weddings this year are feeling. All we can say is, what will be will be, the most important thing is everybody's safety, including the two of you! Whether it was that month, or 3 months or even a year later, we would eventually get to marry our best friend (each other) and that’s all that mattered. J&K xx