Wedding planning usually starts at least 3-4 months in advance. If you think carefully through every detail, this important event in your life will be associated with the best emotions and memories.
All guests, as well as the newlyweds, will enjoy the celebration. Also, you won’t go from the joyful euphoria of engagement to confusion and fuss from unforeseen circumstances before the ceremony. To make all the preparations without forgetting anything, buy all the necessary things and order the appropriate services, it is recommended to make a list of wedding chores. This list should include everything you need for a wedding and all the things to do before the solemn date. Besides, you need to decide where exactly to celebrate this important event in your life, what look the bride and groom will go for, as well as the dress code for the guests. For greater convenience, it’s recommended to draw up several lists at once – guests and professional experts, a listing of the places for photoshoots after the official marriage registration. You can also make a list of things you will need for a trip to the registry office, a list of decorations for the bride, a list of decorative elements for the banquet hall and car decorations, a list of musical compositions.
List for the bride and other necessary things
Clearly, the main wedding guests are newlyweds. And the bride needs far more things than the groom. Therefore, in preparation for the celebration, it’s advised to make a list of what is needed for the future wife at the ceremony and during the celebration of the banquet. So, the bride needs:
- Wedding dress, shoes and related jewelry (veil, stockings, gloves or sleeve, garters, scallops for the vail, etc.);
- Beautiful, romantic and sexy lingerie;
- Hair jewelry, hair styling tools (you can order hairdresser services);
- A small handbag or clutch;
- Cosmetics for wedding makeup (you can invite a professional makeup artist);
- Wedding bouquet.
Additionally, you might need a coat if the wedding is planned on a cold season, an umbrella from the sun for a summer ceremony. Before the wedding, the bride should visit:
- Cosmetologist (at least 7 days before the celebration);
- Hairdresser;
- Masters of manicure, pedicure;
- SPA;
- Dentist.
You can also make a list of important details, for the groom, including:
- Formal attire (suit or tuxedo);
- Shirt, tie or bow-tie;
- Boutonniere;
- Pocket scarf;
- Money that will be needed to buy out a future wife.
For the ceremony in the registry office, you will need:
- Passports;
- Wedding rings + wedding ring cushion;
- Glasses (for newlyweds, for guests, for traditional breaking);
- Champagne, candy;
- Wedding paraphernalia for car decoration;
- Ribbons and boutonniere for bridesmaid and best man;
- Ribbons for bottles with champagne;
- Rose petals.
Preparation plan for a wedding
If you come up with a wedding preparation plan in advance, you’ll avoid unnecessary problems and expenses. What are the main points of such a plan? Typically, preparation involves determining the date of the wedding after applying to the registry office, setting a
celebration budget, and some other things, including:
- Whether there will be a church wedding (if so, determined by the venue);
- Original ideas for the wedding (choosing the best locations for a destination wedding, photoshoots, banquet);
- Celebration format (theme, style);
- Number of invited people and making the list of guests;
- Choosing bridesmaid and best man;
- Ordering related services (photo and video recording, hosts, decorators, DJs or bands);
- Banquet celebration program;
- Festive menu;
- Ordering a wedding cake;
- The wedding dance performance of the newlyweds;
- Ordering transport (limousines, other cars for guests and video operators);
- Drawing up a route of the walk after registry office;
- Determining the date and place of the bachelorette and the bachelor parties.
Professionals needed during the wedding
Wedding professionals know how to organize the wedding so that it’s fun and interesting, stylish and enchanting. You can use the services of specialized agencies and get comprehensive assistance. You can also hire individual specialists, including:
- Party entertainer (host). Even a small wedding requires someone to entertain guests, hold various competitions, and generally coordinate the course of the celebration, following a pre-agreed program;
- Florist, decorator. These experts are especially relevant for a themed wedding when you need to carefully consider all the components – from the decoration of the banquet hall and the preparation of appropriate accessories for the newlyweds and cars;
- Video operator, photographer. No wedding is complete without video and photoshoot. You should invite such specialists to then have beautiful photos and videos, a wedding album or even a professionally shot love story and edited by an expert operator;
- Makeup artist and stylist to create the look of the bride (makeup, hairstyle);
- The specialists responsible for the entertainment program (DJs, magicians, dancers, musicians).
How to choose a wedding color
When planning where to celebrate a wedding in Lviv, you should consider the choice of color for your theme design. Next, you need to decorate the hall in the appropriate color palette, think about the clothes for the newlyweds and guests, which will match the main wedding tones. Designers recommend choosing 2 colors – the first main and the second for creating bright accents. The popular combinations are white-black, yellow-purple, fuchsia-olive, white-blue, white-pink. Also, experts recommend considering the season during which the wedding takes place:
- Bright combinations look great in summer;
- In autumn, preference is given to orange, warm yellow, beige, golden, red;
- In the winter, the wedding looks fabulous if white, silver, and blue shades;
- In the spring it is better to give preference to peach, pink, green.
An important point is informing guests about the color scheme selected and the need for a proper dress code. You can easily do it through the invitations that are sent to guests in person and which also indicate the date, time and place of the wedding.
Where to celebrate wedding in Lviv
Choosing a banquet hall is also a very important and responsible question. It’s necessary to take into account the location of this place, the availability of the necessary space for all guests of the area and furniture, the quality of food and drinks, the stylization of the room itself. If you are looking for a place to organize an unforgettable wedding in Lviv and want to book the best hall, then take advantage of the luxury BANKHOTEL hotel complex. For newlyweds and their guests, the hotel offers stylish banquet rooms – CONGRESS HALL with an area of 500 sq.m., designed for 150 people, as well as SAFE RESTAURANT for a wedding for 60 guests. BANKHOTEL WEDDING’s unique service includes:
- Beauty studio services;
- Popular locations for good photoshoots near the hotel;
- Possibility to arrange a free photoshoot in BANKHOTEL and photoshoots in LUXE class apartments (Premier, Presidential rooms) with a 50% discount;
- Creation of desserts and wedding cakes by the author’s pastry shop;
- Special offers and discounted rates for accommodating guests in hotel rooms;
- A buffet table area for a destination ceremony in the winter garden;
- Arranging the transfer of the newlyweds on the day after the wedding.
In the banquet halls, there are large round tables that can be set up most conveniently. The rooms have not only stylish design but also a podium for newlyweds, screens, and cameras for displaying on-line broadcasts or videos (a love story).
How much does a wedding in Lviv cost?
When determining your wedding budget, you should take into account all the main and associated expenses. This requires careful planning of the cost of all the accessories and clothes for the newlyweds, the cost of transfer and a banquet hall. Therefore, you can only determine the total cost after all purchases and payments have been calculated. If you don’t know yet how to arrange a wedding, you need qualified comprehensive assistance and professional wedding preparation, and lists of what is required for the ceremony and celebration, then you can contact the managers of BANKHOTEL. You will certainly be offered the optimal version of the hall, delicious and refined menu with a variety of dishes, elite drinks, unique desserts. Also, the hotel’s specialists will be able to assist with the decoration of the location, the preparation of an entertainment program. In addition, you will be provided with the services of attentive and skillful waiters, car parking areas, the best rooms for newlyweds and guests who want to stay till the morning.
