8 wedding planning mistakes—and how to deal

1 doing anything before making the guest list

We know you’re so excited to be engaged and plan an amazing wedding. You can’t wait to choose your save-the-dates, book your venue, select your flowers and taste cake flavors. But hold on—one of the most important factors that goes into wedding planning is your guest list, which essentially determines your budget. It’s what also shapes most of the other elements of your wedding, from the venue to the catering. It’s not the easiest part of planning, but you shouldn’t make any decisions before you have your list pretty firmly in place. Why? You don’t want to put down a nonrefundable deposit on a cozy restaurant room that fits 75 when your mother-in-law’s additions bump your list to over 200. Once you’ve discussed numbers