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Latest · PlanningCan Everyone Hear You? Sound at Your Ceremony and Speeches
The vows and the speeches are the two moments people came for, and they are the two most likely to be inaudible past row four. Here is what actually goes wrong with wedding sound, and the short list of questions that fixes it.
PlanningThe Drinks Reception: How to Fill the Hour After the Ceremony
The gap between the ceremony and the meal is the least planned part of the day and one of the longest. Here is how long it really runs, what to feed people, and what to do about the fact that you will not be there for most of it.
PlanningDogs at Your Wedding: How to Actually Make It Work
Wanting your dog there is the easy part. Here is what venues really allow, who should be holding the lead, and how to build a plan that works in a hot July field.
PlanningWedding Insurance: What It Covers and When to Buy
The average UK wedding now costs around £21,990, and most of it is paid to other people months in advance. Here is what wedding insurance actually covers, what it never will, and the point in your planning to sort it.
PlanningGiving Notice: The Legal Bit of Getting Married
Before the venue, the dress or the cake means anything, there is a legal step every couple in England and Wales has to take. Here is what giving notice involves, when to do it, and what it costs.
CeremonyHow to Choose Your Wedding Readings
The readings are the part of the ceremony that sounds most like you. Here is how to pick them, who should read, and how to keep them short enough to land.
PlanningHow to Write Your Own Wedding Vows
A gentle, practical guide to writing your own wedding vows, from finding the right structure to steadying your nerves on the day, so the words sound like you and not a greetings card.
PlanningYour Wedding Photo Shot List: What to Give Your Photographer
A practical guide to building a wedding photo shot list, from the family groups you will forget in the moment to the golden-hour portraits, and a simple way to share it with your photographer and your guests.
PlanningChoosing Your Summer Wedding Ceremony Time
How to pick a summer wedding ceremony start time that suits the heat, the light and your guests, with a simple way to share the running order so nobody turns up at the wrong moment.
PlanningWedding Speeches: Order, Timing and Who Says What
Who speaks, in what order, and when in the day. A calm guide to wedding speeches that keeps them warm, short and free of last-minute panic.
PlanningHow to Make a Wedding Seating Plan Without the Stress
The seating plan is the job most couples dread, and the one they start too early. Here is the order that makes it take an evening rather than a fortnight, with the tricky tables sorted.
StylingWedding Confetti: What's Allowed and What to Choose
The confetti shot takes fifteen seconds and often ends up framed on the wall. Here is what venues actually allow in 2026, which petals to choose, and how to get the picture right.
EtiquetteChildren at Weddings: How to Decide, and How to Word It
Family day or adults-only? The children question splits a lot of guest lists. Here is how to make the call with confidence, and how to word it so no parent feels shut out.