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Some general thoughts:

      Stick to your budget. You'll make things a great deal easier on yourself and you won't waste time pursuing options that you can't afford.
      Get everything in writing. Get every aspect of your agreements in writing, including things like song selections, food selections and pre-arranged photos.
      Get references from every place you are considering doing business with. Remember that you should get three positive references and one negative one. Ask a lot of questions. Don't turn a solid company down because they have had a negative reference or two. There are people who will give a negative reference because an MC mispronounced a name. If that is all that goes wrong on your wedding day, consider yourself very fortunate!

Your wedding date:

       What season do you prefer? Take the climate into consideration. Do you want a country garden wedding in the spring? A seaport wedding in the summer? A celebration at a refurbished farmhouse in the fall? Does the season matter at all?
       Is there a time of year that your family or the groom's family finds meaningful?
       Does the availability of the ceremony and reception site coincide with your desired date or season?
       Are there conflicts that exist for you, your family, the groom, his family or the attendants (such as graduations, vacations, military commitments, another wedding, pregnancy/birth)? Your matron of honor would probably not enjoy standing next to you and getting photos taken in her eighth or ninth month in a dress that could double as a tent!

Your wedding party:

When deciding who to cast in the roles of wedding attendant, consider the responsibilities that go along with the job. It is best to make copies of the lists of responsibilities and hand them out to clear up any confusions.
As soon as you figure out who you want in your wedding party, go and ask them. You will need to know if there are any conflicting schedules and they need advance notice to prepare for the extensive financial and time commitments.

The guest list:

        This is the biggest problem for most couples. Generally the best idea is to divide up the guest list three ways; the bride's parents, the groom's parents and the couple. Each get to invite approximately a third of all the guests.
        Start out by listing everyone you'd ideally like to have and spread out from there. Remember to keep your budget in mind!
        Set up boundaries and restrictions if the list is too long. You may have to restrict children, for instance. If so, you have to set a cut-off point. 16 or 18 are common. You may have to set the boundary at co-workers or distant relatives. Be consistent. As long as your third cousins don't have to hear that your second cousins twice removed have been invited, they should understand.