Guest List: Don’t invite people because “your mum thinks you should”. It’s your wedding not the families.

Format: Do what you think is fun. Screw what annoys the family!

Venue: Beware of money grabbing Wedding outfits who’ll “do everything to make your day special”, but charge you three time more than if you’d arranged things yourself…then still f*ck it up. Bater and beat them down on price best you can, ask for a break down of costs and justification of anything that is extortionate.

Consider the bar prices, your guests will want to get bladdered without taking out a mortgage to do so.

Choose your best man and head maid carefully, hopefully you’ll get someone that takes all the worry off you on the big day and leave you to just focus on enjoying yourselves. Leave any hiccups to them to sort out.

Photography – Buy a really nice digital SLR and give it to someone you trust to take pictures of everyone. Hundreds of them – this gives you a far better record of the event than either video shy people or professional poses. (Do those as well of course!)