Before going on to give some wonderful wedding advice, I would like to share my best moment during a wedding. It's the time when the newly-weds have their first dance. As I look at them all happy and glowing, I am relieved that everything has gone as well as planned and the stars of the night are finally married.

A Million Moving Pieces To Coordinate

When I plan a wedding as you can imagine there are a million moving pieces coming together to create the overall experience. Especially when I plan really big weddings I have to really be on top of what's going on with each element that makes up the wedding to ensure that everything is going in the right direction.

People ask me all the time, "What is your best advice for pulling off a big wedding?" My answer isn't simple or one line. I think of it like pulling off a movie and all of the people that you need to be a part of making a movie in order for it to be a blockbuster success. That's why I want to review with you a couple of the elements that I think are KEY to planning and pulling off a big wedding:.

1. DON'T FORGET to Hire a Wedding Planner - The first advice that I always give is that the couple should never forget to hire a wedding planner. In a big wedding, there are a lot of people involved and they all need to be taken care of and coordinated. Let someone else do this for you so that you can enjoy your wedding.

2. A Good Director - Just like a movie needs a good director, you need a good wedding planner. If you want a large-scale wedding, you need to make sure that you hire a wedding planner with a strong team, wonderful experience, and the perfect confidence to handle your wedding look. This is especially true if you plan to have your wedding in a distinctive, different location. So hire a good wedding planner who can make you the star of your wedding.

3. Hire someone you can Bond with - If the star of the movie and the director don't understand each other or can't see eye-to-eye, then the movie is bound to be a failure. So take my wedding advice and hire a wedding planner you can easily connect with. Remember you will be spending a lot of your time with your wedding planner, so make sure that it is someone who understands you and who you understand.

4. Get the Help of the Supporting Cast - A movie cannot succeed without its supporting cast. And a wedding cannot be a success without the help of the bridal party and the parents. So my wedding advice here will be help them understand that they are important for the success of this wedding event and that you need them to be as helpful as possible.

5. Hire a Team that Works Well Together - The whole crew of the movie needs to work together as a team and have the same vision. That's the only way a movie can be successful. So take my wedding and hire vendors who are the best in their profession. They should understand the wedding look that you want and should work together as a close-knit team to get that for you.

6. An Incredible Script - The team maybe great but if the script is weak, the movie will not succeed. So here's another bit of wedding advice. Be organized. Make sure that each team member has an event binder. The binder should include every bit of essential information. The itinerary should be clearly recorded. Have an hourly schedule ready. The schedule should clearly state where each vendor and each member of the bridal party will be at a particular time. The schedule will help everyone clearly understand their role and bring up any doubts or questions that might come up. The wedding planner will handle all doubts and questions at this stage. So be organized.

If you have lofty ideas for your wedding you must understand exactly what you're asking for and where you are asking for it to be done. When you're sitting down to review your wedding, even if it's not a big production, you still need to make sure that you have all the fixings for a wedding that is going to run smoothly.