How to find the time to have a big, fat Pakistani wedding for a working couple?

[Hammad_hassan]

@RaniPakistani

As we all know, our weddings have at LEAST a mendhi, baraat, and valima function, not to mention other events like mayoon, dholkis, etc etc. And then there’s the honeymoon, of course.

How does a working couple find the time to fit in all the functions within the week? Of course, getting a few weeks of vacation during the wedding period is ideal, but how should one manage if that is not the case? I often see entire weddings happening over the course of a weekend - mendhi on Friday, baraat on Saturday, and valima on Sunday. However, I feel like having every event in succession (especially if you had to work the week before!) is kind of exhausting. I’d be nice to have a day or two in between here or there! Having a wedding during a long weekend is nice, but aren’t hall prices increased during this time? How does it work when split over the course of two weekends? And do people go on honeymoon right away or wait until later? And what about family in Pakistan that is unable to attend your wedding? I had a friend who went with her husband to Pakistan two months after their wedding in North America to meet each others’ families for the first time and have a reception there. What about taking time out to go to Pakistan before your wedding to shop?

I am trying to figure out how to do this for my wedding that is coming up in a few years. On one hand, I’d love to take months off to have my wedding, honeymoon, and a Pakistan trip, but I have to save up money to fund all this at the same time.

How did it work for you, ladies? How did you balance work with your wedding? Did you have it all over the course of a weekend or spread it out? And how did you balance other things like the honeymoon and trips to Pakistan?

For a working person, one has to be very organized and plan every thing in advance to do them accordingly. you can save lot of money and time if you do all those things those can be possibly in advance but nowadays the most convenient option is to hire a wedding planner, contact them 5 or 6 months in advance , in two three meeting you can finalize things with them after that you only have to follow up with them which is not that difficult. you don’t have run for every thing and just have to contact one person and he/she will update you with all. we hired a wedding planner for my sister’s wedding and our experience was too good, they took care of every thing as they started from budget allocation, wedding theem, design selection for bridal dress and other dresses as well, then all the wedding function arrangements, venue selection, catering ,stages, music, wedding cards etc . the one we hired was Royale Wedding & Event Planners www.Royale-events.com](http://www.royale-events.com/) see pic gallery for their work.