Planning a Wedding

YOUR PERSONALIZED WEDDING PLAN

The wedding you can actually afford, planned in the right order

Planning a wedding

A plan before a Pinterest board

Answer a few questions about your budget, your guest list, your style, and your date. We'll rank the formats that honestly fit, show you where the money goes and how the guest count moves it, lay out the vendor booking order, and map everything between today and the day.

WHY GAIDO

Know Before You Book the Venue

Formats Ranked, Not Listed

Formats Ranked, Not Listed

Classic venue, restaurant, backyard, destination, courthouse, or elopement — scored against your budget, guest count, and priorities.
The Real Budget, Up Front

The Real Budget, Up Front

Where every dollar typically goes for your format, and the guest-count math that moves the total more than anything else.
Today Through the Day

Today Through the Day

A dated timeline: booking order, license window, RSVPs, final payments, and the week-of — in the order that actually works.
HOW IT WORKS

Three steps to a real plan

Most weddings start with a venue tour and a number that grows for a year. The good ones start with a budget, a guest count, and an order of operations — this gets you there in minutes.

Setting a wedding table
3 PLANS

Choose Snapshot, Plan, or Playbook — from a quick format ranking to the full playbook with legal basics, money conversations, savings moves, and curveballs.

1. Choose Your Plan

Pick your depth — a quick snapshot of what kind of wedding fits your budget, or the complete playbook for planning it.

2. Answer a Few Questions

Your budget, your guest list, your style, who's contributing, and your date. Takes 2-6 minutes.

3. Get Your Plan

Your personalized Wedding Gaido lands in your inbox within minutes — formats, gauges, budget, guest math, and timeline.

CHOOSE YOUR PLAN

Three Levels of Depth

Snapshot
Your formats ranked, readiness gauges, and a dated planning timeline from today through the day.

Plan
Adds the budget breakdown, the guest-count math, and the vendor playbook with booking order and contract must-haves.

Playbook
Everything in Plan plus legal basics, the money conversations, savings moves plotted, and curveball scenarios.