The Wedding Planning Collective
Less panic.
More prosecco.
Let me help guide you through your wedding planning journey.
You're planning your own wedding, just with a wedding planner bestie alongside you.
Simply Wed hands you the tools, the timeline and the answers, with all the details in one place, instead of a messy twenty-tabs-open approach to planning. One place to hold everything your wedding needs.
Take me to the good stuffBig budget, small budget, back room of a pub. We're not fussy.
Two hundred guests or twelve. Country house, registry office, your mum's garden. However you're doing this, you should arrive at the day feeling organised rather than frazzled. That is the entire point of us.
So, what is Simply Wed?
A wedding planning membership for couples doing it themselves. Everything you need to plan your own wedding, in one place, with an experienced wedding planner on speed-dial for when you get stuck.
Nobody hands you a manual for this. So rather than piece it together from blogs and forums at midnight, here's the lot, in plain English, in the order you actually need it:
- Every guide, template and checklist, behind one login
- A ten step planning series, from newly engaged to the morning after
- Budget tools that tell you the truth about what things cost
- A real wedding planner you can ask, not a forum full of strangers
- Monthly Q&As with suppliers who actually do the job
The point isn't to hand you somebody else's wedding. It's to get you clear on what matters to the two of you, then build the day around that. Do that, and the budget stops being frightening: you know what to spend on, and what's simply a nice to have.
Our Mission Statement
Reclaim your time and your sanity, and enjoy planning your wedding
My mission is to help couples plan their wedding with confidence and less stress. We provide easy to use resources, expert advice and a wedding planner on hand to guide you every step of the way. Wedding planning should be exciting, not overwhelming, and we're here to make it easier and more enjoyable.
Here's what you actually get
Your own wedding planner on speed-dial
One login. Everything inside it talks to everything else.
Helpful downloads
From budget spreadsheets and wedding planning checklists to example wedding day timelines and venue and supplier suggestions, we have you covered. Download it, fill it in, tick it off.
Ask a wedding planner
Stuck on something? Ask. Jess is your resident wedding planner and answers your questions directly, so you're never left guessing or trusting a stranger on a forum at 11pm.
Monthly Q&As
Each month we invite an industry professional to talk through a wedding topic, from florals to catering, with the tips and the things nobody thinks to tell you.
The Planning Hub
Have a proper look inside
This is the bit that does the heavy lifting. Guest list, budget, suppliers, timeline and seating plan, all talking to each other. Change one number in one place and everything else keeps up.
The Ten Step Planning Series
Ten phases. One at a time.
In the order you actually need them. Start at phase one, or drop straight into whichever phase you're in right now.
01
Kickstart your wedding planning
Where to actually begin. Setting the date, the shape of the day, and the first three decisions that everything else hangs off.
02
Creating your budget
A ready made budget spreadsheet, sample budgets at different price points and guest numbers, and how to keep the thing honest.
03
Systems and guestlist
Get organised once, properly. The guest list, the tracking, and the systems that stop things falling through the cracks.
04
Building your dream team
Choosing and booking your suppliers, in the right order, with the exact questions to ask before you sign anything.
05
Wedding attire
Dresses, suits and everything either side of them. Timings for ordering, fittings and alterations so nothing arrives late.
06
Design & decor
Working out what you actually like, then turning it into a look that holds together across the whole day.
07
Your ceremony
The legal bits, the personal bits, readings, music and the running order. The part everyone remembers.
08
Guest communication
Save the dates, invitations, wedding websites and the drip of information guests need, at the point they need it.
09
Timelines, checklists, layouts
The day-of timeline, the room layouts and the seating plan. The documents that make the day run itself.
10
Finalising the details
The last six weeks. Final numbers, dietary requirements, supplier confirmations and everything you hand over.
The Library
Every guide, template and checklist in one place
Budgets, booking suppliers, the ceremony, the seating plan, the marquee, the timeline. Written by someone who has done it a few hundred times, in plain English, with the exact questions to ask before you sign anything.
New guides go in as we write them, and you get all of them for as long as you are a member.
Show me what's insideHow it works (three steps, we promise)
Step one
Join
Pick monthly or pay once. You are inside straight away, no waiting list and no onboarding call.
Step two
Add your date
The timeline builds itself around your wedding day, then tells you what needs doing and when.
Step three
Work the list
Do the next thing, not all the things. Tick it off. Repeat until married.
Wherever you are in the planning, we can help
Just engaged and haven't the faintest idea where to start? Perfect. Begin at phase one and let the timeline tell you what to do and when. You never have to work out what comes next, because it is already worked out.
Six months in, a few suppliers booked, quietly worried you've forgotten something enormous? Also perfect. Drop into the phase you're actually in, run the checklist backwards, and find the gaps before they find you.
Eight weeks out and drowning in seating plans, dietary requirements and a running order nobody agrees on? Especially perfect. That is precisely what the timeline builder, the seating tool and the final details guides were made for.
There's no right time to join and no penalty for joining late. You get the whole library either way, and you only work the bits you still need.
Start from where I amMeet your host, your online virtual wedding planner
Hi, I'm Jess
I love love, and I'm a romantic at heart.
Fifteen years of wedding planning, in beautiful venues and running my own business, Ardour & Bow. I've had the honour of creating unforgettable celebrations for some incredible couples.
With Simply Wed I want to help couples plan their own weddings confidently, with less stress and a good few ideas for saving money along the way.
Here's what I wish every couple knew on day one: you don't need a wedding planner. You need a plan. That is exactly what this is.
Come and plan with me
The unglamorous bits, handled
Straight answers on the things that quietly derail a wedding budget.
What a venue actually means by "exclusive hire"
The questions to ask a caterer before you sign anything
Why your budget spreadsheet keeps telling you fibs
What to book, and the order to book it in
How to seat two people who are not currently speaking
Get this special resource free now!
The Ultimate Wedding Planning Checklist
Would you like to know when you should be booking your suppliers, arranging caterers? How about a 20 page checklist that lists the things you need to consider when considering catering, entertainment, venues and more!
Yes please, send it overRight then. Is this actually for you?
We'd rather tell you now than take your money and have you find out in March.
This is for you if
- You're engaged, you're planning it yourselves, and the to-do list has started showing up in your head at 11pm
- You want to know what things actually cost before you fall in love with them
- You'd rather ask a real wedding planner a daft question than google it and trust a stranger
- You're happy to do the work. You just want someone to tell you what the work is
- You want the day to look like the two of you, not like somebody else's Pinterest board
This isn't for you if
- You've already hired a full wedding planner. They'll do all of this for you, and they should
- You want somebody else to make the decisions. We hand you the information. You're still the ones choosing
- You'd rather wing it entirely. Some people do, and it's genuinely just not what we're for
- You're after a single template rather than the whole planning process
- You're not getting married. Do stay for the champagne tower photos though
Cheaper than the cake
Both options open the whole library. Cancel the monthly whenever you like, and we'll auto-cancel it after your wedding date so you never pay for a membership you no longer need.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to become a member?
How long do I have to sign up for?
Do I get access to a wedding planner?
What Topics will be included?
Can I cancel my membership?
Can I suggest a topic for the Q&A sessions?
Right then. Shall we?
Join the collective and get the whole planning library, the community and a wedding planner in your corner, from £30 a month.
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