With more than two decades of experience in the Australian event and wedding industry, Benita Kam of BNT Management remains one of the most stylish and respected planners in the event space. Founded in 1999, BNT Management has a reputation as a leader in the field of luxury events. BNT offers a full concept design, styling, coordination and planning service across the board - strategically and creatively producing custom events to reflect each and every client.
It is easy to organize a wedding in terms of hiring - choose a tablecloth, book a band, hire the candelabras and pay the deposits to the photographer and videographers.
BNT Management however has that something extra; creativity, imagination; flair. Ingredients that turn a wedding into ‘the most talked about wedding of the year.”
8 Tips and Tricks for your perfect day
The top tip is to engage a wedding planner. The perfect wedding celebration is a beautiful idea. Designing it can be overwhelming. Wedding planners are there to take a couple’s vision and then they will execute it with originality that pertains to each individual couple and will pay attention to all of the details that have been mentioned to them so that everyone especially the bride and groom have the best time.
Don’t listen to everyone’s advice and don’t ask for too much of it as this will make everything really stressful. It is important that couples remain true to themselves. The best way to plan a wedding efficiently and easily is to engage a top team.
Make sure that the planner you engage will book vendors that you trust. If you trust the planner then you in turn will trust the vendors. This way you don’t need to second guess any choices. Ask your planner to look after the timeline and the budget so that they will inform you when decisions need to be made and what is to be expected. I always say a happy bride is a well-informed bride. The same applies to guests. A happy guest is a well-informed guest - make sure they know all details.
Don’t have a set budget as a wedding is a bit like building something. It is important to have a range for a budget and as long as it is realistic, and you can have some flexibility then no one will be disappointed. BUT determine a budget based on what you can afford. Do not put a rope around your necks for one night. Nobody in the room will know about the things you wanted and couldn’t have.
5. Don’t expect absolute perfection and prioritize on what is important - as something can always go wrong, but this needs to be put into perspective. What is important is your future lives together as partners - not the tiny details of the wedding celebrations (that only you know should have been different in the first place!)
6. When you get to the beginning of the aisle - STOP, and silently count to ten before you take your steps forward. This provides for a great photo opportunity.
7. Before you leave for the ceremony it is really important to stop and breathe and just savor the moments as they go so fast. This is the dream you will have had in your head for so long, so, stop for a minute and appreciate it.
8. Make sure you give a list to your planner or to the photographer of special people you want in your photographs as they can’t guess who those people are. This way important guests won’t be forgotten, and you won’t regret any missed opportunities to capture the moments with those closest to you.
