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Planning guides
Practical writing on invitations, budgets, traditions and timelines, for ceremonies across Europe and South Asia.
GuidesHow to Make a Wedding Invitation Video for WhatsAppWhat length, size and shape a wedding invitation video needs to survive WhatsApp, and how to make one free with no watermark in your browser.Yasmin Ahmed · 6 min read
BudgetingWhat a Wedding Costs in Bangladesh, India and PakistanReal 2026 figures for a South Asian wedding — per-plate catering, total budgets by tier, and why cost per guest is the only number that settles an argument.Fatima Malik · 10 min read
GuidesHow to Plan a Wedding: Start to FinishA step-by-step wedding planning roadmap built for a multi-event South Asian wedding — budget, guest list, venue, vendors and the running order, in the sequence each one actually constrains the next.Sarah Rahman · 11 min read
BudgetingWedding Budget Guide: How to Allocate Costs and Save MoneyA wedding budget breakdown by category, how to work out your real cost per guest, and where a multi-event South Asian wedding quietly overspends.Anisur Rahman · 5 min read
TraditionsNikah Planning Guide: Traditions, Timelines, and Key DetailsHow to plan a Nikah ceremony in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan: the Mahr, witnesses and Wakil, the Nikah and Walima timeline, and what belongs on the invitation card.Yasmin Ahmed · 4 min read
EtiquetteWedding Invitation Wording Examples by CeremonyWedding invitation wording examples for the Nikah, Walima, Mehndi, Gaye Holud, Haldi, Sangeet and reception, in English, Bangla, Hindi or Urdu.Priya Sharma · 9 min read
Social MediaCreative Wedding Hashtag Ideas and Generator GuideHow to make a wedding hashtag that guests will actually use, with naming patterns that work for Bengali, Hindi and Urdu names as well as English ones.Karan Malhotra · 8 min read
TemplatesThe Ultimate Wedding Checklist: A Timeline-Based TemplateA free wedding checklist you can print or download as CSV, with every task dated from your own wedding day — 12 months out to the final week, built for a multi-event South Asian wedding.Fatima Malik · 9 min read
EtiquetteWedding Speech Examples for Every RoleWhat to say as the best man, maid of honour, father of the bride or groom — structure, length, opening lines and the jokes to leave out.Karan Malhotra · 9 min read
GuidesWedding Day Timeline: An Hour-by-Hour Running OrderA realistic wedding day schedule with the buffers most timelines leave out, plus how the running order changes across a Nikah, a Gaye Holud and a reception.Sarah Rahman · 9 min read