In the beginning part 2

YOU need your venue booked before you can print your invitation cards but you cant book your venue until you know how many people will be attending. Clearly if you book a hall that can accommodate 100 guests and then invite 250 people - there is going to be a problem.

So before you book a venue make out your guest list.

For a Desi shaadi, the guest list will generally be in four categories as follows:

The Brides guests
The Bridegrooms guests
Guests of the bride's parents
Guests of the bridegroom's parents

If the total number of guests is getting out of hand, there are some ways you can approach this dilemma. First you can easily exclude children.
A wedding should be a fun function but it is also a solemn occasion celebrating the coming together of two people for life.
Ill mannered rambunctious children can detract from the occasion and once the urchins are on the premises there will be little you can do to control their behavior.
By excluding them from the invitation you solve two problems at the same time.

The guest list for the Mendi will be different than for the main shaadi function and if your Nikah ceremony is separate than that is a separate guest list as well.


Aside from this the choice of the actual wedding date is crucial. You don't want it conflicting with a cousin's wedding which will divide the family attendance and similarly you want to make sure it's not the same day as a family members graduation day.

In Islamic tradition there are some months more auspicious for holding weddings than others but for the most part people care more about the convenience factor. The main object is to ensure maximum attendance.
In the US the months that have the highest census for weddings is June when 11% of all weddings take place. You  will want to take this into account because what that means is that you are competing with that many more people for the same facilities.

Economics 101 says higher demand with static supply translates into higher prices.
So everything else being equal June will be the most expensive month for a wedding in the US.