The one thing “dream wedding” doesn’t quite infer is that it takes a lot of time (couples spend, on average, one to two hours a day planning) and a lot of money ($37,000 on average). That’s way too much moolah and hours of your life to have regrets over one big party. Since hindsight is 20/20, we talked to real brides about their biggest mistakes so you don’t make the same ones.

