Your best friend is getting married. Or perhaps a family member is getting married. Or maybe, even you’re getting married! And this particular wedding is somewhere that you have to travel to. It is a destination event. And that means you have to get ready to go. And it means that you have to figure out all of the details, tips, and advice that you can follow to make it as enjoyable of an experience as possible.

It’s time to break out the wedding checklists. It’s time to plan in advance exactly how you want to look once you make it to this wedding. It’s time to look into what locals talk about at this wedding’s location. And it’s time to start preparing yourself to be patient with travel concepts.

Bust Out the Checklists

Everybody loves a checklist. And when it comes time to travel to a destination wedding, there’s nothing better than to have a list broken down into a million pieces, with each step clearly delineated as something you need to get done in a specific order. When you find the right set of checklists, you can take away a lot of the anxiety that you would have trying to figure out small incremental steps on your own.

Plan Personal Appearance Goals Way in Advance

People want to see and be seen at weddings. But if you decide you want to lose 10 pounds a week before the wedding, you’re in trouble. Or if you want to get that six-pack before heading off to a destination wedding in the Bahamas, you’re not going to get it in three days. If you plan out your desired wedding appearance many months in advance, you can slowly work towards your fitness and appearance goals. Some people pick a wedding dress or suit that they can’t fit into yet as a way to put their goal in concrete. There’s nothing wrong with having wedding fitness goals. You just have to plan them in advance.

Read Advice from Locals at the Destination

There are lots of great aspects of heading off to travel to a destination wedding. But, if you’re not familiar with that area, you need to do some research. A good place to start is by reading about the best places for destination weddings. And in finding out what advice people give about those locations. Chances are pretty likely you’ll be able to use tips in a way that improves your travel preparation processes.

Be Patient With Travel Trouble

Many people take it for granted that traveling to a wedding will go seamlessly, just because you have tickets and a plan. But things happen. Flights get canceled. Trains take extra time to get to locations. Rental car agreements don’t always work out. The more you prepare yourself to be patient with travel issues, the more your attitude will improve your entire experience as a whole.