We’ve got some new writers sharing their stories on Staggered and we thought you might like to meet them. After all, just like you they represent the grooms, brides, best men and fathers of the brides who are soon to be getting married.

We’ll be following their journeys as they take us through the joys and pitfalls of planning a wedding and preparing for the biggest day of their lives.

The ladies are getting palpitations about flowers, favours and frocks, but is there any aspect of the wedding planning process than can pique the interest of the average groom for more than a few minutes? If you want to arrive at the Big Day in style and you prefer two wheels to four, how about getting to the church on a chauffeur-driven Harley?

Given that the average UK wedding costs a cool £18,636, wouldn’t it make you feel all warm and fuzzy to know that at least some of that dosh is going to a good cause? To make sure that your Big Day makes a big difference, read on…

Booking your wedding band sounds like it would be a joyous thing – you get to listen to some great music and inflict your musical taste on everyone you know, but there are pitfalls aplenty, so read this before you book the band.

They say you should never work with children and animals, and weddings are no exception to that rule. A male elephant hired for a lavish Hindu wedding in India has caused more than £200,000 of damage in a six-hour rampage after trying to reach a female who was in heat. In a display of behaviour that makes the typical stag-do mischief look rather tame in comparison, the frisky fellow managed to trample over 20 limousines in his efforts to make contact with a female in a neighbouring sugar cane field in New Delhi.

The Plump Gardener talks us through the options for buttonholes – what should we be wearing and what should we be avoiding – and what the heck is a quince?

After all the fuss about the mengagement rings it has been overlooked that not all men even like wearing a wedding ring. So what are your options if you’re getting married in church? Can you opt-out of the wedding ring?

Is your wedding budget the stuff of nightmares? Surely we Brits can’t be the only people to chuck thousands upon thousands of pounds at one day, albeit one of the most important days in your life? Certainly not according to a new survey from The Knot.

You’ve probably seen all the fancy pants first dances, where brides and grooms go to a massive effort to make their dance more memorable than a shuffle around the floor. We asked one of the most famous first dance grooms to tell us about his Dirty Dancing experience and whether it’s all worthwhile.

A wedding without champagne is unthinkable – that’s why we’re giving you the chance to win enough champagne to raise a toast to all of your guests.