hi kitkioko,
considering ur confused situation, my gut feel is not to listen too much to wat ur relos say. think u might have heard too much. I think wat u nid to do is to seriously discuss with ur hubby how u wanna plan the wedding from Aussie and appoint someone whom u trust to be ur running legs.
1) start with drafting the wedding budget
2) use our previous posting on various styles of gowns, short list the ones u like, make a list.
3) get someone to be ur running leg to visit ur shortlisted BS
4) take some pics & packages to send u for review
5) select final 3 and visit when u return in June.
think that may be more practical.
2ndly, i concur with the brides above. following my comment above, ur running legs will probably be your relos or best gal frens whom I feel will not travel to JB as often as u can request them to do so.
3rdly, if u feel that is too much for u to handle after drafting all the budget and plan, alternatively, u can hire a wedding coordinator in S'pore to assist u.
ps: since u are located in Aussie, think u can do the following:
1) hire a SG PG to do PS in Aussie.
2) hire an Aussie PG to do PS in Aussie.
this will help u not to fly back and for for PS in SGP.
or if u do not nid a PS, put all the budget amt and invest in a good AD PG.