Anxious about timing!

It’s doable! Do what YOU want.
I was engaged May 2019, and I wanted a January/February 2020 wedding And ended up with a May 2020 date. Everyone told me I was crazy and that wasn’t enough time. I was done with vendors and planning by December. Well, I would have been married already had I gone with what I wanted. Instead, I’ve had to move my wedding twice due to COVID. I’m now set for February 2021 lol so I guess I’m finally getting my February wedding after all.

I will also say though that a lot of 2020 brides have been forced to choose 2021 dates. So I would say go look at some venues and check availability before picking a date.
Congratulations! Happy planning!

You are not crazy! I got engaged November 2019 and was married at my technically destination location September 1st 2020 and had my reception September 19th 2020. It is doable !

I agree with PP that in general, it would be doable. But, given all the 2020 brides who rescheduled for 2021, you may have a harder than usual time finding available vendors. It doesn't hurt to look though!

I agree that it's totally doable! But, Hannah is right, it will be hard because of people rescheduling to 2020. As a 2021 bride, I had to get all my vendors right away. Even back in April, when I was booking my DJ, two of my options were already booked. It's doable but, you'll have to do a lot of your planning and booking right away.

Agree with the others- it’s doable but going to a lot harder to find available venders & venues. What’s your vision for your wedding?

You have time if you stick to what is truly important to you! Engaged 9/1/20 and getting married 11/1/20. Granted, this has been only possible because we are having such a small wedding (45 people) and have the money already to book everything.

I agree with everyone that it is doable. I just wrote a post about our wedding planning oddessy. We are eloping. We've planned so many weddings and something always came up. We hope to have a large reception several months after our elopement. If you want less stress and more planning time, move it to 2022 and book asap. CONGRATULATIONS!! 👏

We got engaged Dec 31 2018, and were married by Aug 24 2019.

It's totally doable, but you have to be focused, decisive, and flexible.

You have more than enough time, but you need to get on it.

You def can do it! We got engaged July 4 2019 and married May 16 2020. The pandemic had us downsize but we developed our budget, went dress shopping (me lol), and since we found a venue that fit into our budget it was easy to plan and get married. As long as you stay organized and make lists lol

As long as you can find your venue and vendors then it will be fine. I would definitely start putting deposits down because 2021 will be a busy year since many brides had to postpone

Can you do it? Sure. Do you want to? Think about it. If you’re already having wedding anxiety, I would really think about a later date mainly so you have less Covid/rescheduling stress. A lot of companies are still planning to work from home through summer 2021 (apple, google) so I think the likelihood of a “normal” wedding is still pretty uncertain for that time. I’d really suggest summer 2022 or winter 2021 if you don’t want to be constantly changing things.

It’s totally doable. I planned my entire wedding in 10 weeks. The only thing is that so many weddings have been postponed from this year that it might be hard to find a venue and if you do it might conflict with other weddings from friends or family. Just stay super organized and you can do it. Good luck!

Yes you probably can, but honestly, why?!?! Looking over these forums you will see so many posts about the stress and heartbreak from brides rescheduling and dealing with uncertainty/cancellations/lost deposits because of the pandemic. This is now including many of us who never imagined our 2021 dates would be at risk but are now facing the same tough decisions.
Weddings are unlikely to return to “normal” until a vaccine is developed and widely distributed, and very few estimates put that timeline early enough next year for you to comfortably make decisions on final headcount/send invites/etc (which is about 10+ weeks prior to wedding per normal etiquette- so April).
My advice, don’t willingly become a COVID bride. Enjoy your engagement and plan for 2022 when you won’t have to compete with as many reschedules and can have the day you really want- a year and a half is a very normal length engagement and will go faster than you think.

Yes absolutely should be doable! I got engaged December 2019 and had everything done by February 2020 for our planned wedding in May 2020, which of course we had to postpone until next May! I think as long as you can be somewhat flexible you should be fine. Maybe look at getting married on a Thursday or Friday if Saturday isn't available at your chosen venue, lots of venues offer discounts for getting married during the week instead of a Saturday.