Can I plan a wedding in 4 months?!

You can plan a wedding in days. However, the availability of the vendors and venues you want may be lacking.

You will need to be flexible with your dates and "vision".

Get married at the court house, and go out with 10-20 people for dinner after. Most dresses alone take 6-8 months to be ordered, so you'd be stuck having to find a sample dress in your size, also a lot of vendors are booked 6 months to year out so if you're looking to go down the traditional route (venue, photographers, hair and make-up) you will have slim pickings.

It "is" possible, but I'd suggest a non-traditional court house visit, a short cake and punch ceremony at a park or a house rental, or something to that extent. It will save you the stress of planning a wedding in 4 months.

Have you started? Anything is possible, however as OGJessieJV stated you may have trouble finding a venue and vendors. However I know a lot of venues do booking deals if they are having trouble closing a date, or if they have VERY LIMITED dates left they sometimes have deals. You will need to be very flexible. Good luck. Congratulations!!!

Absolutely, but you will need to be flexible with dates, the venue, and vendors. I've known several people who have planned beautiful weddings in 3 or 4 months, including two siblings.

Most dress shops will still be able to work with your timeframe, they may just have to put a rush on it or will let you know what styles they are able to get.

I could have easily planned my wedding in 4 months. Up front, it was really just selecting vendors and then there were several months I did nothing before jumping back in to decor.

Sure, my wife and I booked our venue in late May 2015 and got married 10/2. You have to compromise, we chose that day (Friday) because it's what the venue had. We had a 225 person wedding that turned out perfect.

I have no experience planning my own wedding in such a small amount of time but my best friend planned a wedding in a 3 / 4 month time frame for the same reason that you are planning - she found out she was pregnant and wanted to get married quickly. She had a lovely wedding but didn't go over the top. She got married in a local park (which was her dream anyway) and had her reception at a church that recently converted to a reception hall (she was the first wedding reception there). She had a good amount of guests (probably around a 100) She did luck out and had a lot of help from family but it did turn out very nice. You couldn't tell she was pregnant in her wedding dress either. She had a corset back.

I wish people would stop with the courthouse being the ONLY alternative to a giant wedding. There are a few courthouses that are beautiful (NYC is one of them) but most courthouse weddings will take place on a random weekday. Limited people will be able to come.

ETD; It's absolutely a 'real' wedding, and the choice for many couples, but it' far from the only choice.

I'm working with a couple right now for the beginning of March. March is still off season in many places, and we're finding many venues that are thilled to have the event (15-30 guests). Odds are, it will be a Saturday wedding during the day, I have photographers, music and florists who are happy to work with us.

Keeping it small definitely helps. Dispensing with stuff that you don't really need (menus, STD's, programs, etc.....) will keep it easy too.

Find a great little venue and go from there. Then google "woman plans her wedding in five days". It's a great, if flawed story, but it's a good read.

Yes, you can. It's done all of the time. Be flexible for your vision and your vendors. Drop the unnecessary stuff. It will be beautiful!

I think it depends on how much money you have , where you live .. ect.. sure if you have 30 k right now sure a wedding really quick can be possible but stressful and even worse when pregnant .. you will be showing at 22 weeks .. big girl or not .. if you live in an area with tons of people it may be hard .. you could do a nice church wedding with a beautiful restaurant reception.. less vendors .. or we have on Philadelphia a cute place they hold weddings it's gorgeous (like I wish I knew about it before I booked the ceremony for my reception venue too . . It's gorgeous..

Thanks for all the input... so I'm not going to try to hide the pregnancy from anyone, I just don't want to look obviously hugely pregnant in my dress. We are thinking less than 100 people definitely. I am very flexible on vendors and dates within a 2 month time frame. Budget shouldn't be an issue so if we have to pay more to do it quicker that is fine. I'm not really wanting to go to the courthouse...if rather at least do something small if possible... I am just hoping that I can pull it off!

Sure! Like others have said, be flexible and realistic with the planning. and of course I would start looking at a venue as quick as possible. Where do you live?

I planned my wedding in 9 months officially but booked everything 4-5 months out and didn't get my dress until 5 months before. You absolutely have time. You probably can't order a dress but I found mine at a resale shop. Try BHLDN, Modcloth, Jcrew for dresses. As a bridesmaid in another wedding, we went to DB to try on dresses, but I ordered mine online b/c I lived in a different state. They told me my size and I got it a week. The girls who ordered it in store didn't get theirs until six weeks later. So go and try on dresses and order online, and you'll get it faster. Like everyone said, you may need to flexible on dates (Friday or Sunday) and search for availability. But I thought that I would might need to move my wedding the week before due to extenuating circumstances and was surprised at how many venues had immediate availability.

You can! I got engaged at the beginning of January this year and was married May 20th of this year (4 months and a couple days to plan). We had a simple wedding at my husbands family church because we wanted to get married fast and knew we were limited on funds to do everything we wanted. We had about 100 people - maybe a little less, can't remember now. (husband is the 1st of 14 children, MIL is one of 11 and FIL is one of 16. Just to give you an idea of how big the family is)

We limited the guest list and did a short and sweet afternoon wedding at a non meal time. We had snacks and treats. Wedding started at 2 and was done by 4pm or so to allow people to get home at a reasonable time for dinner.

Look for all inclusive venues, especially larger bed and breakfasts. That will cut down drastically on stress of planning.

I got engaged in August and married in October. Just plan a small simple wedding.

People do it all the time

I have had no issues planning one in 3 months. Rarely does a venue or vendor say they don't have the date available. My date is an off season date though.

Definitely possible as long as you're flexible! Best of luck!

The sister of my childhood friend planned her wedding in 45 days after she found out she was expecting.

It can be done.

I've heard of some all inclusive venues (all vendors included) doing this if you are flexible with dates. Since all the vendors are included, you just have to meet with each to go over what you want. I heard of a venue near me pulling this off in less than a month.