Enough time?

You might have time but my concern for you currently is many reception places and bridal salons are closed -at least where I live they are. You should be able to get a discount for winter.

Well in a normal world, we planned our wedding in about 7 months. Got engaged in August, planned for April. But given our current circumstances, I don't know. You'll probably have to be flexible on a lot of details, but if that's fine by you then go for it. And you might have to get a dress off the rack once the salons reopen. So its doable, but I would urge a little caution just because of the current state of things. Congrats on your engagement though!

Anything is possible. We planned our wedding for 6 months only and we were able to get everything done on time and stress free. Sounds crazy, but, when you don’t complicate the little things it’s not as difficult. One thing we found super helpful was that the venue we choose was very accommodating and they provided most of the services we needed so it saved us a lot of time on having to find different vendors for things. If you could find a place like that it would be very helpful. We also have very supportive families who helped us out a lot, but if you start as soon as you can and get the big things out of the way early on, it can be done no problem. Our wedding got postponed because of everything that’s going on, so you might have to wait some time to start actually doing anything as most places are closed now and they’re also busy trying to accommodate the many weddings that have been postponed, but I’d suggest get a head start by talking with your fiancé about what you both want in terms of theme, food, guest list size etc. the more planning you do now, the easier it will be when you begin to look for what you want! Hope this helps!!

Yes, it’s enough time because planning a wedding doesn’t require a lengthy timeframe. However with COVID-19, that’s possibly going to make your planning slightly different than normal. For now, you’ll have to do a lot of research online and “meet” vendors via phone calls and/or video chats. But, quite frankly, it’s not much different than planning a destination wedding 🤔. Outside of the venue coordinators at our hotel (in Las Vegas), I haven’t met any of our other vendors in person. They were all booked after viewing websites, having remote interviews and sending contracts via email. So, planning your winter wedding is definitely doable. Congrats and happy planning!

We got engaged on NYE, and then were married by the end of August. (And DH got super sick in January, so we had even less time.)

It's important to be organized, flexible, and decisive.

If you can do those things, you'll be fine. You can often get good deals, as well, because vendors are looking to fill out their calendars

It CAN be enough time to plan, yes.
But, keep in mind that right now soooo many weddings are being pushed into fall and winter that you might not get the vendors or location you want. And we don’t know what will happen as far as how long the COVID-19 is going to last and cause problems( I am supposed to be getting married September 19th..) so true to keep that in mind.

I will happily help in anyway I can- there’s a lot you can do without setting the date now. Theme, dress, favors, invitations- picking them lol!... And if that date works then you go forward and look for the vendors.

If you can find a reception venue it’s totally doable. I planned my DW in 10 weeks for 52 people.

As long as you really put the time and effort into planning, that can absolutely be done! We planned our wedding in 11 months and it went off without a hitch! We also had a planner and DOC which helped out a lot! So if you can budget for a planner, I highly recommend it!

You probably will have trouble finding vendors at this point. A lot of vendor book a year or more in advanced . We took the last date for 2020 and we booked 1.5 years in advanced for our venue. Especially with many brides postponing until later in the year, it might be difficult to have the vendors you want!

Thanks for all your input everyone!! I appreciate it!! ❤️

Definitely! Especially if you can kill two birds with one stone and find a venue that also provides the catering and tables/chairs. Winter weddings also sometimes have seasonal discounts!

My only concern is the government is preparing for a second wave of Coronavirus in the winter.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/is-coronavirus-seasonal-summer

I agree with PP that in normal circumstances, yes it's plenty of time. We got engaged in January and were planning a wedding for May 9th.

I think it's still possible, if you're willing to be flexible. I'd try to lock down your reception venue and any vendors that you love and must have right away. Lots of spring brides are having to postpone their weddings into the fall and winter and that will limit availability. For us, the venue was one of the most important things, since we already had one in mind. We were planning the ceremony and reception both there; and they catered the meals, provided the drinks, had the chairs/tables/etc. We got that at the end of Jan and were working on all the other vendors.

It might also depend on the scale of wedding you'd like to have. Ours was on the smaller side (around 100 guests) and not as ornate/opulent as some weddings can be. Smaller and simpler will probably be easier to plan right now, but make sure you have what you and your FH want because it's your day. If you're flexible, and especially if you live in an area with plenty of options I think you should still be fine, even with the coronavirus. But you'll probably want to start sooner rather than later

Just to update-
I have everything booked except the florist. Let’s hope December will be COVIDless!

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That's great! Fingers crossed for you! I'm sure it'll be a great wedding!