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Just Said Yes September 2021

Fall 2021 wedding... where to start??

Ashley, on August 9, 2019 at 3:53 AM Posted in Planning 0 6

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Hello, all!

I’m a newbie to Wedding Wire & feeling slightly overwhelmed with all of the information available to me! Seeking advice on where to start in planning for a wedding that’s a little over 2 years away.

A little backstory- not officially engaged yet but my FH & I already know we want to get married on our 8 year anniversary which is 9/4/2021. Since it’s the Saturday of Labor Day weekend I know I should probably start calling venues & vendors such as a photographer/videographer to get pricing & see if they are already booking up this far in advance. I just don’t know where to start since I’m new to the wedding planning scene! Any advice would be appreciated! 😊
-Ashley

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Latest activity by Samantha, on August 11, 2019 at 3:09 PM

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TobeWed · on August 9, 2019 at 5:30 AM
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Congrats on your (upcoming) engagement! Its such an exciting time!! I'd say if you know 100% thats the date you both want, get booking now. I know when we started planning, some of the vendors we wanted were booked up for 2.5 years! If you're both on the same page and thats the date, get looking. And enjoy it, it goes so quickly and its such a gorgeous time of your life!
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Stephanie · on August 9, 2019 at 6:21 AM
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Hi, we are getting married July 31, 2021. We have done booked our venue, catering, makeup/hair, dj, and photography. The good thing about booking this far in advance is asking to sign a contract and locking in the price for this year. My catering said after the end of this year it would be about 400-500 more and the venue said they would be going up maybe 1000.00 more. TobeWed is right it does fly by!
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Clíodhna · on August 9, 2019 at 7:36 AM
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Welcome to the WeddingWire community, Ashley!
It can totally be overwhelming figuring out where to start planning!
A great place to start and a super helpful wedding planning tool is the WeddingWire checklist!
Tell the tool a little bit about your wedding and it will create customizable tasks for every stage of your planning journey. It displays tasks in chronological order leading up to your big day, so it’s a great blueprint for what order to handle the different parts of planning. Check it out, I think you will find it really helpful
One of the first steps of planning a wedding is deciding on a budget. Here are some articles from the WeddingWire ideas section to help you with this task -
Wedding Budget Breakdown 101: How to Divide & Conquer
Setting Up Your Wedding Budget
In addition to information on wedding budgets, the WeddingWire ideas section is packed with helpful articles full of tips, ideas, and etiquette to guide you through your planning
Finally, the community is always here if you need help, advice, or simply to vent to!
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Arielle · on August 9, 2019 at 7:37 AM
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I would start with your budget and venue. You have a good amount of time to save which will help so much. I would look at venues soon too because September is a peak wedding month and with the holiday you want to make sure that day will be available if you two are set on that. Good luck and happy planning!
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Michelle · on August 9, 2019 at 7:41 AM
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I agree - budget, venue & approx. size of guest list is where we started....
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Samantha · on August 11, 2019 at 3:09 PM
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Venues are the first to book up, so start there! Then you can move on to other vendors from there.
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