How long do you need to plan a wedding?

How big of a wedding do you plan to have?

Well we both have huge families... Like our family alone might be 50 people maybe more

Its possible if you have the budget for it. But next summer/spring venues and vendors are most likely already booked- so you would have to be flexible with the date.

It depends on where you want to get married. Definitely start saving and budgeting now. I am July of next year and have most of my vendors booked already but I am in a wedding hotspot.

First of all, your ability to plan in a set amount of time is really all about budget.

Secondly, your "huge" family is really not that huge. Our "VIP" list of just family is 160 people. Just giving you some perspective, your list sounds reasonable.

Will be challenging depending on the major things like venue and vendors and of course money.

Its possible to plan quickly as long as you are flexible with vendor options and budget.

I think this depends entirely on the type of wedding you want, the size, where you live (in some areas, venues and vendors book up really far in advance and in other areas, this might not be as big of an issue), your flexibility on your wedding date (if you really want 5/27, that's Memorial Day weekend and tends to be pretty popular), and more.

Another thing to consider is that with a Memorial Day weekend wedding, you'll want to give your guests plenty of notice. Some people may see it as a long weekend ideal for planning a vacation and may have that vacation already planned by the time you get engaged and send out a STD. Or they might have standing plans with family.

Notice is also really important for OOT guests. 6 months is generally sufficient notice for domestic travel, so you'd be good there. Unless, of course, you're really interested in having your wedding over Memorial Day weekend, in which case, you'd want to get the word out a bit earlier than that because it's a holiday weekend where your guests will need to know earlier than that if you want to ensure they plan to attend your wedding and not make other plans.

If you're not picky, you can plan a wedding in 3 months! I have a friend who got married within 3 months of getting engaged. I have another friend who is currently planning for a 7 month engagement (they got engaged in March. They just booked a venue for this October!)

ETA: First friend (3 month engagement) had about 240 guests! She said most people they invited showed up!

Second friend plans on having about 75 guests..

My wedding of 200+ guests will have an 18 month engagement period, whereas my aunt planned hers in 6 weeks.. it really depends on budget and what you're looking to have and what you can do without

I helped with planning a wedding in 6 weeks for about 100 people. =] it's completely doable. It was definitely a little challenging, but with more time you'll have more options than she and I did (a friend and I planned for her wedding).

You might have to wait until summer of 19 because the vendors/venues may already be booked because summer is really popular. It all depends on budget and size of the wedding.

My girlfriend planned hers in four weeks and it was beautiful. It's just a big dinner party. If you can throw money at it, you can pretty much plan what you want. If you aren't picky on where you have it, you can plan in a short period of time.

My FH has not purposed yet either, and I have no idea when he plans on doing it and it may be closer to the wedding. I told him that we could have a "short engagement" but I would be planning now. I wasn't going to go through the stress of trying to throw a wedding together in a couple months if that's all I was given (we already decided on a time frame we wanted to get married by). So we started first booking a venue. We now have everything major booked. I don't have the ring but I'm planning the wedding like I do.

If you guys are certain, Start planning now- especially determining guestlist and booking big things like major vendors and venue. If you're comfortable putting down money before being engaged that is.....

Budget is the biggest consideration. A lot of people have a longer engagement because they need that time to save money for their wedding. If you have the money now then you could potentially start getting in touch with vendors and locations and just price things out. You may have to be flexible because if you're booking last minute for a popular time in the summer you might not get your pick of venues or vendors

My wedding date is the same as yours we got engaged December 2016 and we started to seriously plan in May of this year. I would say start planning now, because wedding season is serious and vendors are booking for next years season already. For example, my DJ was already booked till July 2018 when I contacted him this past weekend.. so thankfully I got him. And a hair stylist I'm in contact with already booked dates in August 2018.

But we are planning for 300 ppl with a 25k budget with no wedding planner ... so we do need time to plan

Well do you want to have a wedding or do you want a big proposal? Why not just have a conversation with the person you want to marry? Why does it have to be some big production in December?

I'm in the final stretch of an 8 (ish) month long engagement. Just depends on what summer date you're looking at and how big it's gonna be whether it's really doable. Confession: I booked my venue before I got engaged. We actually knew we would have a summer wedding, so we picked our likely date and I booked it without even telling FH. I wouldn't recommend this for everyone, but I figured it would be easier to switch a date once I put in a deposit than trying to book one last minute. Soon after that I got the ring. So if you guys are sure and know some dates you'd like, maybe you could at least do that. Once the venue was booked, most other things seemed easier for me.