How soon after your engagement did you start planning your wedding?

We got engaged on 12/25/16 and started touring venues about a month after. I wanted to soak in the engagement for a little bit and then get to work snagging a great venue for our date! I'm so glad we started that early because it ended up taking longer than we had thought.

I got in december of 2016 and my wedding is on 7/7/18 and I started planning right away! Some people think im crazy but I have everything booked. Venue, catering, photographer, videographer, Dj, got my dress, flowers, event renrals..... you get the point. However that is because I am a full time student and worker and only wedding plan during my breaks.

Im in the same boat @monica k.! It's best to start planning as soon as possible because sometimes life gets in the way. I'm a teacher with a second job and an internship for grad school. Most days I have an obligation to one of those so it's hard to get things done. When I have the time I do as much as possible and I am so relieved with how much I have done already!

Start planning!!! I started right away! I got engaged on Christmas Eve and all together we'll be engaged for 18 months! I started planning right away.

If you don't have a venue, you can't set a date. I got engaged June 2016 and we are getting married in my hometown, 200 miles away. I teach all year round and have long breaks from work in June and August. I started right away since I was able to be in my hometown. My mom asked for a guest list the next day.

Some venues book a year or two in advance so it's good to book a venue and start dress shopping. I don't think it's too soon at all, planning is great ESP early on because you won't be stressed as the big day gets closer! We actually booked our venue before we were officially engaged because we loved our venue so much and had a date picked. We've been planning over the years but officially started planning in March and we got engaged in May. We are getting married 9-9-18 enjoy the whole process, it's a wonderful time!! PS there are soooo many details I don't think people realize sometimes (we are personalizing a lot). Family is always number one so I would just sit down with them and tell them all you guys are planning, remember it's your day!

I got engaged 6/11/2016 and started planning two months later. I didn't set a date until I found my venue, and I picked a newer venue with more dates available ( though now word has got out about their amazing service and they only have a couple dates left for the next 18 months). I think the earlier, the better! I've had a pretty stress- free wedding planning process because I had over a year to plan

IMO it's never too soon to start planning something this big! We got engaged in December of 2016 and it has FLOWN by! The big stuff like your venue, your photographers/ videographers, coordinator if you're going to have one, they fill up quick! And the little things add up, so we spread out decorations and flowers over the last 7 months and we're still not done!

We got engaged July 3, 2016 and had mostly everything booked by August. We had 14 months total and honestly I wish we still had more time. It is never too soon to start planning!!! Lots of venues and vendors book up 1-3 years in advance!!

We got engaged 3/15/17 and decided booked our venue for 10/21/17. We started planning in April.

Sometimes I wish I could have pushed it back a year, but we didn't want to wait that long

Not too early! My vendor didn't even have Saturdays available next fall so we went with a Friday. Who knows what they would've had available if we waited! I've been engaged a month and my wedding is 14 mos out and I'm planning and shopping now! Partly because I'm looking for deals, partly because i like to be prepared.

Immediately. We have a year long engagement, though, and I know vendors fill up even a year in advance so I didn't wait.

EDIT: got engaged January 2017; getting married January 2018. Been together for over five years so we didn't want to wait too long. Start booking immediately if you want a wedding in 2018.

I started literally the next morning, I couldn't wait. We are having a 364 day engagement

After we got home lol

I started planning 4 months before I had the ring. We knew when we wanted to get married so we had a venue secured 14 months out

I think 13 months isn't too bad to start planning. At least get your venue booked. No venue = no date. And if you plan on that date, it's a common date (at least in my area it is) so I'd see what venues are available that day. I got engaged in Nov 2015 and booked our venue in February of this year. But, we started looking in October 2016.

We got engaged July of last year and started planning in late August. So one month later we were getting the ball rolling.

We had 7 months and 2 days from engagement to wedding day. So I started immediately!

I planned my wedding in less the 6 months you have plenty of time to have a lovely wedding. The more time you have the better is with your budget

It's enough time. I got engaged in December 2016 and getting married this Oct