Is a year too short of an engagement?

Budget and preferred vendors often dictate timing. If you need to save money or if your heart is set on a particular venue or vendor, you may need to be flexible. We chose our date based on venue availability and we have an 8 month engagement

I think a year and 2 months is a perfect time for an engagement. We got engaged last March and getting married in July of this year so that's a year and 3 months. I feel like we we're able to get a lot done and not rush through everything. Plus it was really nice to enjoy the time being engaged

I got engaged this March and we're getting married September. 6 months is perfectly manageable

We got engaged at the end of August last year, and our getting married this September. We just couldn't imagine waiting any longer to be married.

Nope. Mine will be just over a year by the time we're married.

It's really up to you and your budget. My engagement was exactly a year.

No one has the same life. No one can really say what is appropriate for you except you.

I gave myself 10months and it's doable but a lot of work

Mine is only 9 months.

Nope!

Mine will be 10 months, and that seems about perfect!

Nope. I got engaged Christmas Eve 2016 and we have an October date. We were originally looking at late September but the places we liked we already booked. To me, that was the biggest hurdle was nailing down a venue as soon as possible. We booked ours early March so just 7 months from our date.

No. You have plenty of time.

We got engaged January 14 and the wedding is July 15 - a year seems like a long time to me

Nope, that's about how long my engagement is. FH's family is Georgia was like "why are you waiting so long?!" And my family in NY was like "what's the hurry?!" So just do what's best for you.

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Congrats on your engagement! I don't think a year is too short at all! Our engagement is longer, but I think everything can be done in anything more than 9 or 10 months.

Start with your budget first. if you want to do more than you can afford by next summer, THAT would be a reason for a longer engagement. It was part of the reason we will have a 20 mo engagement - more time to save up so that we can properly host our guests. Wedding wire has an awesome budgeter that lets you put in how much you wanna spend overall, and then distributes the money into categories.

Part of coming up with a realistic budget is deciding on your guest list (more intimate with 10-50 people, or a huge bash with 150-250). The easiest way to keep your budget in line is to keep the guest list smaller.

Once you have those two down, you can look into venues that suit your guest list and budget. Be warned, some venues, depending on your area, could book up 1.5-2 years in advance. If you don't find a venue to your liking, that could also be a reason to push your wedding date back.

Hope that helps! Happy Planning

We settled on 14 months because of various factors, and it seems to be just right for us.

I don't think that it is necessarily too short, but where I live it would be very hard to find a venue in July if you haven't already booked one. We got engaged in February and booked our venue in mid May for next August. Originally, we wanted a September wedding but the only two dates left were the date in August we picked and the last Saturday in October.

However, we were set on having a Saturday wedding so if you're willing to be flexible with a Friday/Sunday you may have more luck! In short, I would read over the budget advice PPs have written and get started!

10 month engagement for us...no stress at all

Got engaged on Christmas, getting married in October so less than 10 months. We had a really good idea of what we wanted so we were done planning in two weeks. I think the most important questions should be if you can afford a short engagement and if you can get planning ASAP. You have to be decisive.

Nope! not at all..I completely agree with some of the PP that shorter engagements force you to not get bogged down in the details. Just make a decision and move on. We got engaged august 12, 2016 and married on march 25, 2017 (7ish months later) and honestly would have preferred something a little sooner. I started getting ancy that last month or so...