Short notice!? How to start?!?

A small guest list will be your friend and will open up a lot of non-typical venues that might be available. Start looking at restaurants that cater. They'll be far more inexpensive than a typical caterer. Look at tiered cakes at Sam's - they are around $70.

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Agreed with all of these. Planning in such a short time period will be very difficult, but possible. You will need to be okay with having limited options and not getting your first pick on most vendors. Some of your guests may also have commitments that far out.

View Quoted Comment Luckily I didnt choose one particular venue I 'had to have.' 😅 So far, venues are mostly cleared for the day, which is great. And whatever catering we get, it's alright if some of the friends can't come (the family who we invite will most likely be able to. Yay!) because less people = less $$$! 😂 We're pretty easygoing people... so far 😜

Hi Sam! Congrats on your engagement and welcome to WeddingWire! I am glad venues are available and that you're so easy going!

Have you toured any of the venues yet or narrowed any down?

Some of your venues might have preferred-list vendors/caterers at their venue already, to help in your budgeting & alleviate some of the last-minute vendor booking process. Definitely worth asking about! Happy Wedding planning!

View Quoted Comment Thank you! We're beginning to narrow venues down and then we will fighte out catering (as we see some come with their own potentially cheaper catering options). We've also just had to back the date up a week due to some forgotten circumstances 😅 oh well. More time to plan I guess!

Book your venue first. Then SUPER quickly after, get important vendors (photography, officiant, caterer, DJ). Then get invites out ASAP (like 60 days prior, so in a week). Then I'd focus on other vendors, baker, videographer, hair & makeup, transportation. Quite a few will be booked so send out lots of emails to vendors.

View Quoted Comment Thanks for the tip! I figured first thing would be finding a venue. Luckily there are plenty available! 😄 I've been sending messages like crazy trying to find the perfect place haha

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Hi Sam! I love your positive outlook on these change of plans Definitely! More time to plan and get all the details in-place. Happy wedding planning!