Short notice wedding

My mom planned her wedding in 2 months and so did one friend. It is totally doable. Buy a dress off the rack that needs few or no alterations, find a photographer for basic pics, and keep it simple. You'll have to be okay with skipping over a lot of the details, but you can still host a great event. My mom LOVED her wedding and everyone had a ball.

I think this is doable, just being mindful that you don't have a lot of shipping time and may receive regrets due to folks time off, travel, and just general concerns with the public health circumstances.


Be practical, prepared, and precise with food, safety, sanitation, everything. I'd say simple and elegant should be the name of the game with as much as possible given then short runway.
All the best! 🙂

I planned my wedding in 10 weeks and it was everything I wanted. We had 54 people on the beach and I was able to have everything I wanted. It was a lot of work and I did most of it myself. With all of the restrictions now you may have low attendance but if you don’t mind then go for it. I

I had to replan a wedding in short amount of time due to COVID. It def can happen. It is time consuming. But def worth it. Worked out in our favor

We planned ours in 4 months before things starting getting bad again and our guest list is relatively small with 25-30. I was surprised there were no hurdles to jump over during the planning process. I think one officiant is already booked but every other vendor I had reached out to was available. Honestly the hardest part of planning was finding the tent and flooring rentals-which I used Wedding Wire to find vendors who were local but also started using Thumbtack as well. We found our caterer, Bartending staff and officiant all ok Thumbtack and because they weren’t big companies, their rates were extremely competitive

2 - 3 months is more than enough time. The most lengthy process would be your dress and alterations, but if you already have it - Go for it.

We were supposed to get married November 7th, however, with everything COVID, we decided in May to move it up to July 18th. Had about two months to plan everything. We reached out to our immediate family members to make sure they were available and/or willing to attend with everything going on. We shortened our list of guests from 225 to 35, and completely understood if anyone couldn’t come, we did have 2 that couldn’t attend. Our venue took care of a lot but it did require some research to find decorations, clothing, and a venue we liked that would accommodate that small of a group (most venues here required 60+ guests). I bought my dress off the rack from a small boutique in town and made my own bouquets and my husband bought his suit from MW (he loved it and originally planned to purchase either way).


I recommend doing research on things you really want included and pay close attention to shipping details if you have to order anything. I used Etsy for quite a few things. Facebook marketplace is a great resource to use for finding decorations that other brides are trying to get rid of for less and hobby lobby has wedding stuff 50% off like every other week, as well as, floral 50% off the week in between wedding stuff. There is also a 40% off coupon you can use on an item that’s not on sale. Also, communicate with your vendors as much as you need to!
Good luck, happy planning and make sure to give yourself some grace. It can get stressful but it’ll definitely be worth it! You get to get married sooner! Woo!!

Plenty of people do this. If you can get a venue, photographer, caterer, and whatever other vendors you need lined up, and most of your guests are local, it's definitely doable.

I will say you should go for getting a dress off-the-rack and letting your maids choose ready-to-wear off-the-rack garments as well, as 2-3 months is typically not enough time to buy a wedding or bridesmaids dress and definitely pushing it for alterations. Site's like Lulus, BHLDN, and ASOS might be good options for dress, or a pre-owned website like StillWhite or Poshmark. If you allow your maids to mix-and-match dresses and colors that will be even easier.

I got my wedding dress off StillWhite and have been able to order other wedding things off Poshmark (rehearsal and reception dress) faster than getting stuff through a bridal retailer. My MOH ordered her dress from David's Bridal in January and it didn't come in time for our May 30th wedding, so I would NOT order anything that needs to be made because I just wouldn't trust that you would get it in time.