When is it too late too start wedding planning?

If ur doing a fall them start gatherering decorations! Theyll be 70% off at michaels n hobby lobby here soon if not alread

Do you have a venue? Around me it seems that everyone is doing October 2020. You should make sure you pick a venue if your date is set!

View Quoted Comment We haven’t found a venue yet, we’re looking though!

What’s too soon or too late? I don’t think there’s any such thing as too soon, but if there was, a year definitely wouldn’t be it. Too late is kind of a complicated question since it’s situational. If you’re planning on going to the courthouse, you could plan your event in a month. Engagement photos definitely don’t have to be taken so soon. They can be taken literally any time you’re engaged.

We got engaged in March and aren’t planning on taking pictures until December. Our wedding is next November. We started with a rough draft of a guest list but didn’t narrow that down until last month.. I had my dress before I even picked the venue.. However the more you get done now the less stress you’ll have towards the big day 😊
don’t feel pressured or forced to do/choose something until your certain it is what you want.
Congratulations and good luck! 😊

You’re ok but October is a very popular month so you may need to book some big things (venue, photographer) very soon! Start with these:

1) budget, 2) estimated guest list, 3) venue

We got engaged last New Year's Eve, and got married in August. We took our engagement pictures in February, because DH was very ill most of January.

We basically planned the entire thing in under 7 months - you can do it, you just need to be quick with decision making!

I’m in Wisconsin so not sure but all the venues that I looked at here are fully booked up for 2020 I think first thing find a venue. Second officiant! Can’t have a wedding without one!

Girl we started planning for our 10.24.2020 wedding in july of this year, and thank god we did! our venue only had 2(!!!) dates left when we booked. it was either then or in late november. the earlier booked, the better!!

We got engaged end of March this year and are getting married May 2,2020. I have been planning at a fairly leisurely pace this whole time. You are less than a year out, it’s not too soon at all the get your venue, you actually should do that ASAP! You can’t do anything else (including save the dates until you have a venue) Then after you book your venue you should nail down a Dj, photographer, food and alcohol (if not included in your package).

Using the task list on here has been helping me to prioritize when to select vendors etc

We are getting married in Feb, engagement photos in Jan. 😆😂 We had no plans of getting them, but the photographer offers it complimentary. We are having a destination wedding and happen to be in Vegas for a birthday party then. So will do them then.

I think there is no right or wrong way, but like others mentioned it best to get your vendors reserved soon. Many fill up fast. There will be plenty of little things to do the closer you get.

I have the same date and we already have venue, photographer, dj, and our engagement photos were done 2 weeks ago

You have plenty of time to plan. We got engaged at the very end of June and planned to have our wedding the first weekend of May (10 months). We ended up having to move our wedding date to February so now we'll only be engaged 7 months. Honestly, I planned everything within two months of being engaged. The only things I have left to book are the bakery for our cake and getting everyone's attire. As PP's have said, you can take engagement photos at any point during your engagement. If you plan on using them for save the dates (which you should send 6-8 months before the wedding), you still have plenty of time to take those photos.

Hello date twin! Here's what i have done and im getting marries the same date as you!

Already Booked: Photographer, venue, limo, bridal shower venue, church, priest, rehearsal dinner, save the dates are going out Nov 11, engagement photos were done last week, dress ordered and received, bridesmaids and groomsmen chosen and attire colors chosen, florist although still picking flower arrangements, dj, honeymoon booked minus the flights & hair and make up.

Still have to do: Center pieces, pick types of flowers, reserve hotel blocks, invitations and a few other little things. Not too early to plan! Don't let this scare you though im known as a planner.

It's doable, but definitely lock down your vendors as October is super popular. You can do that pretty quickly. I got the big stuff locked down well over a year out. I didn't agonize over who to choose or meet with multiples of the same type of vendor - I looked at a lot of reviews and reached out to the ones that I felt would be a good fit and went with them if we liked what they proposed. Big ones are venue, photographer, and catering. For engagement photos, just be aware that your photographer might not be able to get you in immediately as it is busy wedding season right now. But, you can take these photos anytime so don't worry about it.

It's definitely not too early to start planning, especially in terms of the big things! You can get your engagement photos whenever you're comfortable doing so. You can certainly decide on and print your Save the Dates but I wouldn't send them out until 6-8 months prior to the wedding. Then the invitations 3-4 months in advance. There is a lot that goes in to a wedding! The earlier you start planning and checking things off your list, the less stressed you'll be as it approaches. You're less than a year away so it's for sure not too early to start getting things taken care of. I'd recommend reaching out to vendors now because they book quickly, especially because October is in the thick of wedding season.

We officially got engaged in February, but started planning last November (a little less than a year before our wedding) because we wanted to get a head start on everyone who would get engaged between Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day. I originally liked the idea of an October wedding, but a lot of places & vendors were already booked up, so we shifted just a few days into November. We had the church, reception, and photographer booked in early January (about 10 months out), and just kept it quiet for the month until we got engaged (hardly anyone knew we had a wedding in the works). If you don't have venues & vendors you're dead set on booked already, you might find they're booked up for your date; it's possible you may need to adjust.

We sent out STDs in early March (our engagement package had a photographer, so we didn't use our local engagement photos for STDs).

My sister planned her wedding in about six months, but she had a late July ceremony (not the most popular time of year in the Midwest).

It's definitely not too early to plan! Just think, the earlier you plan, the less you'll have to do closer to the wedding, which, also, makes it less stressful. Our engagement will be a total of 10 months, and I got all our major vendors booked within the first 2 months. Wedding planning has been a breeze since I got so much done early on! October is an extremely popular time to get married. I would research and look at venues ASAP. You don't, actually, have a wedding date until you have a venue because your date will be based on venues' availability. After you get a venue booked, then you can send out Save the Dates!

We were thinking about doing the ceremony at a park, and then having the reception somewhere else. Is that a bad idea?