Is 6 months enough time to plan a wedding?

Kwilli80

I got engaged in March and we're looking at options in October of this year. Our second choice would be May 2012. Thoughts? Am I crazy for considering a wedding for 6 months from now?

MinM

If you have a cash bar, your friends will hate you.

[Deleted User]

Yes, 6 months is enough time to plan a wedding. The key is to be flexible as your first choice of venue or whatever may be booked. But as long as you are flexible and willing to think outside the box, you can reasonably plan a wedding in 6 months. There are many girls around here that have planned their weddings in that amount of time and even less.

DG1

I did it in 4.  So yeah. I think you're good,

DG1

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[QUOTE]I did it in 4.  So yeah. I think you're good,
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ETA: I should add I got *all* of my first choice vendors, except for the DJ who turned out to be awesome.  I don't know that I would advise someone to start plannign in February for June, but planning in April for October shouldn't be that bad.

I also think if you have 18 months to plan a wedding, you stress about it for 18 months. If you have 4 or 6 months to plan a wedding, you stress about it for 4 or 6 months.  I promise the latter is much better. :)

jess9802

Our wedding plans changed pretty drastically after my FMIL gave us a gift that doubled our budget. I started my planning in mid-January for our July 16 wedding, and three months later, there's really not much left to do. It hasn't been stressful at all.

frasey

Yeah we just got engaged in January and are getting married this July, so its totally do-able. That said, we're just having a small wedding and its at my parents house, so.... I guess it just depends on how picky/specific you are when it comes to vendors, and your personality type!

JayAre

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[QUOTE]Yeah we just got engaged in January and are getting married this July, so its totally do-able. That said, we're just having a small wedding and its at my parents house, so.... I guess it just depends on how picky/specific you are when it comes to vendors, and your personality type!
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I got engaged this January and am getting married in July, too! January 30 - July 28, when's yours??

Yeah, 6 months is fine. I'm done planning mine, have been, all my vendors are in order, and I am waiting around for the wedding day, kind of bored actually, lol...I see it as, the longer you have to plan, the more you have to mull over options and you on't actually make any decisions until the last minute because you've had so much time. At least that is how everyone of my friends who have had a year-two years to plan for their weddings have told me, they all wished they had less time, so they were forced into making a choice they were happy with. It'll be fine! :)

Edit: I wanted to add, 6 months to plan a wedding doesn't necessarily have to be a small deal either. I got a really nice place for my reception and a killer church. Given, my dad's a pastor and so was able to get a church for us by talking to other pastors....but as far as the hall goes, you'll get anywhere you want, literally anywhere you want, if you're cool with a weekday wedding. We're marrying on a Thursday evening. And we got like a 65% discount on the hall, because no one  gets married on the weekday. And with how far in advance you send invitations out, people can plan around and set aside the day so it wont interfeir with work.

JayAre

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[QUOTE]If you have a cash bar, your friends will hate you.
Posted by MinM[/QUOTE]

we are having a cash bar at our wedding, and there is no way we'd do it differently. First of all, between my Italian side and his Irish side, we don't want anyone stoned, and this is one way to make sure everyone stays sober. We don't want to go broke paying for someone else's gluttony, let them pay for it and lose out. Besides, with only 8,000 dollars to plan a wedding, we don't want to waste half of it on unnecessary drinks. People will be perfectly fine with a basic bar of sodas, punches, and lemonade, and maybe a special champaign for a toast later on. You are under no obligation to pay for all that alcohol! And if your friends hate you for a cash bar, what are they really there for? Real friends will completely understand that you ahve a budget and should be overjoyed that they were even invited, with a paied-for meal and a chance to party with the people they love. A few bucks for them to drop for a drink won't kill the day! I so vote cash bar!

PenelopeSnuz

Bahahahahaha

Oh JayAre,  you are so out of touch!