Hi Everyone! So I have a question for all of you since you're all probably set with your vendor choices by now. My wedding is going to be Saturday July 6th, 2013, which is the 4th of July weekend (obviously, haha). I know in my area booking a venue can happen anywhere between a year to 9 months in advance, but since it is a holiday weekend, should I book it further in advance than a year? How far in advance did you all book your venues? Thanks!
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Re: July 2013 Bride with a question!
With it being a holiday weekend make sure you send your STDs out like 9 months out because people can start making plans for the holidays around then...giving people a heads up for holiday festivities is awesome!
Good luck!
[QUOTE]I would also suggest booking now. For July 2012, we booked in March, 2011. It's really difficult to book other vendors without having a venue and it will save you a lot of stress later if you find out that the place you want has already been booked. Good luck!
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Ditto this
I actually had to change my wedding date from July 28 to July 21 because our venue booked someone else within 1 day of us deciding which date we wanted (first come, first serve!). We booked in March of this year. Our venue told us they were already booking for 2013 and 2014.
We booked ours in June of this year and every weekend was booked in July except for the 7th and the 28th and we weren't able to have a reception at our ceremony venue so before booking the ceremony venue- we checked out the possible reception venues and discovered a lot of them were already booked solid except for the 28th which we grabbed quickly. As a matter of fact an hour after we booked our ceremony venue, a couple came in wanting the same date and time as us.
Summer is the busiest time for weddings and I remember looking at so many places- a lot of them were booked solid for the entire summer already, more than a year out.
You have an advantage right now being a year and half out- some places probably have more availability!
PM me if you want to talk as I am also upstate NY! Congrats on your wedding.
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