Hi everyone! I have been engaged for 3 weeks now and me and my fiance have set a date! 10/8/16. Yes it's going to be a long engagement, but we both want to be out of school so we can start our lives off right! I will graduate spring of '16 and he will graduate either summer or winter of '16. (So at most he will have one more month of school when we tie the knot).
My main question is...how soon should we start FULL fledge plan? Like when I say that, I mean, start actually consider venues, and maybe put deposits down and what not. I don't want to seem like I am jumping the gun, and we already have ideas for stuff like colors and wedding party. Just want some advice!
Re: When it too early to start FULL fledge plan?
Are you planning to DIY a lot of things? There's not much harm in starting to work on projects now so you have plenty of time to finish all of them and / or tweak as needed, and you won't be in a crazy rush to finish everything. One of my best friends is having a long engagement -- about as long as yours, actually -- and that's what she's doing. Otherwise, she started out just gathering info and doing preliminary research on what's available and what kind of timeline for booking things the venues would need.
Otherwise, ditto everything Maggie said.
Planning should go : budget then guest list then deposits. You can't start looking at venues until you know what money you're dealing with. And you can't look at venues until you know the number of people you're inviting
Congrats on your engagement!
I booked my venue and photographer almost 2 years before the wedding, got my dress about 10 months before, the band about 8 months before, and am booking my florist and ordering my invites now (about 6 months before). Honestly, I loved planning ahead of time because it made everything SO low stress!
Congrats on the engagement! Have fun planning!
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But again! Thanks for all the advice! I appreciate it! Gotta talk to my parents and his parents about budget wise, because me and my fiance both want to contribute but so do all the parents. So we gotta all get together and figure it out!
View your long engagement as a blessing! This way you get to have first pick of venues, caterers, and anything else you could need for your wedding.
Congrats!
About one year out is the right time to look at venues, providing you have done step one and step two.
Whatever you do, DO NOT CHOOSE YOUR BRIDESMAIDS until about 9 months before your wedding! You wouldn't believe how many tearful posts we get from brides who wished they had followed this advice!