2 year planning timeline

View Quoted Comment I never thought about them raising the pricing at the beginning of a new year! Thanks for that!

I got engaged in May and will be getting married January 20-9 (one more year yay!) I have a venue, dj, wedding dress, caterer, doc, bartenders, florist quotes, an officiant, guest list finalized, colors picked and some decor picked already. Our engagement will be 20 months total. I wanted to make sure we had a lot of bug stuff out of the way so that I didn't need to stress and could enjoy everything and plan and buy as I could. I never found a timeline over a year but I figured I'd plan when I had the time and the sooner things are booked the better.

View Quoted Comment I feel like we are the same person haha I just know I’m going to have the majority figured out by the end of 2018. I am a total perfectionist so I just knew trying to get everything just right in under a year would be a disaster! I think my stress levels would make my fiancé rethink the marriage (semi kidding) haha

I’m getting married 11/2/19! We have started planning a little at a time but it’s great because we won’t be rushed! There are sooooo many list of what to plan and when on Pinterest!

Things I would wait on:

Bridal Party Decisions (9 months before or maybe even a little less)

Guest List Decisions (other than a rough amount of ppl you want to invite, make your actual guest list around 9 months to a year before)

Small Details Decisions (depending on what you value least whether that's your florist, your cake, etc)

Buying a wedding dress, but feel free to go look for fun and see what styles you like and what fits your shape best...your size may change in 2 years and they aren't returnable

Things you can start doing now:

Start thinking about budgets and amt of guests

Look at/ Book a Venue (better pricing possibly, and you have tons of choices)

Figure out what photos you like and book a photographer if you feel passionately about their work, prices will continue to go up

Book a DJ (prices will also go up most likely)

Book a caterer if your venue didn't come with one

Think about overall vision/colors and start on centerpieces if you don't think you'll change you mind

Small DIY projects if you're a DIY kinda girl

Design invites/STDs but don't send them until way later (6-8 months for STDs and 6-10 weeks for invites)

Look around on Etsy for ceremony and reception items you might be interested in

When we get married in September 2019 we will of had a 28 month engagement, booked our venue 25 months out. Everyone thought I was crazy booking our venue that far in advance, but we got exactly what we wanted. Since then we have booked our photographer & got engagement pictures, videographer, I picked my bridal party, know my color, currently meeting with DJs, have our officiant and location of our ceremony (beach). Our plan is to have all of our big vendors booked by May so we can enjoy the summer and then September will already be the 1 year mark (i cant believe it, it is flying by). I am also going to my first dress appointment next week! Like others have said take advantage of the time & the prices now because they do go up every year!

I'd get the venue booked, if you have one that you really like, then sit back and relax a bit. Focus on saving so you can get all the things that are really important to you. Spend the extra time just relaxing and enjoying the engagement then pick up in a year when the standard timeline starts to apply. If you make decisions too soon and commit you may have regrets when you see things you wish you had thought of. Pinterest away until your hearts content in the meantime.

I do not have any 2 year timeline links or charts, but here are my helpful tips below:

1) Use Wedding Wires checklist/timeline tool! You can use the pre-populated tasks, edit them, or even create your own! It will automatically create the list for 2 years!

2) take the 1-year timelines you find, and stretch them out! I too was an early planner, and so I stretched 1 year timelines into about a year and a half. I made my own paper timeline with things to do each month, and have also been using wedding wires checklist tool.

Certain things like save the dates and invitations have to go out as suggested, but you can always start a budget and guest list early to be edited and reviewed again later, you can research and meet with vendors and venues, but the best advice is don't BOOK anything too early. a lot of things may change, your budget, guestlist, timeline, and you and your preferences!

best of luck hope I could help

We're are having a two year engagement as well and I have found no 2 year guidelines. So instead of following any guideline go in order of importance! first find your venue so you can secure your date, Then food, Dj, Photography and so on.

We had an 18 month planning timeline. I would suggest grabbing a 12 month timeline and using that. But there are things you can do now.

- Figure out the budget

- Determine an estimated guest list

- Research venues that fit within your needs

- Then you can figure out caterer and all the other things you do and don't need that are on a wedding timeline.

I was also in a similar situation when I got engaged (21.5 months) and we just used the 12-month planning timeline and adjusted it for real life. Where I live, to get top pics of vendors, planning needs to start asap and anything under a year is rushed.

I have The Knot planning book. I also have a 2 year engagement - August 2017 to September 2019.

I kind of did nothing of great importance right at the beginning, in fact I went backwards. I got my bridesmaids dresses, my dress, and my shoes first. I couldn't tell you why.

In January I kicked it into high gear because all of the sudden I felt like I had to get EVERYTHING booked. In January/February I booked the venue, caterer, bar, photographer, videographer, DJ, and about to sign for the makeup artist. I also got a bunch of decor (on sale), including the bridesmaids bouquets and all centerpiece vases and garlands. I decided basically all the details I needed to. I also started working on my calligraphy on glass with oil based sharpies. Backwards I tell ya! Now, however, I feel like I have all the bigger stuff done, and it's just putting it together later on. I can chill out a bit for the rest of the year now

This is probably not helpful to you at all, but from one 2 year engagement to another, this is what I did. People kept commenting "wow you're super keen getting it all done sooooo early" - yet still some of my favourite vendors were already booked!

P.S. A positive about booking things early is that you can usually lock in the prices for that year, as they'll likely rise the following year.