Newly engaged

Congratulations! I started with my bridal party then a date.

Congrats!!! Start with a rough guest list, budget and an idea of when you want to have the wedding. then look at venues, a lot of places are booked most weekends for the next year and into 2023, so be flexible if possible on dates. After that pick your MUST HAVE vendors (photographer, videographer, florist, etc - whatever's most important for your vision)

I say figure out your guest list so you know the space you need. Then find venues and go check them out. Know the time of year you want to get married. Then after start listing the vendors you’ll need and start researching! Reach out to a lot of vendors. Some won’t be available and those that will you want to make sure you vibe with. I wouldn’t recommend booking anyone without talking to them on the phone or video chatting. You may like them online and then talk and realize they’re not right for you. That happened to us. Once you start booking I found making a binder and printing out all my contracts helped me and then I keep all my notes in there too so everything is together. Figure out your budget and then decide what vendors are the most important to you to decide what you’re willing to spend on them. For instance we’re spending the most on our photographer and our videographer because that’s the most important to us. So we picked some other cheaper vendors to accommodate. Don’t be afraid to ask a lot of questions with your vendor and venue! Our venue had a lot of recommendations for vendors and we found a few of our vendors that way.
A lot of places are booked for 2022 already and 2023 is also booking up because of all the pushed off weddings. When we booked our venue in September they were very booked for 2022 already so we had to be flexible with a date. As a result I would get on booking a venue and vendors asap. It can definitely be overwhelming doing it yourself but you can do it! I also recommend a day of coordinator. I haven’t gotten married yet but I know people who have had one for theirs and they say it was one of the best choices they made. They’ll handle all the vendors and where everyone goes day of so you don’t have to worry about a thing!

Then you can start doing the fun stuff like finding a dress, picking colors and theme etc! Good luck! And congratulations!

Congratulations and welcome to Wedding Wire! Talk to your fiancé and figure out what kind of wedding you want and figure out a rough guest list and budget. From there, pick a date and find a venue. A few helpful tips - create a wedding email address for all of your wedding communication. It will be super helpful when you start to get inundated with vendor info. Also, weddingwire’s task list and timeline were super helpful to identify tasks and determine that timing of things.

Congrats! What a great photo! Well once you come down from cloud 9 talking with your fiancé to figure out a budget is a great starting point. Next a rough guest list , the time of year you are thinking, and location. Once you book a venue you can start visualize the other aspects a little bit clearer. Best of luck to you and enjoy this sweet time!

In addition to the comments above, I’d recommend you get a monthly weekly/planner and use it religiously. I took the standard 12 month timeline & filled in my calendar, then added whatever wasn’t included (like dates to follow up on emails; phone calls; blocking out planning time; scheduling discussions w/FH). It has been a huge lifesaver & very efficient (I am way ahead of everything & it feels great to know exactly what I’ll need to do & when).


Also, start a vision board (an old-school, physical one). Mine has been sitting in my kitchen for months & it really helps to remind you of your vision for the wedding.

Congrats! I did venue first.

It will quickly fall into place after that because they'll have rules/guidance for you!

Good luck!

First off, CONGRATULATIONS!!! You and your fiance look so joyous and happy in that picture!

1) I would establish a budget with your fiance and whoever else is paying. Unless you have an unlimited budget, talk about what you really want to spend the money on (Photographer, venue, food, alcohol...?)

2) I would formulate a rough guest list. My fiance and I thought of everyone we could possibly want there, and used that as our maximum guest list. Some venues have a strict guest limit and others up-charge for guests over a certain number.

3) Figure out who is in your bridal party. Wrangling people can be difficult so figuring out who you want to be there for you on that day is important.

4) Use weddingwire for literally everything. I sent out virtual save the dates, I'm building my website there, seating chart, everything!!! It is so very helpful!

Congratulations! Discuss the date, the number of guests and the format of the celebration, everything else will depend on it