Overwhelmed Bride to Be!

First of all, it is not too early. Most of 2023 is already booked up as Covid brides postponed and pushed back wedding/reception dates. Set a budget and then find a venue as soon as possible. You don't have a wedding date until you have a venue. Everything will fall into place after that. Their re many wedding timeliness tools available online. Good luck and congratulations!

1. Breathe

2. Ok, sit down with the love of your life and iron out rough plans - basic theme? BUDGET? mainly how many guests?, ideal location for the big day?, and what you abso-mustly-lutely must have.

3. As soon as you get those biggies figured out, start looking for your venue. TONS of great tips in these forums on what questions to ask. Book this a.s.a.p.

4. Next 'big thing' is where you are having the ceremony (if not combined with venue) Book this next,. If no officiant is included, find one and book.

5. Are you definite on who you want in your wedding? If not, WAIT - you'll find lots of posts here on bridal party regrets.

6. IF your venue is not all inclusive (serves the food, has a bar, etc) start the hunt for the caterer.

7. Now you can sort of relax and fun with the rest. Flowers, table decorations, invites, save the dates, and of course your dress and attendant dresses! In my humble opinion that should be the fun part!

Happy Planning.

I agree on PP! Except I left who was in the bridal party for later, which as PP said, has caused a lot of grief according to these forums. Instead, I'd say after deciding budget and venue, a big one for us was getting our photographer and caterer. And some venues require you to choose amongst their approved caterers, which meant we needed to be sure all of that fit in the budget before committing to a venue. In a way, it narrows down your options, which can be helpful!
Also not to stress you, but I agree with the first poster expressing that many vendors will be booked due to covid brides pushing to 2023. Already for 2022 there was a lot of difficulty, I was lucky because I decided quickly in February 2021 to move our July wedding to 2022. Otherwise, I might've had conflicts changing date with my vendors!Also, congrats ❤🥰

Congrats! I would make a list of vendors and then start researching and reaching out to people. You’re gonna want to book them all asap. My coordinator has been updating on insta her 2023 schedule and she’s booked at least one weekend every month of 2023 already and a lot of my other vendors like my photographer have also been booking a lot of 2023 already.


Figure out your budget. Then look for and book a Venue because you dont know what venues will have June availability. And then a photographer is the next thing you should figure out. Take one thing at a time.

Let me know if you have any questions! I booked my venue and all of my vendors in like 2 months 😅 it was stressful but more than doable

Hey congratulations!
We started with our budget, which helped me when I started looking for venues. Once we found the venue we decided on a date. Then we discussed what the most important things to us were to have in or at our wedding. We have been chipping away at stuff since.
There have been a few disagreements here and there about things. Of course while we have tried to keep it low keep and stress free still have some of that. But still grateful to have the experience. What are you guys envisioning? Is there a location or time of year that is important to you? I hope you find your experience to be a wonderful one!

I got a book called "The Budget Savvy Wedding Planner" and FH and I sat down and did the worksheets in the beginning to get us started! We set a budget, a style, and what was most important to each of us on our big day. Then I started pricing out venues to rule out anything that just absolutely wasn't in the budget! Book your vendors as soon as you can, and try to be flexible on your date.

Take a breath, pour a glass of wine or a cup of tea, and bask in the engaged glow 💛