Planning too early?

Don't let anyone get to you! Your doing a great job planning because your ahead of the game. I'm getting married Nov 2021 and we have our venue, ceremony and DJ all booked and waiting on photographer confirmation. Couldn't be happier. It takes stress off me later on and helps our wallets out so much paying things off little by little. Don't stress other people's opinions, you know what works better for you! Happy planning! 2021 is going to be a great year!!

Honestly,
It's your day. If you want to plan everything early, go for it. I am getting married in March of 2021 and I have everything booked and pretty much paid for. I chose this due to me moving out of state later this year and didn't want to worry about having to do everything for the wedding and moving at the same time. Do what feels right. Plus you are getting married during the wedding season which is even harder to get things booked since they fill fast. I think it's smart. Congratulations by the way.

Never too early. always better to be prepared. well as long as you know you won't change your mind or find it cheaper etc. if you know that is what you want i say get it done asap. good for you!!

I think the earlier the better. We hit the ground running right after we got engaged and our original date was taken by most of the venues we looked at. I say there’s nothing wrong with with planning at YOUR pace. Congrats!

IMO, it's never too early to start planning!

Happy to know others are having a long engagement! I love being engaged (4 months in lol) our wedding is in October 2021 and we are about to make our first payment for the venue! I’ve been with my fiancé for five years and plan to be with him for forever so I’m in no rush. The best thing is actually enjoying the engagement, not feeling rushed to pick everything’s once, or feeling overwhelmed financially. Extremely happy with our choice.

I think that's great. We arent getting married until Sept 2021 and I'm already looking at doing mine now to and getting it all done to.


I dont care what anyone says. I'd rather give myself the time than not have it.I'm with you!!😉

Do what you want to do and what’s best for you! I’m starting to plan for October 15 2022! Budget is a very stressful and important thing so I think it’s best to start looking at it too early than too late.

I got engaged September of 2019, our wedding is February 2021, and most of our vendors are already booked. I’ve also gotten a few snarky comments, but I think it’s best to just shrug these off. Because I started talking to most of these vendors in 2019, I’m getting the 2019 pricing but for 2021. My venue is under new management and they’re doing all these renovations to make it better. No doubt, they’ll be another 1-2,000 more expensive if I had waited. I say, go get em. Plan that wedding and focus on the fun details and DIY stuff later.


That said, FH did have to reign me in on sending out save the dates too early lol.

Hi! I'm pretty much doing the same thing. We are booking our venue this weekend for Oct 2021. We are also on a budget, which is why we wanted it to be a little out. There is nothing wrong with booking early.

We must be twins or something as my wedding is next May AND in January we also booked venue for reception and ceremony, photographer and caterer! I recently just mailed my bridesmaids proposals. (4/6 girls said yes so far!) I also recently ordered and received my save the dates.


Do everything at your pace!! Don’t mind what other people say. They don’t know. They’re not getting married. Even if they already went through the process, they’re not you! Planning early may reduce stress later down the road. (I’m sure both OUR hard work will pay off!)

I don't believe so. Some vendors don't like booking so far out, while others prefer. Don't listen to the snark. You do you. It's a good thing to plan certain things early, like popular venues.
Definitely wait to send out invites and RSVPs.
Have fun!!!

View Quoted Comment I’m getting married September 2021 too!! Where is your destination wedding taking place? I’m stuck between that and choosing a local Traditional wedding. The price difference between the two is hefty.

View Quoted Comment Hi Christina,
We will be doing it in AZ, a 24-hour drive from our house. Destination wedding saves us a lot of $ because less people will be willing to travel 😂 plus I know a lot of people, but not really have deep relationships with them, but in our culture, you sort of take into account their feelings. So with it being in AZ, I have an excuse 😂

I got engaged December 2019 and I already have my venue booked. Next is the photographer and caterer. Book vendors at your own pace. One thing that has helped me are wedding planning apps. I’m using this app for all of my vendors and inspiration, but I’m using the Zola app for my timeline. It has helped me tremendously especially since I am a very anxious person.

I don't think it's too early to start planning. We got engaged May 2018, and we knew we wanted to get married in 2020 and take our time planning and enjoying the engagement. We started our planning June/July 2019. Once we selected our date, we just followed our checklist on this website and it's been the main reason we're stress-free and not feeling rushed. We found our venue and picked our wedding date in July 2019, and then it was like a domino effect: we booked all the main stuff like venue for reception/ceremony, wedding dress/tuxedoes/bridal party's dresses, photographer, DJ, florist, and hair stylist. Now we're sitting today feeling pretty good about the whole process and going by the checklist.

You do whatever feels right for you! Nothing at all wrong with being excited. My SO and I aren’t even “officially” engaged yet, but we decided to start looking at venues because they book up so fast. If you secure the big stuff you can take your time and enjoy the smaller more fun details. Everyone else can mind their own business, this is YOUR day and YOUR journey.

It’s not too early. I started planning mine in Jan 2019 and now I’m 6 days to the day. Paid in cash. We are paying for our own wedding. I was able to spread out payments and have no wedding or honeymoon debt. Don’t let others judge your wallet. Do what works for you.

I got engaged July 2019 and my wedding is March 2021. We also have our venue, dj, and photography booked and I feel like I’m getting the same snarky comments. It’s annoying but I’d rather have my piece of mind than be stressed at the last minute.

We are getting married next May as well and have the venue, date, photographer booked and know the caterer we want to use and meeting them next month! I don’t think it’s too early because you need a venue to make your date official I feel. I agree with others people don’t realize how far in advanced things book if you want to be choosing what you want versus what’s available. Also, I was at a wedding expo here recently and they said there is a lot of May next year brides they ran into and it’s a popular month. So I wouldn’t worry about the others. I am like you and like to plan financially early as well.