Planning too early?

I wish people would mind their own business lol.

My wedding isn't till 12/10/2021, but we already have our venue (which includes catering), and our booking our DJ this weekend and our photographer/videographer in March. Lol

It’s not to early. You should be looking and planning now. We are getting married in June 2021 and booked our venue a few months ago. It’s also nice to start looking a venues so you can know how much it cost and work on paying it off as soon as possible. We have an idea of what we want so it’s less stressful and if you see things on sale you can always purchase it early.

I think that it's a great idea. I'm not as far along as you in terms of booking the venue but it's coming along slowly but surely. Our wedding is in june 2021. We're keeping the dates flexible so that we won't have any conflicts with days for the venue.

My wedding is also next May & we booked our venue and photographer already. May is a highly requested month and my venue and photographer would be book for that month by the end of this engagement season. Sometimes we have to book certain things ahead before someone else books our wanted date & vendor

That is a great idea! You have to start early in order to book the places and venues that you want otherwise someone else will get your date! Don't worry about others opinions as it only matters what you and your fiance want on your wedding day!

I am the same way! Don’t listen to them Spreading it out allows you to budget wisely and not be stressed when the time comes. Allowing more time to plan makes this wedding planing thing so easy! We have booked venue and photography with catering next! Happy planning and don’t listen to rude people haha! 💕

It’s your wedding, so don’t listen to anybody and enjoy planning everything....

I think you need to book that far out to get exactly what you want. I’m doing the same and my wedding isn’t until June of 2021. I have venue, caterer, photographer and I’m about to sign with a florist. I’m pretty sure I have decided on a dress, just waiting a little to order it. Next is DJ then I’m taking a break.

I'm getting the exact same backlash But I'm also overly organized and anxious. I just wanted to get the big stuff out of the way. This way we can get the vendors we want and don't run into everyone being booked if we wait. But also, then I can relax for a few months in between now and the wedding and not worry constantly.

I think you're doing great!! We got engaged in Sept. 2018 and had 3 weddings to BE IN in 2019, all where we had to travel. Because of that, my fiance said, "No, we don't need to start planning anything right now. Let's focus on THEIR weddings and we'll worry about planning ours AFTER theirs." Well fast forward and I feel like I'm in a tailspin trying to find vendors not already booked for our wanted date and I feel like I'm SO behind and I'm so stressed out because of it. Like yeah we still have roughly 8 or 9 months left from our wanted date but that's really not a lot of time! I would've RATHER been able to slowly plan so I could actually ENJOY the process vs. just being stressed and on the verge of tears every time I think about my wedding.

All in all, I say YOU DO YOU BOO BOO!! Don't let ANYONE tell you how to plan YOUR special day! You plan it your way and keep yourself stress free! Let them say their 2 cents and just let it roll off your back because letting them take away your "Happy" is not worth it. This planning isn't meant to please THEM, it's meant to please YOU. Go get'em girl!!

My wedding isn't until January of 2021 but I'm starting to look into venues and everything else because I want to be ahead of everything and not wait until last min. I also feel that slowly doing everything over time helps the financial part as well so you're not shoveling it all out in a shorter period of time.

I am getting married next September. I already have my venue and photographer. I don't think there is anything wrong with planning early. I'm already looking at dresses. I just see it as being less stressful and being prepared so, you don't have anxiety a couple months before the wedding

Don’t listen to them. I’m planning for a wedding in May too and it’s always better to start planning ahead of time so you’re not stressed out on your wedding day

I’m with you on this! My wedding isn’t until next June and I also have a really small strict budget. I only have a venue right now and am working on a photographer and home to nail down catering soon. I don’t think it’s too early right now because for me June is a very popular month and I can only expect that May is pretty busy too. I think planning early and getting it done is getting to be better because as the day gets closer, you will have less to do and you will be able to just enjoy the last few months of engagement. I had a friend tell me that this is the most exciting part of your marriage, the engagement. You are just in love and planning an exciting day and your discussing all of these big things of your life together. I think we are the lucky ones (not that we have to wait so long to marry the love of our life) that we get to take our time and enjoy the planning, not rush it.

We are in the same boat and are about where you are in the planning process. We are getting married May 30, 2021 and have already booked the Venue (ceremony & reception), caterer, and photographer and are trying to book the DJ! I started trying to plan early to know how much things are going to cost and give us time to save. I'm not sure how things are where you live, but we live in Sacramento, CA and things book fast. Yes, we could have waited or set the date sooner, but i think planning early gives you the advantage of having more time to save and getting your first pick at your preferred venue, photographer, etc rather than risking them being already booked and having to stress. In fact, most of my vendors have told me this is the best time to start booking the most import things like venue, DJ, photographer etc. My photographer is already booked for the weekend before and after my wedding if that tells you anything. Wedding planning is already stressful as it is and giving yourself more time allows you to enjoy it more and stress last minute less. The people who give you a hard time have likely not had to plan a wedding in recent years and have no idea how quickly things book and how expensive it has gotten...that, or they have the luxury of a wedding planner to figure it out for them lol.

Nah youre fine

Honestly, my date isn't until October 2021 and my FH and I have already started to plan. We haven't booked our venue yet but that's only because we're waiting for it to get a bit warmer to go an tour it to make sure we're certain about the location. But honestly, you do you. I'm also anxious about keeping everything in my budget so I'd rather plan the stressful and expensive stuff now and then only have to worry about making the DIY stuff I plan to do and so on.

First off congrats! I think it's never to early to start planning. I started right after getting engaged (I also waited 9 long years before getting there) but I like to know what I'm spending and how much I need to save up. Just enjoy all of those little things because it goes by so fast!

It’s definitely not too early. I started planning the weekend after we got engaged. I bought my dress the very next month!! It’s so much easier to plan ahead when you think about the monthly payments you can make up to your actual wedding date. That takes a huge burden off your plate when the last couple of months you will be able to pay everyone off. I booked my venue first and pay $275 a month until there’s no balance. I put a bigger deposit down for my caterer so all I have to do is make a couple of payments before my final payment is due. You’re doing things exactly the way you want.....as you should. I had people tell me that I was starting early as well. You never know how much goes into planning until you’re actually the one getting married. It’s been 6 months since we got engaged. We have 6 months to go and all I need to book now is an officiant and florist. I’ve done all of the searching for vendors and everything on my own. My fiancé is planning the honeymoon. We will breathe so much easier knowing we avoided booking anything last minute. I wish you all the best in your planning! It’s your day, you can plan how you want to!!

We got engaged 9/22/19 and our wedding is 9/25/21 we have already booked our venue and ceremony. We have gotten a few quotes from a few catering companies. I don’t think you are planning to early at all. We are also on a strict budget so having time to shop around and compare prices has been very helpful and I feel like it’s not as stressful. People are always going to have an opinion but at the end of the day you have to do what’s best for you and your fiancé💕