When to reach out to vendors?

Do your contracts list when meetings happen? All mine happened in the last two months before my wedding and were listed in my contracts.

They didn't give you a time frame they would want to meet you in? All of my vendors were specific about when I should set up meetings. My venue told us to call them about 5-6 months before to have our tasting, and to start discussing details. Then we left that appointment with the instructions of calling to set up an appointment 2 months out. It really depends on what your vendors need from you and when they need it by.

Great! I'm the same way! But I do follow the timeline in my wedding planner. But I also hired a planner and I have gave her my wedding planner, with my pictures and wishes, and a list of stuff, of do's and don't. She Knows excatly what I want for my wedding, or an idea, how I want my vision to come out. But it doesn't hurt to call your vendors and tell them your vision and what you do and don't want, you're paying them. Good luck and congratulations on your engagement. Have a beautiful wedding day

Very few of mine gave me a timeline of when meetings would be happening (I was still over a year out when I booked pretty much everything, so I know it really wasn't on everyone's radar at that point). I am like you, and when I get closer I will reach out and ask for specific dates. I won't wait for them to reach out to me. I think since you're only 6-7 months out it would be fine for you to reach out and ask them

My venue included a DJ and DOC and gave us a timeline in the contract of when payments were due and when we would be hearing from the DJ and DOC. The DJ sent a questionnaire about a week before the wedding and then we talked over the phone about 3 days before to confirm everything. We met with our DOC about 6 weeks before the wedding to go through the timeline, pick out the menu and iron out any details. The venue provided us with a menu and blank and sample timeline so we could be prepared for the DOC meeting.

Our photographer also let us know when we would be contacted (I think it was about 2 weeks before) and also sent us a questionnaire in advance of the meeting so we could prepare what shots we wanted. I only met with my florist once as I was only having personal flowers so it wasn't necessary to meet again. She confirmed everything through email and I sent her inspo picks via email as well.

I would suggest checking your contracts for timelines. If they aren't stated, you can email the vendors (keep the email short and concise) and ask when the next meeting will be scheduled to you can make note of it in your calendar. Ask if you need to prepare anything for the next meeting. My guess is your next meetings won't be until much closer to your wedding date.

Max 90 days before, minimum 30 days. A few of my vendors required a 90 day out meeting or phone call and a 30 day out meeting. So it may differ for what the vendors want. I wouldn't count on them reaching out. It would be great if they did! But you don't want to risk waiting for them to.

Some have stated that all of their vendors were very vocal about when to meet. Honestly, if mine mentioned it at all, I may have not even noticed. I have no idea of when to meet again with any besides like "half way" or a couple months prior to our wedding. I am certain that they should reach out to you. But it would never hurt to reach out to them as well. You could even do that now to get a general idea of some dates or what month you should be following up with them!

You can always contact them and ask them when is a good time frame to meet especially to get things calendared. My florist told me she would contact me 2 months prior for a mockup and meeting. I had to email my venue because i was supposed to have a 6 month meet up and it was 7 months out and i had nothing scheduled. Turns out my original coordinator left and idk if anyone was going to call me. So good thing i did that. They were very happy to do that. Especially because their food tastings were doing the week and we didn't live close to the venue.

I've asked questions as needed. I'm down to less than two months ago. I sent all my inspiration for my flowers to my florist this past week. My photographer is very responsive to email and my DJ did a meeting with us I think a month ago cause I needed some inspiration for song selections. My Hair and Makeup person is my fiance's cousin and she is also responsive. I would definitely reach out when it get closer to the wedding to follow up with the vendors.