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I was engaged for 16 months and with the exception of booking a venue, I really only planned for the last 4 months of it. As long as you can get the venue and photographer you want, 9 months is plenty of time to plan a wedding. Plus, you get the extra bonus of not having too much time to change your mind about stuff.
Wedding planning is like water - it fills up whatever time you have for it. :)
You can definitely do it in 9 months without it being overwhelming. We've got three months left before our destination wedding and it's been really fun! Find the venue and the dress, as they're the most important/time sensitive.
You can definitely plan a wedding in nine months. I had a friend who got married in three (before her guy deployed) and she pulled it off just fine (with some help from friends). Actually, I wish I had a shorter engagement because the more time you have, the more chances you have to change your mind and create new things you simply must have. I think that because you already have a clear vision of what you want, you should go for it. The one thing I would be hesitant about is undertaking too many DIY ideas. 
Nine months seems perfect!! I planned in 12 months and there was some months I did nothing!! I think you can do it. I agree though book the venue, ceremony location (if different) and find a dress first!! Eveything else is not too time sensitive.
Congrats on your engagement! & yes - you can definitely plan a wedding in 9 months! If you want an October wedding, go for it!
Start researching (& book) your venue as soon as possible.
I am in the middle of a 10 month engagemen & completely agree with you about not wanting a 16 month engagement. Frankly, I think it would have driven me crazy.
You can do it!! Good luck!
I think 9 months is perfect as well.
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Absolutely. I did mine in 11 and there was plenty of time where I was just sitting around...like months.
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you totally can! just find the venue and everything else will fall into place. there are tons of vendors out there so if your dream vendor is booked, find another one. October is high season though so I would start pretty quickly.
good luck!
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It's plenty of time. Just stay organized. It's true that comment about it being like water though. You'll think about it so much no matter how long the engagement is. And I'd rather not wait any longer than I have - 7.5 months!
Everyone agrees... 9 months is perfect. Especially if you have been dreaming of what you want, this is time to put it in action!
Congrats, and have fun planning... and taking time in-between to enjoy the engagement.
Heck ya!
I did mine in 4.
FLEXIBILITY is key- and getting to your big dream vendors first and work around dates they have available.
:)
Absolutely. We planned a wedding for 300 in 9 months and lived to tell about it (and enjoyed it, too....). I think it's perfect.
Thanks for your responses!! I guess my main concern now is just that the venues I want will be booked since I'm looking for a fall wedding in new england and I'll have to settle for something not so great. But I think I will look for the venue now and try for 9 months. If everything's booked, then maybe I'll re-think it.
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we are doing ours in 6 mos, but we already knew about a year out that we wanted a Feb 09 wedding...you can definitely do it...just let your budget be your guide, and don't second guess yourself...I would get a move on on your dress, though, as that was the biggest stress for me on my timeline...of course I didn't mind going off the rack
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Can do! I am also getting married in Oct. and only started plannig last month.....we are also planning whilst being out of the country! But, we got so much done in the month we were home. It is absolutely possible!!!!!
Good luck and a huge congratulations!
Of course! I did mine in 8 months and a girlfriend of mine did hers in ONE MONTH. Good luck and congrats on your engagement!
I say go for it! You can do it! Once you get all of the big things out of the way in your first month or two of planning, the rest just falls into place. You'll probably even have a month or two where you won't have much of anything wedding-related going on. Good luck!
9 months is a great amount of time! I will have a total of 6 months and I know a friend who got engaged and married within 3 months. It's definitely doable. Just keep a checklist and do not procrastinate (which is hard to do because it's fun to wedding plan) =).
The biggest things to get done right away are:
Your dress, book ceremony and reception venues and find a photographer
Good Luck with everything!
I agree - you can do it! I am planning an 11 month engagement - engaged in Nov. wedding in Oct. It was stressful to pick a venue, photographer and band right off the bat (people book so far in advance....) I booked all in mid-December and now I am coasting : )
If you want tips on country chic in MA I have some ideas (we are getting married in NH but I looked in MA).
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The planning and coordinating can be done. However, you are right about vendors (particularly the venue). They might not be available, especially in a fall NE setting. Good luck. Let us know if you get what you want.
If you had to choose, would you give up on the idea of an OCt ober wedding? Keep this Oct but take a less desirable venue? Wait an entire year longer to have the venue and Oct.? Would you be flexible and try for a Friday or Sunday?
I have 7 months to plan, and I think 9 is perfect. Book your ceremony/reception sites, photographer, and find the dress. The rest is cake! Almost everything gets done within 6 months anyway. I'm just trying to book everything I can as early as I can. That way I can enjoy the last months of the engagement without worrying that something won't get done. I'm finding that with transportation (like flights and car rentals) there's a "golden moment" to buy. A month ago my honeymoon tix were like $1500 per person. Now they're down to $800 per person. Farecast.com predicts the price will keep dropping in the coming months!
Congrats girl!
Of course you can! We're going to get married in august of this year, to coincide with the 70th wedding anniversary of my grandparents! I am only going to have a short engagement because we're planning first our engagi-moon trip (where we officially get engaged although we are for the most part already..exception ring missing left hand, fourth finger) and that will happen in 4-6 weeks.
My sister had a gorgeous wedding with only five months of planning.
Get going now! I have been planning now for six months, because I knew when it was "go-time" our engagement would be short. That's how we want it because if it's too long, you over think things and I have a bff who had a TWO YEAR ENGAGEMENT and it about drove her nuts. Plus, a wedding is only one day..why wait to spend your lifetime together?
Best wishes!
~Belle N Georgia
Ofcourse you can plan a wedding in 9 months... you might run into some venue/vendor issues if you are planning a huge platinum wedding though. I was engaged Feb 07 and I started planning Jan 08... we are finally getting married May 9, 2009!!
It really depends on the type of wedding you are having and who is paying. For me, my fiance and I are paying so I am doing all the planning. So it has taken a lot of my time. Plus I am very detail oriented and want everything to be perfect, so I invest more time and STRESS in it. It will be worth it.
Book your venue first and foremost, then if you have any particular vendors (flowers, catering, decor, music, officiant, etc) that are in high demand you want to book them ASAP. They book 12-18 months in advance at times. Your dress needs to be purchased and ordered soon, find out the timeline for delivery before you order it.. make sure you have tiime for alterations, etc.
It can be done... I have two friends that planned their weddings in 6 months last year so think positive and get to work! Congrats!
It can totally be done, just be flexible and have a lot of choices to choose from... only b/c the shorter the time period, some vendors become booked, but i think 9 months is totally doable... the venues and vendors i've found a lot don't even want to talk until at the most 12 month point!
thanks, everyone! We're looking into October 2009 and we'll probably decide if it's going to work within a couple of weeks. I'm starting to think that photographers might be hard to find but we'll see. Erindesmar, I tried to send you a message but not sure it went through as I'm new to this weddingbee stuff...any suggestions you have for locations in mass or NH would be great!
Go for it! I got engaged over New Years, and I'm planning a September wedding for about 200. Admittedly, I'm planning it in a smaller city (Richmond, VA), so things may not book up as early, but there was only one venue that I seriously looked at who was booked, and only one photographer that I'm looknig at already has the day booked.
I will caution you that most of the places I've talked ot have mentioned lots of calls recently from Fall brides, so if you want to do it, get to work on the most important contracts quickly. I think there are more of us holiday engagements who would like to get married this year.
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I may be the sole person to disagree -- and maybe it's just because I'm planning a wedding in Ohio (where I grew up) from New York (where I live. I feel COMPLETELY stressed out all the time -- we JUST got the caterers and photographers booked -- if I hadn't looked at linens when I'd been home I would have been SOL (or had to make a quick trip home, since our caterer tells us we probably would not get our first choice if we waited even until February). Because we didn't book the caterer until just now, we haven't done the invitations yet (because we needed to know how much time they needed to set up, and we only have the venue for 8 hours) and I was totally tossing and turning last night about what is going to end up being a party that cost us $5K-$10K per hour.
BUT -- if you're in the area I think you're set. Get the dress and the venue asap -- everything else you can work with the vendor to get what you want.
OH -- and we got engaged 9/12; wedding is 5/30.
I planned my November wedding for 125 people in 5 months. No problem! I liked having a short engagement -- you don't waste a lot of time and energy. Efficient! Good luck - you'll be fine!!!
AND CONGRATULATIONS!
Of Course!! I just got engaged in Dec and I am alomost done with all the big things...if you have some time every day it doesn't take that long! I was gonna go with a 1.5 year engagement but when I was already losing sleep after the first night I realized I needed to get it over with!! You will think about it EVERY day til it's done :) Do it now!
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I just got engaged and always dreamed of an October wedding. But I'm freaking out that I can't plan it in 9 months and that if I do, I won't ever get to enjoy the engagement. What do you all think about that--is it possible? Crazy? It seems like short engagements could be stressful becaues you never get to really enjoy beeing engaged and have to jump right into planning. But I also don't really want to spend 16 months planning a weddding. We are hoping for a country chic wedding in vermont or massachusetts for about 150 people. Thanks for your thoughts!!