Anyone else silly enough to plan a wedding in 9 months?

[Ilovenannyplum]

Just wondering if you all get the look of shock and horror (much like this -> ) when you tell potential suppliers your wedding date?

I thought 9 months was ample time but apparently not!

You can have cheap, good quality, on time but only 2 out of 3.
Wedding was organised in less than 3 months, but it meant some family couldn't come, we only visited 4 venues and did not have choice of a date.
It was amazing though!

If you want a Saturday in July then you've probably got little chance of finding anywhere free

Mine was 8 months from engagement to wedding. We got married on a Sunday before a bank holiday. We wanted to get married a couple of months later but brought it forward because it was the only date our first choice venue had free.

No problems getting any suppliers lined up except a hairdresser who'd work a Sunday of a bank holiday weekend.

Hi op, I had a Christmas wedding and had just under two years to plan. Several venues and our two first choice photographers were already booked for those dates so would suggest getting booked asap. Also several hairdressers already booked. Though Christmas is off season it is getting more and more popular for weddings so I'd get big things booked asap!

we did ours in about 6 weeks - the last thing I organised (because I forgot it) was the car to take me and son to the register office. I rang a local company, to ask them if they did wedding cars
"yes - when would you like it for and is it for the bride?"
"For the bride and her small son"
"And what date are you looking at?"
" - Ermm - Friday."
"Friday....as in..... tomorrow?"
"I'm afraid so. I forgot." -
"Forgot!" - gales of laughter down the phone. "well you've cheered us up - I'm sure we can fit you in"
and they did! The driver was lovely.

We decided to do the deed in a quiet point after new year, and the end of May date choose us as it was available at the venue we wanted. So whole thing done in under 5 months - and so glad we did it that way, it was life consuming as it was, can't imagine doing that for a year or more!

On the dress front I couldn't bring myself to even step over the threshold of a 'Bridal Boutique'. We got our outfits from the high street, cost us around £500 for all 4 of us fully kitted out.

We it in 6 weeks.
50 day time guests, 150 evening.
When I say we I acctually mean my now DH and my Mum, I'm just a little laid back and I just said yes or no to what they suggested and shopped for my dress. They did a fabulous job and I had no stress :)
The only job I had to do was send the invitations w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶6̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶d̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶o̶o̶p̶s̶!̶ I just wanted to marry him and really couldn't have cared about all the planning.

We did it in about 14 weeks I was going to be right smug but I see other s did it in shorter time if you are determined and focused you can do it

I booked ours in about 5 months
The only face I got was from the wedding dress shops, but I got around that by buying a sample and having it altered. Everyone else was absolutely fine. We thought we would have more trouble finding a photographer and band, but got our first choice with both, despite it being a Saturday in May.

As long as you don't want personalised doves to release into the skies, or a really, really popular venue, you should be fine

I booked the register y office first and went from there really once I had my date I was like a woman posessed

Did mine in 6 months (after 5 years engaged so you'd think we'd have enough time!) but only really started the proper planning with 4 months to go.

It was fine though, worked well. It wasn't a big wedding thankfully

BiL (with MiL help) planned his wedding in 5 weeks. They said it was dead easy as there was no choice about anything. They just took what was available.
(Back story - SiL is from the US and had outstayed her visa so was sent home by Home Office. She could only come back if they had a wedding date. SiL and BiL booked a date with the registrar and went back to US, leaving BiL to it....)

I was exactly like you, Mrs Jay - 14 weeks to the day and once I booked the reg office I was like a woman totally possessed too.

It can be done.

Wedding dress shops - When's your wedding
Me - "month" and day
This - "month"

5 out of 6
No, sorry, we can't help you

We did it in 6 months.

"It's usually florists and photographers that do the face at me."

That's weird, surely either they are available or they're not? It's not like you are (for example) ordering a dress to be made in less physical time than it normally takes, in which case a face might be fair enough.

My DD is engaged no date yet I'm itching to take over help out

I'm doing it in approx 9 months. Got engaged on NYE and I'm getting married in October!

Dress, photographer and venue all done - just trying to pull everything else together

I'm getting married in 9 weeks. I still haven't sorted flowers, rings, outfits, or my dress. Or cars. Or cake. Or hair and makeup. It'll all come together before the day.

Not even going dress shopping until next month!

I planned mine in three months.

Friends of mine booked a wedding for 3 months time and got some great deals with suppliers who had cancellations- venue/photographer etc. I'm sure it will be lovely

We booked the date in October get married next month. I bought mine and 2 bridesmaids dresses in November then did not a lot until Jan, booked flowers, disco & buffet. (My dad booked venue earlier.) ordered invites Feb. Just on getting my dress altered now as I needed to lose weight.

We organised ours in six months, it was fine. I wouldn't have wanted to have years to think about it,making decisions was stressful enough without having more time to think things over! I ordered my dress in Jan and the wedding was in April, don't remember it even being an issue! Hope your day works out well OP, I would have loved a Christmas wedding but was too impatient!

I organised our wedding in 2000 in 7 weeks, from abroad, married in Scotland. Full church do, 3 bridesmaids. It was easy.

We did ours in a similar timescale. I honestly dont get the mystique. Its just a big party.
We booked the registry office and party venue first- neither were busy with bookings 9 months ahead of time
Food supplied by the venue
Dressmaker easily able to make a dress
Things like balloons, wedding favours, flowers all readily available from shops the week before.
We bought the wedding cake on the day. There was a great Turkish Bakery full of delicious fruit gatauxs literally opposite tge venue. We just walked in, bought three in different sizes and plonked them on a cake stand. It cant have cost more than £25 total.
The bakery woman did some eye rolling at us and said we should have booked them for a wedding but I still dont see why. They are a cake shop- they always have cakes in stock!

3 weeks

Proper white wedding, around 100 guests, Church, hotel afterwards

We still get comments about it over 10 years later about how much people enjoyed it (they bring it up not us, not sure what made it so amazing for the guests!)

Four months. Two of which my DP has been abroad (we are moving to the US, which is why it has been so quick). If it wasn't for my DMum and DDad I would have gone crazy (MiL has been a nightmare and has made me cry about a dozen times) Stately home, 90 guests. Would have been happy to marry DP in a bin-bag but ended up with the big do.

It's next Saturday, can you tell I'm a bit overexcited

Organised mine in 14 weeks, full white church wedding 150 guests.

But...I've since worked in the industry and understand why some things need more notice. Especially ordered dress, venues popular for weddings (Christmas is 2nd most popular time certainly not a quiet time!).

It can be done...if you're organised and flexible.

My dress was ex display and suppliers mainly small local businesses plus military venues so not open to all and sundry. Military catering too.