Is it realistic to plan a wedding in 3 months?

Question

We have been engaged for much longer but have been waiting for some legal issues before being able to set the date. Now we are looking at mid May of this year and only have the reception hall booked and the maids and groomsmen taken care of. If you've done this, please share any advice! Thank you!

Answer 1

Where exactly are you located?? It is completely possible to pull off a fabulous wedding with only 3 months to go!! The only thing you're going to need is a wedding planner ... I know it might seem like an unnecessary expense, but once things get going you're going to wish you had someone. A planner has so many connections and can get you so many discounts on services that having a professional will save you so much time and money (and it doesn't sound like time is something you can waste now) ... good luck and congrats!!!! You can email me at [e-mail] and I can get you in contact with some planners in your area. Congrats!!!!!

Answer 2

Yep, it's possible! Congrats by the way. You already have the reception hall booked and maid and groomsmen. That's great. You just need someone to marry you, minister, justice of the peace. You can have a nice little area set aside to get married at the reception hall (or if you're doing a church, contact them right away). If you work, take a couple days off and go to it.

Answer 3

I personally couldn't have, I will be engaged for a year when we get married next month and it has taken all of it, but I graduated with a girl who literally put together a full wedding in 3 weeks to get married before her fiance went to Iraq...they had 6 bridesmaids and groomsmen and a buffet meal and all the traditional bells and whistles and all in 3 weeks so it CAN be done! The only thing she had was her dress, and in your amount of time I think you will most likely have to go off the rack instead of ordering, I would order invites NOW, I had good luck with now-and-forever.com, they were SUPER fast and its good quality at a very reasonable price. Be prepared to be turned down by lots of vendors, May is a very popular month for weddings and my guess is most stuff will be booked, so its gonna be frustrating! You may not get that florist or photographer you had in mind! I think with a lot of diligence and rush shipping charges you can pull it off, but take a deep breath now and get to work b/c you don't have time to play!

Answer 4

I planned my wedding for 100 people in less than 3 months. I gave myself 6 months & the past almost 4 I've been bored due to having it all done so quickly.

My friend planned her wedding for about 60 people in about a month.

It's possible, you just have to start with a location, then a dress, then work from there. Of course, 3 months from now is May, which is a very busy wedding month. If you're in a larger or busy area alot of places may already be booked. Call ASAP & see who is booked & who isn't.

Answer 5

It can be done! Listen to everyone else - get organized. Pick the things that are most important to you in your day and get them done ASAP. Get your marriage license, rings, church, photographer, videographer, caterer (if there isn't one with your hall!) florist,cake and band/DJ booked. Now you've got the key components for a wedding. Beyond that, it's all gravy. You can make programs & favors yourself. Oh, and have fun dress shopping - check out samples. It will save you money, and you won't have to worry about waiting for the dress to come in.

Actually, the nice thing about a compressed deadline is you won't have time to be bogged down with needless details (and expenses!) that people try to tell you that you "need" to have the perfect wedding. (You know - whether or not you NEED personalized candy bars or a chocolate fountain)

Seriously, try not to get too caught up in the details. Most people won't remember what your centerpieces looked like in two days anyway. They WILL remember the laughter & the good time and how happy you two were, though - so enjoy the moment!

Best wishes to you!!

Answer 6

I got engaged on May 12th and married on May 29th that same month - we had 200 guests with a complete dinner and dance reception. It was insane - but it works. The main thing you need to do is GET ORGANIZED. Make a To Do list - and plan to get all of the major things out of the way ASAP - within the next few weeks. Invitations have to go out 6-8 weeks before the wedding, so details need to be worked out before that.

Answer 7

It seems that the main things are done, the next step is a date, then the invitations can be sent out, have it at a church, or have a preacher to do it right where you are having the reception. Go to the party store, and you can get all sorts of things for making up favors, to give your guest. You can go to Joannes Fabric and you can get everything to make the flowers for the bride, and the wedding party. or a craft store. For the Bridal Shower, you can order all kinds of food platters, and play games. One thing I did forget, a caterer for the wedding, ask around about caterers, if not look in the yellow pages. When you have the bridal shower, buy thank you cards, and when people come to the shower, have them fill out the envelopes with their name and address, them all you have to do is fill out what you want to thank them for. what I do is tell them it is for a prize, and I go to the dollar store, and buy so nice little gifts, may be 10, and it just makes it fun, and you can play all kinds of games. Don't forget the caterer, ask around, or look in the yellow pages. Write out a contract, to protect your self.

Answer 8

I know people who have done it. I am planning mine in 11 months and I have been so stressed!! But, it can be done. You already have your hall, which is great! Those book quick and especially in spring/summer. If all else fails and you can't find a church, you could get an officiant to marry you at the hall. or even outside at a park because the weather in May should be decent. Get your dress soon!!! Sometimes they take a while to come in and may need to be altered. Good luck though! You can do it!! :)

Answer 9

while you're older then 21-22, 3 years is basically too long. in case you opt for for to attend that long on your wedding ceremony, in line with danger you will possibly desire to think of bearing directly to the justifications in the back of you no longer wanting to wed faster. in case you opt for for to spend your lives jointly and are specific approximately that, there is not any clarification for waiting that long. For reference, I even have 4 months to devise my very own wedding ceremony - i'm halfway via that factor and all of the vast issues are already set. So, back, specific, 3 years is basically too long. yet once you opt for for to be relatively soft with the time table, a 12 months and a nil.5 is a lot adequate. regardless of the actuality that if it have been me, if each and every of the stress I even have now (and my wedding ceremony is relatively small and relatively common to rearrange!) have been stretched over a 12 months and a nil.5, i might definitly bypass loopy! in spite of everything, do what you sense is stable and do it for the wonderful motives. Make the marriage in accordance on your and you fiance's style, do no longer hear to all people else. concentration on the life that comes after the marriage - I shop asserting that it is not the marriage i'm looking forward to - this is the life we would have after it! stable good fortune

Answer 10

You can always ask for your friends help if you need something picked up or put in the post office. My friend go married with in three months but where she got married she had the opition of getting everything she needed through the place. I am kind of doing the same thing. If I find something i like for the wedding i tell my mom or my soon to be mother in law helps pick it up. Don't say i will get it another time because when you go back for it, it will be gone.. good luck,, just ask for help from the MOH that is why you picked her..