Wedding planning is something that a lot of people will have kept in the back (or front) of their mind since relatively early on in life. Our wedding is such a defining moment that it’s difficult to overstate its personal importance, but is it ever too early to start planning your big day?
Some parts can be done early, but others might have to wait – let’s take a closer look.
What you can do early on
There are absolutely some aspects of wedding planning that you can take care of a year or two before the big day.
Booking venue and vendors
Certain venues and vendors can get booked up months, or even years, in advance. If you’ve definitely settled on a vendor or venue like Heaton House Farm, it could be a good idea to get it booked in as early as reasonably possible.
It takes some of the stress out of the later stages of planning, and means that you won’t be left disappointed later on.
Think about the general themes
Likewise, it’s never too early to start thinking about the style of wedding you’ll want to have. You can start to think about your relationship itself, your collective values, your aesthetic preferences, and the kind of celebration you want to have.
All of these issues may very well have been on your mind for years already, and you can continue to refine them and put them into practice as you plan further.
What you’ll have to wait for
There will, however, be some aspects to wedding planning that you might have to wait a bit before planning.
Setting a realistic budget
If you’re looking really far into the future, it could be difficult to set a realistic budget already. Unless your family is paying for the wedding, you may find that your own personal finances have changed somewhat, and that you have more or less disposable income and savings to put towards the wedding.
Finalising a guestlist
Likewise, if you’re looking several years into the future, you likely won’t know what your final guestlist will look like. A few years is enough time for family feuds to occur, but also enough time to become quite close with new friends and drift apart from old ones.
It’s a good idea to wait until at least around 12-6 months before the wedding to send out invitations, and even then, only if it’s a wedding that a lot of people will need to fly to.
Wedding planning can be stressful, but you can make it a whole lot more enjoyable if you leave enough time for everything. By spreading the process out over a whole year, you can dip in and out of it all, without ending up stuck in a mad dash during those final few weeks before the big day itself.
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