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SAMANTHA212
4/18/08 3:07 P
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I think invitations typically go out to guests about 2 months before the wedding. You can order them as soon as your details are finalized and you find the right ones. That's something you might want to wait on until later this year just in case something changes.
Have you ever heard of theknot.com?
It's a free website for brides or anyone else planning a wedding, and they give you a month by month checklist of stuff you should be doing. Some of it may not apply to you but it might be a good resource for you to help guide you as to when to do things.
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STEELER74386
4/18/08 3:04 P
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| thanks for your advice! wow by three different people?? i know that there is this one dj i hope that my fiance is calling as we speak to set up a apt. there is another couple who want that day that we want it for.....i know tha there are two photographers that i really like so hopefully we can find something. it doesnt hurt to start booking early eventhough my mom thinks that we should wait for a little while. i dont think that we should bc like u said stuff books up fast. now my only otherprob. concerns is when should we start looking at hotels for out of town guests? when should we start sending out invittations etc?
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SAMANTHA212
4/18/08 2:59 P
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I don't know how it is where you live, but where I live, wedding vendors can book up a year in advance. I tried hiring a photographer one year before my wedding date and I was turned away from about 3 different places because they were already booked!
I think you should try to convey the importance of selecting your vendors early to make sure that you are getting the best person at the rate you want to be paying. The cheaper ones will of course tend to book faster since they are more affordable, so you don't want to wait too long.
It sounds like you are on top of it though, you seem like you are starting to get stuff figured out and planned out and that's great!
Good luck with your planning and with your soon to be marriage!!!!
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STEELER74386
4/17/08 7:36 P
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| hi sami (i like your name lol bc its the same as mine!) thanks it is 4/25/09 i know that my mom wants to be involved (even though she said to cool it but the more i looked at photographers sites and the stuff in the wedding planner book i got when we went to a bridalw show its like stuff fills up fast and she dont understand).somehow and she when the hall called her the lady knew a cater so she is helping us out there and giant eagle is cheaper than reg. boakers i think so far. the i set up a few apts for photographers for next week. i still havent heard from the paster.....i wish that my fiances stepmother was involved but she is a iwtch and treated my h2b like crap his whole life and she said bad things about me and she doesnt even know me! same thign like his real mom...
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SAMANTHA212
4/17/08 2:26 P
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Hi!
Congrats on your upcoming wedding, what an exciting time!
I would say as soon as you have set your date and chosen your ceremony and reception locations, you can start looking for your vendors (photographer, caterer, invitations, etc).
When is your wedding date?
If it helps, when I was planning my wedding, both my mom and my mother in law wanted to be involved in meeting vendors and going to the meetings, so I would call around to get price quotes, review them to determine which ones were within the budget, and then I would set up appointments to go to only those places so I wasn't wasting their time.
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STEELER74386
4/17/08 9:26 A
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| when shoul you start looking/buying for a photog. cater, cake,bridesmaid, invitationsetc? i know that we have looked at one dj that my fiance really likes. there is one other person looking at that date. but there are several other ones....also for the photo. when should u start looking? i started emailing a few today.......the problem is i know that my mom, stepdad and real dad want to help pay for the wedding and i guess my mom wants to like come with us to start look but a part of us wants to just like start looking ourselives even though i know that my mom aint going to ike it she would start to feel excluded. (she has Multiple Schlorosis she takes a shot everyday but she isnt in a wheelchair) plus has two dogs. but its like want to start booking stuff before our date is takin by eveeryone and we have nothing in line? i called the paster and like left two messages along with the hall.
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