How Much Time Do You Need To Plan A Wedding?
We’ve seen couples plan their dream wedding in as fast as 3 months to as long as 2.5 years. Is picking the perfect wedding date stressing you out? we’re here to help you figure out exactly how much time you need to plan your dream wedding.
How Can You Possibly Get Married in only 3 Months?
The answer: Through Being Decisive.
The reality is that whether you get married in 3 months or 2.5 years there are a certain number of decisions that go into planning a wedding.
Parkinson’s Law states that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
After nearly a decade in the wedding industry we’ve found that this is absolutely true for weddings.
Parkinson’s Law makes one of the hardest wedding planning questions easy.
How much time do I need to plan my wedding?
Answer: However Much Time I Choose And Want To Give It. It will take up the full amount of time you allocate for it - whether you pick 3 months or 2.5 years to do it.
Can you plan your wedding in just 3 months? Yes.
Can you plan your wedding in 2.5 years? Yes.
Just know that whatever you choose - wedding planning will expand to fill the amount of time you give it.
Long Engagement: Pros & Cons
The biggest reason couples choose to extend their wedding planning over years is to provide space for all of the details to get figured out over a relaxed flexible time period.
When you have months and years to work with, you can dive into wedding planning at your leisure, take time to focus on details, and financially set up a game plan that feels easy to tackle. Many couples love the idea of taking it slow, chipping away at the process, and enjoying the engagement period before marriage.
Long engagements provide:
Time to plan out every detail of your complete wedding experience.
More time to financially prepare for the costs of a wedding.
Freedom to precisely pick more details - ex: ideal wedding date, wedding vendor dream team, & fine details.
Biggest con of a long engagement:
It’s hard to wait. Often couples are surprised by how quickly the pieces of their day come together only to discover they are going to have to wait years to enjoy it. The “I just want to be married already” feeling can be hard to live with for months and years.
Short Engagement: Pros & Cons
“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” - Harry Burns | When Harry Met Sally
The biggest pros of a short engagement:
You get to skip months and years of wedding planning and instead get to jump into the fun of a life married to the one you love.
Less confusion. There isn’t time to endlessly pursue options. You have to be decisive.
It can cost less. Often the longer you plan the more you add into your wedding day.
The biggest con of a short engagement:
Your options are limited. Available dates, vendor availability, and lead times will require you to be flexible and flow with what is available and works.
How Much Time Do You Want?
How much time do you need and want for planning your wedding?
(Fill in the blank) - You get to decide.
That’s the fun of it. You get to pick together!
And there’s not a right or wrong answer - other than to pick a date for anyone other than yourselves.
With your personalities, goals, and future in mind - how many months do you want to plan your wedding?
What date is drawing you to it and feels like it is meant to be yours?
Click here to browse available wedding dates, find pricing, and even book your wedding date 100% online now.
We can’t wait to see which date is truly meant to be yours.
With You, For You.
Legacy Hill Farm
