Time To Set A Date

If you have decided that you want to plan your wedding to take place soon, then you better get down to business straight away. There are definitely key elements of a wedding, those being the wedding site and the reception site. Because most of the reception halls, restaurants, and other popular wedding reception venues have been booked for over a year, you may not have as many choices as you would like to have.

Other essential elements, like the florist, caterer, and invitations, will need some immediate attention if you want everything to get down in time too. Although deciding to have your wedding without a lot of time to plan is not the best choice a couple can make, it is possible to pull it off. With a few phone calls, some flexible dates and some quick thinking, you might still be in luck. There are still many venues and reception halls that can still come available at the last minute. It is smart to keep in mind that you might have to do a little bit of leg work and make a few phone calls.

First, and foremost, if you are planning a wedding in under a year, then you must get the absolute basics accomplished quickly. First, call your top five places, find out the available dates for each place and compare. Figuring out the availability of reception halls and wedding sites simultaneously is a good idea because your perfect wedding site may be available, while the reception hall may not.

Choosing your top five locations of churches, parks, or other locales will keep things flexible and moving. Since often times, a church a can pack in a few weddings all in one day, you should check your favorites first. If any of those are still available, it is a good idea to go ahead and book them. Because when it gets down to the wire, getting the wedding and the reception booked for the same day is key to any wedding.

Once you get those key elements accomplished, you have a little bit of breathing room. But don't delay in getting the other elements crossed off the list too. Because there is still the caterer, the cake, the florist, the invitations, the photographer, and more to think about. And, since most of these elements need specific dates in order to book them, you will need your church and reception site already set in order to know if you can still get the caterer you want.

Also, these elements like the caterer, the cake and so on, take a little bit of time. Testing wedding cake, sampling the foods from the caterer, and interviewing a variety of photographers really can take much more time that you may realize. Narrowing down these choices should be done as soon as possible, so that you can still get the best choice.