Need your wedding planning help URGENTLY girls and boys!

Congratulations on both events.

Start with venue (church, registry office?) then reception venue and tie them in. Problem with the end of April is it is Easter and the Royal wedding and May bank holiday so it could be pretty booked up unless you look at mid week.

Then photographer, cars flowers dresses

get your invites out as people will be booking holidays as it is also school holidays.

good luck

Congtats on both bits of news !!

I'd start looking at dates what's available and where, you could get some bargain last minute venues,

Good Luck !!

Personally, if I was in your situation, I'd go for a very simple registry office type wedding with just very immediate family and a few closest friends present, then once you have the baby and things have calmed down a little, then worry about a reception/party and inviting all your friends etc?

If you want the full-on wedding experience now, then I'm sure we'll all be able to come up with helpful suggestions - but personally I think it might be a bit too much to be thinking about right now?

Registrar and venue would be the first inc reception venue. As it's not too long invitations would probably be quiet high up on the list, then dress, flowers cake

don't worry though I'm sure it can be done!

A lovely wedding can be planned quickly, you just can't be too picky with what you want and willing to make compromises.

First, like everyone else has said you need to think about budgets, guest lists, and then venue will slot into place. You might want your wedding to be all you've ever dreamed of (eg biiiig do), an intimate family gathering, an intimate wedding abroad or just a "formality" at a register office

but we'll be here to give you idea either way!

WSS, except maybe with the addition of a nice sit-down meal after the ceremony at a restaurant you like.

*coughs* groom here

? made me giggle!

Have you considered using a wedding planner?

My wife (who is a wedding planner) has organised weddings on a much tighter deadline, on budget. She generally saves couples more money than her fee. She can do this (both in terms of speed and costs) because she knows who to use, and how much wriggle room there is before she walks through the door and starts negotiating for you.

Where are you based?

Regards

Richard

In that case WHS!!

Well big congratulations on both!

Definitely budget is the first thing to consider and that will dictate everything else. How big a wedding do you want? and how important is it to you? Part of my thinks you should go down the route suggested by AJ and have a smaller more intimate do as it would be a lots easier to organise and less stressful. But another part of me thinks that if you've always wanted a big do with all the trimmings then that is what you should have!

I have just recently had to plan our wedding in a hurry as MIL2B was very ill so we had 7 weeks to get it done, (2 weeks today to go) It is very stressful i warn you. You said you have been thinking about things and planning for a while, how much have you got done already? For instance we had already booked a venue, photographer, i knew which dress i wanted, had already bought the bridesmaid dresses etc. So we just had to see which days both the venue and tog could do. It made things a lot easier having some decisions already made.

Having said that, whatever you decide i'm sure it can be done!!

Good luck to you and wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy!

Just learnt something I always thought WSS meant would say same not what she said took me ages to work out why it was wrong lol

I find myself kinda agreeing to that, AJ...

But I guess whatever feels right for you... I would start with booking registrar or church asap if you're looking at full wedding, but as people have already said, with Easter and Royal Wedding and other bank holidays it may be a bit of a bind... Good luck and MANY CONGRATULATIONS on your engagement and baby news! ?

DITTO!!! I thought it meant "Well said, sister!" LOL!!! ?

Venue and date first then start booking things fast! To be honest you might actually do worse than the Royal weekend, it seems to have put a lot of other people off getting married so you might get some luck. I know I'm still free.

Good luck!

Alex

Congratulations! Wow, that's quicker than us lol. We thought 5 months was short I'd get church if you plan to marry there sorted first as before we could book a venue we had to check our priest could do the dates we wanted! I got my dress 2 days after we were engaged too- it is very important! I wrote down a huge to do list and just prioritised from there. I also recommend getting any family/friends you can involved in the research part- photographers/disco/bends/flowers/cakes/etc as that has taken up a huge amount of my time!

And congratulations on the baby!! It's the best thing ever so enjoy every minute of it ?

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Massive congratulations to you & your new Fiance!!

I guess i'd agree with everyone else - decide on the kind of wedding that you want and then book a date so that you can start working things around that.

Personally i'd then draw a budget and head out dress shopping (they usually take 6 months if you going to have one made so i'd explain the circumstances and get onto that one quickly) then take a peek at the wedding planner tool on here.

We went: Church, Reception venue, Photographer, Transport, Honeymoon (or Mini-moon), Florist, cake maker etc.

Also completely not related, but where are you going to be moving once married (I'll be marrying a military man in August and moving up to Catterick) - I've heard from both my OH and friends who have a son in the military that there are some housing shortages now so get you OH to see his welfare offices and get on the list now. Heard a story the other day from OH about his friend who got married early August and didn't move in till 3rd week of September, which was 3 days before he went to Afghan!! ? Not cool!!

Good luck though!! Let us know how you get on!

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