hi all...my h2b n myself hav jst agreed on the date we wud like for our wedding, which is 30 June 2012...now we hav agreed to this wher do i start?? Am i 2 early 2 start booking the registry office n venues?? i'm jst a bit confused by it all lol xx

hi tinkerbell, congrats and welcome! :)

Depending on where you want to get married ie registry office, church or venue, sometimes it pays to start looking now as some of the more popular venue choices can be booked for up to 2 years in advance if not longer.

I think most registry offices work on a 12 month prior to booking rule although im not 100% sure on that one.

First thing i done was find a venue i liked and provisionally booked it (im still yet to confirm a registrar, its getting close i know now for me lol) After that i think most things fall into place.

Every one on here is helpful and maybe able to help more than i can, but happy planning anyways xD

Hi Tinkerbell Congrats hun Most registry book a year ahead so it could be wise to start with your venue and then go from there.

There is lots of lovely people on here who help so much so keep posting and we will keep answering lol xx

hey all thanks for ur advice...i will defo b starting to look into venues over the next few weeks to make sure i get where i want xxx

Things do get booked up very early (two years is nothing in the wedding world) Make sure you prioritise and book the things that are important to you early so you get a better pick of who you want at the price you want. I found photographers hard to get for the date I wanted. You can't really do much until the venue is booked as that sets the date and time for you. Once that is done and you can confirm the date you can start to book everyone else. I made a list of everything I wanted for my wedding and then booked them in order of importance.

Oh I almost forgot. Work out your budget and numbers before you do anything. No point in looking at venues you can't afford. I use an excel spread sheet for my estimate budget, actual costs, deposits paid etc. It really helps you stay in control of your budget then and unless you save money in one area you can't spend in on another.

congratulations, i would contact the registry office and the venue to see what dates they have aavailable and see if you can provisionally book them as they soon get booked up, some registrars let you book them a long time before hand and others dont, i rang our registrars 16 months in advance and they were very helpful, so were the venue, we managed to book both and then sort everything out afterwards, its never to early to start booking things x