Affordable Venues in Kelowna?

Maybe you could get a wedding planner in that area to assist you with everything. she/he would have better knowledge of venues and all aspects

Can't really help with the venue situation seeing as how I'm over in MB - but I do have some advice!

Well, first off - congratulations on the engagement and welcome to the wedding wire community!!

And then as far as advice for a newly engaged and somewhat freaking out bride-to-be; it's going to be overwhelming at first and that's okay. You have over a year before your ideal wedding date, and I've seen brides on this site put together a wedding in about 6 months so you will be fine!

I found that although the checklist on weddingwire is a bit off in the get things done by certain months, the things that are on it are in a pretty good order so I used it quite a bit and would recommend it as well.

You have the budget, the rough guest count, and the next thing you need (IMO) would be the venue which you are already working on. Next would be the food and alcohol (if the venue doesn't already supply it), DJ, Photographer/Videographer, and then you can work on the smaller things like invitations, decor, cake, etc. Just make sure that the dress shopping is done around the 1 year mark as some dresses can take up to a year to get in - but most take 5-6 months. Although 5-6 months is not that long, mine took that long only for it to arrive with a tear in it and the store had to reorder it with a rush on it (the rush took 4 months instead of the 5.5 months the first one took).

YOU'VE GOT THIS! And you have this community now to ask questions (as silly as they may seem) as well use this site/app to just simply vent and we are here to listen or try and give you advice on what we would do.