Is 2 years too long to be engaged

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We started looking pretty much right away but booking 2.5-2 years out. You get some good price breaks that way by locking it in.

Do what is absolutely best for you! You can throw a phenomenal wedding in 3 months but you can also throw a phenomenal wedding in 3 years. My fiance and I will have a 2 year engagement by the time we get married and the extra time is ideal for us to make sure we iron out every detail well and it will also help to mitigate a lot of the stresses of wedding planning.

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Love seeing 4 yr waiting brides. When did you book start booking everything?

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Omg, this makes me feel so much better, I thought that I was the only one waiting 4 years before I got married.

We considering me and my FH will be engaged 4 months short of 4 years of course not that is a great time frame to plan with a little less stress

There is no such thing as too long.. or too short. You do whatever is best for you.

We will be engaged for almost 2 years before getting married. I love all the time to plan (and to save!) since I have a full time job as well as demanding hobbies!

We will have been engaged for 2 years and 2 months when our wedding comes around and honestly I wouldn't have been able to be sane and plan our wedding in any less time! We started planning early and have very leisurely been saving as well as planning. We told everyone about our engagement and they were all really happy. It gave us time to get together with people to tell them in person which was great. It also really helped our wedding party to have the time to plan and save as well. I don't get how people do it all in less time, I really don't lol

We have been engaged two years this past Christmas

I have been engaged almost two years and we decided on a date about 2 years more out. We were hit with potentially moving right after he proposed, which delayed the planning a bit, but it's not unusual to be 2+ years or more engaged I am finding out (especially if you want to save all the money to pay for everything without using any credit!).

An app or Google shouldn't determine when you start planning. Yes, there are things better left closer to the date, but getting information on different venues, prices on vendors, and pinteresting every idea to filter down later don't have to be 'timelined' in.

We will be engaged 4 years when we get married Honestly, I love having the extra time to really think about our choices and book our venues with lots of wiggle room for conversations and additional planning. I've already booked our venue and we're only 2 years away now so I don't think it's too early. 2 years is pretty typical from what I've heard for engagements, and I doubt anyone will give you flack for planning ahead.

We will be engaged just over 2 years come the time of the wedding this October!

It was good to plan well in advanced, the catering company we chose guaranteed the prices when we booked so even tho everything has gone up since we still get the same prices!

Also booked our photographer around the same time so it give you lots of time to plan!

2 years it not too long for an engagement. If you want to share the news I say yell it from the roof tops and celebrate. Those 12 month maps I found are based around having a wedding in busy urban centres where everything books up so far in advance. We will be almost 10 months from engagement to wedding and people are saying we are too soon. 2 years will be good cause you can really take your time deciding and looking around at venues which will be the thing you want to book first. Just a heads up though that some vendors do not book 2 years out (churches, officiants) because things can change quickly so some will only book 6-8 months out.

Two years isn't too long to be engaged, but it's really up to you and your fiancé!

My fiancé and I got engaged in February, and it will be a little over a year and a half between our engagement and wedding. Like many others have said below, you'll be able to take your time with planning and that should make the process less stressful (giving you the ability to enjoy it!)

It is so much less stressful to plan a wedding that far in advance. Just got engaged Feb 23 2018, and we just secured our ceremony location, venue and photographer for Oct 4, 2019.

It is a huge weight taken off to have a few of the big things already booked. This then gives more time to save money and pay for the rest!

I am working on hair and makeup services as some of the businesses i am looking at only book a few weddings a year. This gives you the chance to get what you want!

It is so worth it!

We are having a 2 year engagement. It will actually be just over. We don't want to go into debt because of a wedding, so this allows us to pay cash. We got engaged on January 21, 2018 and getting married April 11, 2020. This also gives us time to be able to have my dream wedding.

We have the venue picked and photographer booked. Now I am picking up little things here and there for centerpieces to spread costs out as well. Do what works for you, but I don't think anything is wrong with waiting!

I know that you posted this quite some time ago but I saw it on the discussions board and wanted to just reassure you that it is NOT too long to be engaged! I myself proposed to my FH at the end of December and our wedding is set for October 2019 - it will be a total of 1 year and 10 months in the making. It's all about venue availability and timing. We really wanted a Fall wedding but to plan it in just 10 months or less would be unrealistic. Cheers!

Congratulations! Wedding are stressful. It takes time to plan a wedding. If you are eloping or having a small wedding, by all means, have a short engagement. But some venues book up two YEARS in advance. So 2 years is not a big deal.

Start planning as early as you like because then it won't make you stressed out later. My fiance and I are 1 year and 3 months before our wedding date and we booked the venue two months before we officially got engaged because we for sure wanted it. We were happy because a week later the venue told us that 3 other couples had asked about our date.2 years just means more time to plan, more time for Diy's and less stress. Go for it and start planning what you want! I suggest venue 1st then guest list, and then over the engagement edit the guest list based on who you still talk to. You can always say your wedding date is set for ____ say the month 2019. More time to plan

You can let people know that you became engaged but you haven't set the date yet. Don't be discouraged. There are many brides who wait longer than 2 years to get married for a variety of reasons: finishing school, want to pay off debt first, personal issues that need to be resolved before planning begins, etc. April is a lovely month to get married, but so is September (except 2 weeks ago when it was 37 degrees on my wedding day). You may want to have extra time to save some money since weddings and honeymoons can cost quite a bit. Relax. It's so wonderful that you are engaged so enjoy this time of your life and don't feel you have to hurry up.

Plan girl! With 2 years you will be able to get EVERYTHING you want, from date to vendors! We aren't even "officially" engaged but have 90% planned because vendors were already booked for Oct 2018 (not even our first choice) and we didn't want to wait for 2019.

Start planning. I started recently hoping to get married next September, and most venues we are interested in are already fully booked from April-October in 2018.

I may unintentionally end up with a 2 year engagement at this rate... or a winter wedding, which would be ok too.

It's never too early to start planning, especially if there is a particular venue that you both want. 2 years is nothing. It will fly by! Right now it may feel like it will take forever but it honestly goes by quickly. I feel like we just got engaged a few months ago but it was a year yesterday and now we only have 8 months to go. Having 2 years also helps you save to help pay off big vendors. It's helped us tremendously. I'm glad we had a longer engagement just for that reason.

Congratulations!! That is exciting!

By the time we tie the knot we will have been engaged for just over 2 years. It was one of the best decisions we made. We got to relax and just be happily engaged for a while before the craziness started. You will be able to get all your dream vendors the earlier you start. We booked our venue about a year and a half in advance. I know a couple who waited a little longer and there were no more Saturday's left in the fall at their dream venue so they had to go with a Friday instead. The earlier is definitely better. One year away is going to absolutely fly by, trust me.

First of all Congratulations!

So not going to lie my engagment will be just shy of 31 months (2.5 years). However I am planning my wedding from across the country(live in Alberta getting married in New Brunswick)! So no 2 years is too long or too short. You can plan on your own time and take your time doing it!

My Fiance proposed to me in April 30, 2015 and our wedding date is Nov 25, 2017, everyone thought I was crazy for setting a date that far and even crazier when I purchased my dress in Oct 2015. But I would not change it for the world. So take your time and enjoy it you deserve to love every part of your Big Day and not feel rushed into picking something that you may dislike it after the deposit is made. Like others are saying, Book your big things now like venue(s), Carterers, Photographer and slowly work your way through everything else.

First of all, congratulations! I absolutely don't think that two years is too long! My engagement will be one year and eight months, and at times I wish it would be longer ha! The planning process is pretty heavy, and two years lets you do it all on your own time without rushing. A lot of places/vendors can also book up somewhat early, so this makes sure that you can book the venue and vendors that you really want! Weddings are also expensive... the more time you have to plan also means the more time you have to save/budget!

Honestly the app gives u time to do things in a year. But it can be done quicker or drug out. I’ve been engaged for almost 2 years now and it’s not that big of a deal. Hey the venue and larger stuff out of the way first. Then u can slowly work on the small stuff.

Congratz on the engagement.

Absolutely not! Take all the time you need. Whether it is to save money or to just enjoy the engagement moment My fiance proposed Oct 10 2016 and we will be getting married Sept 22, 2018 so our engagement is almost 2 years as well. Trust me the 2 years will fly by

If you are looking at places that tend to have attendance like zoos, parks, historical sites I would look into those earlier. As you said to just get a ball park of things.

Congratulations! Please don't be frustrated, enjoy your engagement, show off your ring every chance you get! Spend the next year saying my fiance this, and my fiance that. Don't get wrapped up in wedding planning just yet. Enjoy the feeling of just being engaged. The planning will come soon enough and it will sneak up on you quick. Go and look at venues, spend a Saturday here and there checking out Wedding sites that are done up for weddings, most places will let you look prior to guest arrivals, I know that helped me when I had the wedding bug lol. Write down your ideas when they come to you, but the best advice I could give, is just enjoy your engagement and your fiance.

By the time FH and I say I do, we will have been engaged for 22 months, so just under 2 years. And I've found it to be relatively nice. I actually would have preferred to be engaged longer, but we didn't want to change our date! Lol

You pick the date that works for you. As for planning, what you found are guidelines. If you want to start now and make it less stressful by doing one thing at a time, then go for it. It all boils down to “it’s your wedding, you do what works for you”.

My FH and I said the same thing when were engaged December 2016, we booked everything for March 2019 and everyone kept asking us why are you waiting? After we realized that we were getting help from family with our wedding we moved our date up to March 2018!

Have however long engagement you want, its your relationship and your wedding do what makes you and your FH happy!