Might have to cancel and start new..

We live in London, ON and are getting married in Edmonton, AB. The reason we are doing this is because we had the engagement party in Europe, where I come from, so it was only fair to do the wedding in edmonton.

However, not only do I not live there, but on top of that have never lived in! Initially I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to do it and I did not know where to start from, but now everything is ready.

So you should be able to do it as well, as at least you have lived in ON before

just keep calm and stay organized and try to deal with one thing at a time and all’s going to be fine

after all, you’ve got so much time! Our engagement will last for a total of 9 months and already all is ready, so no worries again

also, congrats on your partner’s new job!

I totally think you can make it happen! As many here have said, there are tons of ways to communicate these days so that makes things easier. I would maybe appoint someone here as your "representative" if things need to actual be seen and looked at but otherwise I think you should be fine.

View quoted message Yeah I suppose there are so many ways of communication these days.. thanks 😊

View quoted message Valid point lol, thanks girl! 😊

I live in Calgary and planning a wedding (without a planner) in our hometown of Ottawa/Gatineau. It's not easy but totally doable. The vendors I've been dealing with, so far, have been very accommodating with communicating via email and accepting to make Skype calls. I mean, I met my photographer over a Skype call haha. As for decorations, I'm ordering a lot of my stuff online and will be shipping them over to my parents' house!

You can totally do this

View quoted message Is it really wedding planning if you’re not stressed out your mind? It’ll all be worth it in the end!

View quoted message I've seen so many beautiful pictures from summer and I'm super excited! But you're right either way I'm getting married, I'm totally going to try my hardest to keep the wedding as is, just going to be a bit stressed while doing so..

View quoted message Yeah I'm just worried I'll get too stressed with planning, starting fresh, finding work and planning from so far..

View quoted message Kelowna is gorgeous in the summer! Especially early summer since there’s a much smaller chance of wildfires making the air all smokey. A smaller wedding there would still be gorgeous, and it’s still early enough that you’d be able to get a venue if it did come to moving it to Kelowna. You’ll be able to have a beautiful wedding either way. Hopefully you can stick with your current venue and have what you originally wanted but if all else fails, you’ll be able to have a beautiful wedding there, even if it is smaller.

View quoted message I definitely don't want to push back lol I'm thinking maybe just a smaller version of the wedding I'm planning. And around the Kelowna area.

View quoted message That’s the best you can do! The other option is you could push back the date so you have some time to save and have a wedding similar to what you planned out there but only here in BC? Where in BC are you moving too, out of curiousity?

View quoted message With moving costs I don't know if you can afford to put any more deposits down on anything or hire a planner. I don't have any family in the city and all his family is way too controlling with things they want over what I want so I don't trust them.. we'll keep trying, I do not want to give me so I'll give it all I got 😊

I’ve seen lots of brides plan their weddings from different provinces. I’d say it’s a harder but definitely doable. Don’t give up yet!

Do you have room in the budget for a wedding planner? If you do, I’d say get a planner and keep your wedding where it is. Also do you have family that still live over that way that could help? Maybe you could book more vendors early on so it’s done? Keep your head high and look at what it’s going to take to keep your wedding, not how easy it would be to cancel. Hopefully you’ll find a way, after all, people do destination weddings all the time!