Tell Me all about Booking your First Vendor!!!

We booked our venue first! Looked at about 4 different places, but we like that venue the most and booked it after a week. It is all very exciting and it felt even more exciting after that! From then on we had a date set and more direction for booking other vendors

We also started with our vendor, the Ancaster Mill. We actually picked it during a 'dream wedding' conversation 5 months in, so we were so excited when they were able to accommodate us.

We arranged a meeting, and everyone was so nice and genuinely interested in making our day a success (which as a same-sex couple, that's not the way everyone is). We attended their wedding vendor fair, and the team remembered us and made us feel well taken care of all over again! Even when we go to the restaurant for dinner (cause the food is to die for), the staff are so great, and congratulate us on our upcoming big day.

Seeing that we booked it makes us both so excited for the wedding. Zero regrets here for sure!

Our first vendor was also our venue after 2 months of being engaged.

After feeling a bit defeated from emailing what felt like an endless amount of venues to narrowing it down to a top five within budget...we saw all 5 venues before finding the one. The more we learned about our venue the more we feel absolutely in love with it and I couldn't be happier with our choice

The first vendor my fiancé and I booked was also our venue! We looked at a few, but decided not to look at others after seeing "the one." We began looking a month or two after our engagement, I think.

That's so nice that your venue will do that for you. It helps so you can save up a little longer for the deposit, but not lose your venue and the date.

Our first vendor was also our venue! We wanted to nail down where we were getting married so we could start basing our other vendors off our location (we had 3 different cities in mind - Thunder Bay, London, Windsor). We checked out around 2-3 for each city, so nearly 6-9 venues but we only saw the one in person, which was the one my parents were pushing more for lol. We ended up going with that one since it was our favourite for that city (London).

We officially booked it 20 months before our wedding, so 4 months into our engagement. The venue search itself wasn't stressful, but finding which city was. We ended with London since it is the most central to people - it didn't matter where the wedding was, 75-90% would have to travel quite a ways. Once we picked our city, the venue came quickly, and we were excited to have our location!

One stop shop! It's so great when the venue takes care off all those other little things as well, less for you to worry about and organize.

Yay for choosing your first venue like us! I hadn't heard of a venue that only lets you book a year in advance, but at least you got it and you are happy!

We booked our venue/photographer on the same day. I always wanted to have this specific photographer so I was so excited to be able to do so!

We booked our venue first. It was actually the only venue we ended up looking at and absolutely LOVED it. I looked at quite a few online, but they were all way out of our budget. We visited in July, and couldn't officially book it until September. They only let you book one year in advance.

But, we did it, and it's beautiful and I am so happy we chose this venue.

We booked our venue first because everything would have to work around it. I must have looked at 40-50 places online (and contacted each one) before I narrowed it down to 20 or so that I liked. Then I was able to book dates to see around 8 or 9, then went from there.

And as for when it became real, like, every day it is getting SO REAL. It's 25 days to go and I don't think it's completely hit me yet. I have random moments where I'm super calm, or my eye is constantly twitching from stress lol.

Our venue! We knew well before the proposal where we wanted to get married. So within 24 hours of being engaged I had emailed the venue to lock it down! We did not even check out any other venues. The first booking was great, such an easy smooth process. We went down for a walk through and then got a contract and signed it within a few days. Felt very excited and relieved!

First vendor was our Venue.

We physically looked at 2 other venues and this was the 3rd! We got engaged Dec. 30th 2017 and had our venue booked by mid February 2018 for our October 2019 wedding

Made it feel real and like there was no going back now that we put like $2,000 down

The venue was the first vendor booked to get our day of celebrations with its beautiful views and nature aspect. Having family and close friends except 1 staying with us.

Much like you, me and my FH started the planning process early. Most vendors here in Halifax are fine to 6 months in advance, except photographers which are like 18 months....lol.

So, to be able to book a photographer, we got a venue early, which was our first vendor. We toured five places, narrowed down to a top three, and took the leap! I was glad we nailed down the venue (which is also handling the catering...two for one!). It was a huge rush of relief and excitement, because it meant we could actual start planning with a confirmed date....which is the first thing every vendor asks! LOL.

Below is a picture of the space....best part was the price $500.00 (food additional)