April 2013 weddings 14 February 2012 at 11:24PM in Weddings & anniversaries 969 replies 56.8K views

scrumpy78

Couldn't find a thread for us so here it is! Hello all April 2013 brides! We've decided on 6 April, a special date for us (youngest daughter's birthday) so far we've booked church, reception, photographer and I've started my dress hunt. How are you all doing with plans?

sexybabe1982

Hi scrumpy78!! Congrats on setting the date, and a great date it is - I'm a 6th April bride too!!!!
So far we've booked the venue, photographer and bought our wedding rings last night!! Starting the dress hunt tomorrow!
It's so exciting isn't it! Just seems too long away at the moment!!x

sk00bie1

I'm April 2013 too! it's going to be the 11th and it does seem so far away!!

We've provisionally booked the venue, just need to put insurance in place then will pay the deposit, eek! Flowers, photography, minister etc will be dealt with by them so we only need to worry about our outfits Once the deposit is down we'll order the save the dates. I want to put together and info leaflet as well so people know where to start when booking tickets etc.
We're going to have about 25 guests over in Las Vegas and will take everyone for a meal after the ceremony, will need to decide where to do that. Also need to sort out a cake...

Am going to a wedding show this weekend at a possible venue for the party back here, will have a good nose round :rotfl:

Gem123_2

Our date is 5th April 2013!

Booked our venue, photographer, videographer, my car and our stationary. We have picked the Flowers, Bridesmaid dresses and suits for the men but still have to buy them.
Wish it was sooner!

Congratulations to all the other April 2013 brides

marrying my best friend on the 5th April 2013

daisiegg

Eeek...we just got engaged and want to get married as quickly as possible, we're considering April 2013 but I'm terrified to read this thread and see what you've all already got booked! Do you think it's even possible for us to do it April 2013 if we start planning now?

sk00bie1

Hi Daisy, Congratulations!!!

I'm sure you'll be able to do April 2013, or even before, as long as you can find a venue that's available. If you've got your heart set on a particular place though you may have to wait for it!

So you'd better start ringing round some places hehe!

We got engaged in August last year and decided to wait until 2013 as we're getting married abroad and wanted to give people a chance to save up.

In other news I've sorted out insurance so am ready to email the venue with our signed contract and pay the deposit... Eek!

Edited to say deposit paid, wedding confirmed for the 11th Yay!

sk00bie1

Well the wedding show yesterday at the prospective reception venue was really nice, had some good chats with local suppliers etc.

The venue itself was lovely, definitely one for the short list! They only do full day weddings on Saturdays though so we'd have to have to do on a Friday, or maybe a bank holiday Sunday? Mum loved it too and has decided we don't need to look at any more venues at all! hehe

Of course we will though, got another local show next week infact. And the big show at Olympia on Friday The wedding still seems ages away but doing things like this are getting me excited!

The only down side is I can feel myself getting carried away with 'extras' I am feeling the need to book a photographer, string quartet and master of ceremonies!!! A bit much for a party 2 or 3 weeks after the wedding :rotfl:

I need to sort out some save the dates for the wedding ceremony and haven't heard back from the supplier that does the ones I really love Guess I'll have to look at other options now...

Hope everyone else's planning is going well xx

daisiegg

I might be 6th April too! Got the venue provisionally booked until our first opportunity to go and meet with them, which isn't until 10th March. Then if everything is ok we'd have to pay the deposit and officially book it. But I'm pleased that we've at least effectively got them saving the date for us!

daisiegg

Oh and sorry I'm so rude - meant to add it sounds as though other people's plans are coming along swimmingly, yay!

sk00bie1

No worries Daisie! I know what it's like wanting to get all your news out at once! When I got home yesterday evening from the show I practically melted OHs ears off with a wedding overload :rotfl:

That's fab about them holding your date/venue, will you be able to look round other prospective venues before the 10th so you can make the decision on the day? Or would they hold it a little longer for you?

daisiegg

TBH there AREN'T many other prospective venues. There are really two possibilities and the other one is being very slow getting back to me about anything but is even more popular than the one I like so I suspect will all be booked up too. I'm maybe strange in that as long as it's nice enough, has a dance floor and is not a church hall/airport hotel (lots of those round here) and CAN DO THE DATE that's fine by me I'm more worried about being able to get married as soon as we can than fussing over tiny details of where it's held...I mean it's a fancy country house hotel that is virtually fully booked for weddings every Saturday for the next two years so it should be plenty good enough for us