The Wedding Boom Means You Should Consider Booking Vendors Early
The wedding boom is real. After several years of postponed weddings, 2025 and 2026 dates are booking and booking fast, 35-45% faster, in fact.
Guests are also eager to partake in festivities and according to a recent Yahoo News Study, 97% of people surveyed responded that they’re ready to attend weddings again. Enter what’s known as the ‘wedding boom’. Couples are picking wedding dates, sending out invitations and planning the party some have postponed for months, even years.
When it comes to booking your wedding vendors, there’s usually a standard booking timeline couples follow. But when it comes to upcoming weddings, there’s nothing standard about planning. These days, the sooner you can select (and secure) the vendors you want to work with, the better. Now, don’t get us wrong, just because you should consider booking vendors sooner than normal doesn’t mean you should rush into the decision. You’re hiring other people to make things happen. And if they don’t do their jobs, your once-in-a-lifetime wedding can become a nightmare.
We’ve been in this business long enough to hear all sorts of wedding horror stories—and we’ve figured out how to avoid them all. We’ve made securing a wedding team that you can trust easier than ever. We’ll help you check 3 things off your to-do list with one phone call.
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Have Your Venue Booked? Here’s What You Should Do Next
Our team talks with couples planning their wedding every day, and they have shared with us the difficulty they are having securing vendors for their wedding celebrations. Once you have your venue booked, we recommend knocking these things off your to-do list as quickly as possible:
Photographer
Typically, you would book your photographer about a year in advance of your wedding date. With the wedding boom, photographers are booking up much quicker than normal. We recommend booking your wedding photographer shortly after booking your venue.
Wedding DJ
Previously, you could plan to book your wedding DJ 9 to 12 months before your wedding. As with wedding photographers, DJs are now booking out further in advance. Book your DJ soon after securing your vendor.
Videographer
Videography is a service that many couples think they don’t need, but then add on shortly before the wedding. Due to some guests being unable to attend weddings, we are seeing couples decide on videography much sooner. With that said, videographers are booking much quicker than ever before, so give yourself some peace of mind knowing that your professional wedding videographer is booked in advance.
Florist
Usually, you would book your florist 6 to 7 months before your wedding. Due to the wedding boom, florists are booking up to a year in advance. If you have specific florists that you’re dreaming to work with, you need to book them at least a year in advance to secure your date.
Wedding Dress
Shipping delays are impacting more than just groceries – its impacting wedding dresses too. Many dresses in bridal shops are made-to-order, so schedule your bridal appointment soon after getting engaged to accommodate for shipping time. Dresses can take anywhere from 6 to 15 months to arrive.
Bridal Shower Venue
Don’t forget about your pre-wedding festivities! Due to the pandemic, many weddings were postponed. Now venues are accommodating 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 couples. Because of this, more couples are opting for Friday, Sunday, and even weekday weddings. This is limiting venue availability for bridal showers. Once you’ve booked your wedding day vendors, start reaching out to venues to secure a date for your bridal shower.
Post-COVID Wedding Planning Help
For the last 2 years, couples have been faced with difficult decisions impacting their wedding with the spread of COVID-19 and its variants. Whether you’re on your third or fourth wedding date or your date is a few months from now and you’re just not sure what to do, we’ve tapped planners, venues, and other experts to help couples move forward.
WATCH: Learn About the Mike Staff Productions Team Approach
What is The Team Approach? It’s when you book your wedding DJ, photographer, and videographer from our company saving time and money. But real benefit is the peace of mind you get. At Mike Staff Productions, you get a powerhouse team of professionals who communicate and coordinate with each other to make sure your wedding day—and your memories of it—are flawless. That means, for example, that our DJs double-check that the photographer and videographer are ready to shoot before you cut the cake. And our team members don’t just stay out of each other’s way; they set up shots for one another.
So, you get photos and video of all the best moments—including the ones you didn’t even notice were happening. We guarantee our videographers, photographers, and DJs will work together to make sure your wedding will be remembered…for all the right reasons.
Mike Staff is the founder and CEO of Mike Staff Productions, one of the most highly acclaimed wedding services companies in the country, providing award-winning Wedding DJs, Wedding Photographers, and Wedding Videography for over 25 years.
