Pick a season for your special day.

Create a spending plan, a.k.a. a budget. Check out our Budget Estimating Tool to help with this.

Research wedding venues online. (Don’t forget to check reviews.)

Tour a few venues that might be the one. Click here to tour Izenstone.

Now you can choose your date. See Izenstone’s Calendar for available dates.

Pat yourself on the back and take a deep breath! You just put a huge checkmark on your things to do list.

If you are less than 6 months out from your day go dress shopping.

Next, use your venue’s preferred vendor list to begin looking for vendors. Secure first the ones that can only do one wedding per day; your photographer, DJ, Hair & Makeup. Next look for the rest of your vendors; catering, florist, etc.

Now you can work on all the little details that will make your day everything that you dreamt of.