How soon do I need to be in town before my wedding?

I am having my wedding in upstate New York in July, and I won't be living there...I will be living in Florida. I was thinking about coming back up to New York maybe a week or a couple days before the actual wedding. Can any past brides let me know what the last week or so is like, and let me know if they think a couple days before the wedding is not enough time, or if a week is not enough time, etc? Thanks!How soon do I need to be in town before my wedding?
The MOST IMPORTANT thing is getting your marriage license! You need to check and see when you can get it and if there is a waiting time between when you file for it and when you can have the ceremony performed and if it expires.





The day before and the morning of my wedding I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off. It wasn't bad, just extremely BUSY. Other than that, the only other thing I did the week before my wedding is have the final meeting with the catering manager and get our marriage license (in CT there is no waiting time, so we did both the meeting and the marriage license a couple days before the wedding).How soon do I need to be in town before my wedding?
I am going a week before. I would suggest doing this if you are doing the planning by yourself.


If you hired a planner that will be doing all of the last minute details you can go 2-3 days ahead of time and be alright.
It depends on how your wedding is being handled.





If you have a wedding planner/consultant that is handling the planning, then you can arrive as last as 2 -3 days before the wedding day.





If you/family/or friends did most of the planning, I would say you should arrive at least one week before. Why? Because something unplanned for will always happen in that last week its best to have time to better handle it, than running around like mad or running out of time.





Professionals are used to dealing with things that come up at the last minute and plus they have contacts with vendors in the industry, so they may can call in some favors with a vendor that they regularly deal with.
If you have confidence that things are essentially taken care of, you can arrive as late a 3 days before. The day before is usually taken up with things like nails and the rehearsal. The extra day before can be useful to check up on any last minute things.





If you have less confidence in the preparations or you just like to be hands on, come a week ahead.
Just enough time to get ready and get to your venue.