In the fall, my group of girlfriends and I decided we should go to Iceland. In February. Mid winter. With 4 months planning. Oh, and did I mention it was 2 weeks before my wedding? ???? Once we decided to do it, the planning came quickly. 7 of us got together, rented 2 cars, a bunch of apartments & planned our route!! We'd planned on cooking all of our own food to keep the costs down, so we always made sure to book places that had complete kitchens - it honestly made all the difference in our budgets!