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Wedding Planning…Bliss?

Newly engaged you’re probably bursting with excitement about planning the biggest and best wedding of the decade! You must have so many ideas which are going to be absolutely fantastic! Nothing can dampen your elation or excitement… or so you thought. Thrust into the wedding planning vortex you must make your first major decision.

Choosing the date

Some couples like to set their date for a significant time in their relationship together, whether it is exactly one year from the date of the marriage proposal or the day of your first date together.

Other couples like to pick their wedding date based around a holiday such as Easter or the ever popular wedding date – Valentine’s Day.

While these are all lovely romantic ideas, sometimes they can be impractical. Your anniversary might fall on a Tuesday in the middle of winter, or Valentine’s Day might be on a Monday. While these are not insurmountable obstacles, a lot of couples don’t want to have their wedding in the middle of the week and/or during the coldest winter months of the year.

So how do you come up with a suitable wedding date if you can’t use one of the significant dates you’d prefer? 

The first thing to do is decide on a season. Do you want a summer wedding? Would you love to be married surrounded by spring blossoms?

By choosing a season it narrows the date selection down to around three months. The next thing to think about is, do you want to get married at the height of the season? If you’ve chosen a summer wedding, do you want to marry in the middle of summer during 40 degree Celsius heat? Or would you prefer it to be a little cooler at the start or tail end of the season?

This narrows it down to a matter of 3-4 weeks to choose from.

Next think about public and school holidays. Having your wedding on a public holiday weekend has pros and cons. The plus side is your out of town guests won’t have to rush back for work on Monday but the negative side is a lot of vendors will put their prices up, or may shut altogether.

School holidays can be equally good or bad. Remember if you want to honeymoon directly after your wedding, if it is school holiday time airfares are usually very high since a lot of families take vacations during the kids holidays.

You should have narrowed it down to one or two different dates by this stage. It’s now time to look at possible ceremony and reception venues. One or both of the dates you’ve picked may already be booked out, that’s why it’s a good idea to have more than one date to choose from.

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Source by Anabel Scott