- Family and friends come from 3 different continents, they need time to book tickets and make travel arrangements.
- Both of our birthdays are in November, then it's Christmas so we would like to spread out celebrations a bit throughout the year.
- Would love to honeymoon in South Africa, but it will be winter over there if we set our date during the northern hemisphere's summer so late August really is early as we can go while still being able to have decent weather on honeymoon.
- Besides that we are pretty flexible so once we decide on a month the exact day can be worked around venue etc which will be easier.
Any advice please? How did you set your date? I'm getting a bit stressed as I fell that I can't do much planning-wise until we have our date.Having trouble setting our date, advice appreciated?
I recommend picking a wedding location/venue first!
That way you have flexibility if your top venue choice is not available a certain weekend or if you're looking at prices, sometimes there are huge differences between dates and days of the week! We decided to get married on a Sunday and saved $1500 on our venue fee!
Also, since it seems like you like to travel (and your family lives in different countries), I would recommend looking around Labor Day weekend. That way you have that extra day off if you do any anniversary trips! By that point, it should be almost spring time in South Africa, and the weather should be decent for your honeymoon!
Good luck!Having trouble setting our date, advice appreciated?
From what you've said it sounds like August is the month to do it in. As far as what day to do it I would consider your family. If you pick a day when they can arrive and depart in on weekdays it will cut their travel costs down dramatically. The same goes for your honeymoon; you don't want to have to travel on a Friday or Saturday.
I would look at the duration that family plans on being in town and then pick a day that would make it easiest on them.
Good Luck and Congrats!
First of all... don't stress!! When you stress out it can hinder your ability to think clearly.
When you think in terms of the big picture, it's overwhelming. When you organize a project into little baby steps, and take one step at a time, and you have a plan, then it's not as stressful.
The most important thing is your family and friends... I would get in touch with all of them and figure out a date that you can work around.
Congratulations, btw...
10-10-10
I don't know, it just sounds like a good date. =]
We started dating May 27th, 2004 and married November 27th, 2006. I turned 18 on November 13th, and didn't want to wait another 6 months to get married. =] So we just did it! Our three year anniversary is next month, and I'll be turning 21.
Hi and congratulations!
You basically answered your own question. You want to avoid the ';rush'; of birthdays in November and Christmas.....you want nice weather for the honeymoon....August is good for that.
So....go with August!!!
My son was married in early August and it was perfect. I vote for August.
10/10/10
meets all the criteria, and will be fun to say that you got married october 10, 2010. i havn't set a date for mine yet... and i'm not sure what date we will chose. i may go something with our anniversary. still not sure what time of the year we'd like. but i hope you pick my date! congrats!
Go to the venue that you want and find out their availability.
What's the point of choosing a date only to find out that all of the venues have already been booked.
Have it on December 20, 2012. That way, when you realize that you made the biggest mistake of your life, you will hope that the Mayan calendar is right that the world will end on December 21, 2012.
Don't go to South Africa.
Go for a long weekend.
My husband and I set our date based on what our priorities were for our wedding. We knew summer was the best season because most of my family are teachers and would be able to come. We knew a specific band that we wanted to play at our wedding. We also fell in love with a venue and based on their availability, we set our date of 7-11-09. We actually had to change it right after we booked our venue because the band wasn't available for our original date. Luckily, our venue and band were available one week earlier than our original date.
Go to the venue and choose a date based on when your venue is available. It will be easier.
There are a lot of factors to consider in setting a date, and I think you've hit on a few of them here. You don't need to feel stressed, this is about a year away and that is plenty of time to book everything. I don't want to stress you out any more, but here are a few things to consider as well :)
- Will family be able to make it in late August? If they have children, they may be planning last minute family vacations or getting ready for back to school.
- You're spot on in avoiding major holidays. Some people don't mind, but many already have plans so you want to avoid those if you can.
How do you feel about late September or early October? I have a friend getting married that time next year and she picked it for a few reasons: it will be easier for family to travel. It's also cooler out and she's NOT a fan of the heat. It sounds like it would meet all of your criteria, plus you could have an elegant fall themed wedding. Check out these awesome seasonal favors (fall is near the bottom):
http://www.westportfavors.com/season-the鈥?/a>
If they appeal to you, I think either September or October could work nicely. Try browsing around that site, they have a lot of themes on there that may give you some ideas. Once you know what kind of things appeal to you, you can start narrowing down the date.
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