Setting the Wedding Date
Narrowing down wedding date is no easy task. Your perfect wedding venue is unavailable, or the must have photographer is already booked or maybe your best friend has prior commitments that are difficult to break on your chosen day.
What do you do? Either find another best friend or change the date.
In the end, you must decide what’s best for you and the majority of your close family and friends. Once you’ve set the date, stick to it. Everyone will have to deal with it. And most of them will do so very well.
Planning your wedding to fall on a public holiday is often tempting. If you have guests coming from far and wide then having a few extra days may work well for them or if you are planning a wedding away from home that requires people to travel, then a long weekend gives wedding guests some extra time off work.
On the downside, public holidays, in particular Easter and Christmas, can be an expensive time to travel, and these times are usually cherished by families as a time to spend with kids and family...no matter how much they love you they won't be happy about having to cancel such holidays.
Another downside to holding your wedding on a public holiday is the extra cost for wedding services - it is highly likely that there will be a surcharge on everything - venues and restaurants charge at least an extra 10% to cover holiday loadings and when you are talking about a $10,000 or $15,000 reception that can add up to a gorgeousnew pair of wedding shoes of the Jimmy Choo variety.
Here are some days to take into consideration when choosing a date:
New Year’s Day
Australia Day
Chinese New Year
Anzac Day
Easter Holidays
St Patricks Day
Labour Day (varies state to state)
Canberra Day (yes - and the rest of us are very jealous!)
Queens Birthday (varies state to state)
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Peak versus Off Peak
The Spring/Summer months of October, November, December, January, February, and March are popular months to hold a wedding in most parts of Australia.
Winter weddings (April to September) are generally considered easier to secure in demand wedding venues and wedding service providers. Although with more people getting married than every before, this is starting to change.
Editors Tip:
Be flexible. Booking a venue for a Thursday evening is likely to be less expensive than a Friday or Saturday night. You may be surprised as to how many of your wedding guests will take the afternoon off to celebrate your marriage. What’s more, if you really want your wedding reception at the most popular place in town, that spot may be booked every Saturday night for the next two years.
Good luck and choose your date wisely and remember you will be celebrating this wedding anniversary for many years to come!
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