Choosing a Wedding Date
Don’t Choose a Holiday for your Wedding Date… Except…
It’s been said many times, but if you haven’t heard it before, unless you have a special reason don’t choose a holiday for your wedding date. Even if you have heard it before or even if you’ve set your wedding date, read on. It’s a short article with information that I haven’t seen anywhere else. That’s right, a Brides Year exclusive published on the website to give you an idea of the detail the Brides Year e-zine provides.
It’s often a bad idea to choose a holiday for your wedding date and the reasons are numerous. Many of your ‘A list’ guests may not be able to attend because of prior vacation plans. It’s more difficult to book certain services for the same reason. Even if you do find someone who will work on the holiday, they charge more for their time and that means compromising in other areas of your wedding. The list goes on but these reasons alone are usually enough to for brides to pay attention to the rule.
Always an exception
The exception to the rule, well sort of. The holidays that the rule applies to are federal and state holidays but not for religious holidays.
"Choosing a wedding date that falls on a religious holiday can sometimes be a benefit."
On religious holidays, your house of worship will often decorate with flowers, sometime spending a large sum for one day to mark the occasion. The best part is the decorations are usually kept for the entire day including the time your wedding service is held. Your wedding service will be almost completely decorated and at no cost to you.
If you do choose a date that is on a religious holiday, talk to the person officiating the wedding and ask if flowers and/or other decorations will be ordered for that day. Also, ask for the name of the florist and contact them to find out what is being ordered so you can plan around the decorations. Ask the officiant if the flowers will be used after your wedding services. If not, ask if you can use them at your reception. The added decoration will be free (or next to it) and people will notice.
For a list of religious holidays visit http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/
