What Factors Should You Consider Before You choose your Wedding Date?

This sounds obvious. But unless you actually do a little digging it's easy to find yourself in a jam as a direct result of your wedding date choice. So what is this mystery? What could possibly get in the way of my wedding other than the obvious holiday's etc?

The answer is really quite simple. Community events can and often do create difficulties for weddings scheduled at the same time.

Fortunately the solution is equally simple. Check with your community's tourism board before you choose your wedding date. See if there are going to be any large conventions in town that might limit hotel space or drive up the price of your wedding rehearsal dinner or make it difficult for your out of town guests to get hotel rooms. Likewise, check to see if any civic events are planned (like a community picnic or a parade) that might make it difficult for your guests to attend your wedding ceremony.

Second, think twice before choosing a wedding date that falls other than a Saturday. Sure, you might get a large discount on your venue, but in some cases that discount will be off set by higher prices or lack of availability from other vendors. One wedding I am familiar with opted for a wedding date that was not on Saturday and the staff on duty at the venue hosting the occasion were quite obviously less than completely trained in hosting a wedding.

More importantly, the advantage of a Saturday afternoon or evening wedding is that people traveling from out of town have time to do so on either side of the wedding without taking an excessive amount of time of work (that they may, or may not have to take).