Fairytale Wedding

The reasons certain dates are popular for some weddings are probably some of the same reasons that you are considering one.  A holiday wedding whether Valentine’s Day, Christmas, or around another popular holiday date, may hold sentimental reasoning or even be a convenient time for your family and friends to visit for the occasion.  Popular wedding months are June, September and October, depending on where you live in the country.  Dates that “flow” and are easy to remember such as August 8th, 2009 or September 19, 2009 or 10-10-2009 or October 2, 2010 may create some of the same potential problems as holiday weddings.  

Greatly consider the negative impact of a popular wedding date and understand what you are getting into before committing to the date. Such asHigher expense for nearly everything from flowers, to banquet halls to traveling for family, friends and you (destination wedding or honeymoon), it may be harder to book a location or you may have to reserve a location years in advance, holidays may be less convenient for family and friends to attend because of other engagements.  Don’t forget that Christmas and Valentine’s day weddings are affected by not only other weddings trying to book vendors, but also holiday parties as well.  Allow more time than your vendors typically recommend and know what your vendors availability or shop business hours will be around the holiday and / or prime wedding season. This is especially important for any mail order or online shopping you intend to do.  Heaven forbid your perfectly coordinating wedding accessories should get lost or delayed in shipping during the holidays!   Always have a back up plan for the most important aspects of your day.  In other words, if you are a detail-oriented, organized, planner, you should have no problem effectivey pulling off a beautiful wedding on a popular date. If these are not words that describe you, then you should hire a wedding coordinator with these traits.