Holiday Weddings

A holiday wedding sounds like a great idea. The long weekend will make it easy for your guests to attend, and some holidays, such as Christmas, add a unique beauty to that special day. A Christmas wedding is also easy to find décor for! However, there are some drawbacks to holiday weddings that should be considered:

Price: You may find vendor prices go up when a holiday date is chosen. If you expect a vendor to give up his holiday expect to pay dearly for it.

Scheduling: This is an especially common problem for Christmas weddings. Venues are already booked up at that time of year for Christmas parties and New Year’s Eve bashes. It may be quite difficult to find an available venue and it most certainly won’t be your first or second choice.

Weather: Again, this is especially a problem for Christmas weddings, but can be a factor at other times of the year too-for example you may not want to schedule a Labor Day wedding in a coastal location prone to hurricanes! (Of course any wedding planned in an outdoor location should have a bad weather plan-just in case!)

Traffic: A 4th of July wedding on the beach may sound like a lot of fun, but consider that your guests and vendors will be fighting thousands of holiday beachgoers to get there!

Finally, consider your guests. At first glance having your wedding on a long weekend may seem perfect-it allows your out of town guests to enjoy your day without having to rush back in order not to miss work. However, think about the flipside. They may not want to give up a precious 3 day weekend to travel back and forth-for some it may be one of the few days off they get all year! It’s a good idea to get a feel for how your guests would feel about a three day wedding weekend before setting your date in stone. If they are all for it, go ahead and have fun!

Holiday weddings can be fun and memorable-they just take a little extra thought and planning first!