How did you pick your Wedding Date?

[aquarius_ser]

 

[TravelingGal]

We rolled yahtzee dice.

 

[aquarius_ser]

I am starting to base it on when I want to go on my honeymoon!

November 3 is kind of sounding good because it''s starting to a little cold here and a vacation would be nice...

I''ll be back in time for the holidays then too!

 

[ky6]

Favorite number fell on a Saturday.

 

[E B]

We had originally picked June 23rd because it was two weeks after I graduated from school, and I liked the idea of being a June bride. Then, after actually *thinking* about it, I decided to switch dates A) because I didn''t want the stress of college graduation and a wedding in the same month, and B) because we chose an outdoor ceremony and reception and in Texas...ouch.

I picked our new date, September 29th, because I liked the idea of marrying in September but wanted our date as close to October (read, as close to cool weather) as possible. Plus, I like the numbers. 9/29/2007.

 

[eleguin]

My parents and most of their friends are professors who go abroad every summer, so that ruled out anything between May and Labor day. So we ended up picking 9/8 because that''s the first weekend after Labor day and they are all back for the new semester. Also it is early enough in September that it''s still warm in NY.

 

[aquarius_ser]

I''m curious to see how everyone else did it because I tend to over analyze *everything*!!!

I have gone from June to August to September to October to November now!

Originally, I wanted June so we could have it outside at a local vineyard but then I thought "Why do I want to go to the Carribean in the summer???"
September would be perfect for the vineyard wedding but FH as a BIG yearly test for his job everything October and he wants it after his test (which means October is OUT as well). So now I''m into November... this creates a problem with the outdoor vineyard wedding because it will be too cold here! Should I just find a different location?

Decisions, Decisions...

 

[robbie3982]

We knew we wanted to do a Fall wedding, so we talked to people to figure out which dates worked and which ones didn''t which left us with about 9 dates I think. Then we picked a venue and their open dates along with what worked for us determined our 9/8/07 wedding date. I love that the numbers are 987, but I didn''t notice it until after we''d picked.

 

[eleguin]

Date: 11/16/2006 2:50:55 PM
Author: robbie3982
We knew we wanted to do a Fall wedding, so we talked to people to figure out which dates worked and which ones didn''t which left us with about 9 dates I think. Then we picked a venue and their open dates along with what worked for us determined our 9/8/07 wedding date. I love that the numbers are 987, but I didn''t notice it until after we''d picked.

I love the 09-08-07 thing too! We did notice it before we finalized it, but it wasn''t a deciding factor or anything.

 

[firebirdgold]

Times we could take a week off + Not conference season + Weekends I wouldn''t be either pmsing or having post-period pimples = Wedding date.

 

[diamondfan]

No holidays, and though I wanted a Saturday night at my all time favorite hotel in this world, there were none for months. I wanted to be engaged under a year, I knew I would have all the plans in place really soon and then would be sitting around waiting. I took the first Sunday night they had, did NOT want a Sunday night but did not want to wait another year and a half. This was my DREAM place, told my mom when I was 8 and we went for a brunch around the holidays and I saw a bride on the grounds that this was the place where I was going to get married, and I did!

 

[anchor31]

Our date-choosing process was actually pretty complicated...

My brother is in the Navy and he usually leaves all summer for training, so summer was out of the question. Anything before summer ''08 would have been a pretty bad idea since I''m still in school until April of that year, so fall ''08 was pretty obvious! Plus, my sister is going on an exchange next year, so we had to find our way around that. At first, we thought my sister might be gone from March ''08 to November ''08 for an exchange in Australia and the only time she could make it back for the wedding would have been during "Fall Break", September 13th-21st... We picked the only Saturday in there, September 20th! We''re very happy with it though, it''s a wonderful time for weather that''s still warm and not so rainy, and the colours are amazing!

It turns out my sister will be gone from July ''07 to June ''08 if she goes to Australia, or from September ''07 to May ''08 if she goes to Switzerland, so having the wedding on the 20th isn''t absolutely mandatory anymore... But we love our date and don''t plan on changing it. We''ll be going on our honeymoon in the following summer though, so we have time to save up for it (we want to go to Italy).

 

[AmberWaves]

We chose 11/3/07 because we wanted November of ''07, and when I found out that my late grandma''s birthday happened to be on a Saturday we chose that day. It''s also really close to my birthday and within two days of our now anniversary.

And, in CA, the weather is still nice in November!

 

[njc]

Summertime was best for many guests and MIL who is a teacher, but I dont remember how August was picked as the month. Our date just happened to be the day that all of our vendors were available!

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Well, I wanted a summer date since we both have siblings in college and it just seemed easier. Plus we knew we were getting married in WI and it can be cold in the spring and fall. Both our birthdays are in June and I didn''t want to "share" presents (hey, I am honest!) Also my parents were married in August and are going stong after 30+ years. We picked the EXACT date b/c that is the one the venue had open.

 

[curlygirl]

It was close to the anniversary of our first date 11 years prior, we liked the way 02/04/06 (2/4/6) sounded and prices in February are much cheaper than the rest of the year! Done!!

 

[Fancy605]

Getting married in the summer is easiest for me because I teach,and want at least a week for a honeymoon (we only get 3 personal days, and I don''t feel right taking sick leave when I''m not really sick). I wanted to get married June 23rd, but then one of my BFFs called and told me SHE was getting married June 23rd (even though we''d discussed it before, and I Was under the impression she was getting married later in the year), and once she gave me her rational for "needing" that date, I totally understood. We are in eachother''s weddings, so we wanted to space them at least 2 weeks apart so we could get back from honeymoons and things. So, I called the Church I wanted to get married in, and as it turns out, someone had JUST cancled for 07/07/07. The reception hall I wanted was also avaliable that day, so I called my fiance, and we pounced on it. He thinks 07/07/07 is hokey, but I like it. I think it''s kinda cute.

 

[MustangGal]

We originally picked 5/13/01 because we started dating on 5/13/96, but MIL got huffy about hubby getting married a week before his college graduation (he had promised he would graduate before we got married). We moved it to 9/15/01 to make MIL happy and still be close to a 13th, and not push it too far back. It worked out perfectly (except for the 9/11 thing...)

 

[KimberlyH]

I think we chose August so we had enough time to plan, but we were okay with anything in July or August. Once we picked the place we got the available dates and then checked the hotel where we wanted to honeymoon to see if we could get a room (they book out and fill up WAY in advance). We had two options, my birthday or the following Sat. DH didn''t want to get married on my birthday because he wanted it to remain a special day on its own, so the week after it was. I didn''t really care about seasons and such, but we live in San Diego, so we don''t really have seasons to speak of anyways.

 

[labbielove]

we picked the month (based on wanting a fall wedding)
and found out the available dates in our venue,
and went with the # that "sounded" best- 9/22

 

[ephemery1]

Date: 11/16/2006 3:25:17 PM
Author: diamondfan
No holidays, and though I wanted a Saturday night at my all time favorite hotel in this world, there were none for months. I wanted to be engaged under a year, I knew I would have all the plans in place really soon and then would be sitting around waiting. I took the first Sunday night they had, did NOT want a Sunday night but did not want to wait another year and a half. This was my DREAM place, told my mom when I was 8 and we went for a brunch around the holidays and I saw a bride on the grounds that this was the place where I was going to get married, and I did!

Our story is similar... there is a beautiful 4-star hotel in my hometown, and so many people I knew grew up dreaming of having their wedding there.

We started looking at dates this past May (didn''t get engaged until June though!)... but they had NO Saturday nights available between April and September for 2007.

We got special permission to have a date in September "released", but FI''s cousin was planning to get marred in Sept, so that wasn''t a great option. Then we were informed that May 5th was suddenly available... so we snatched it up!! Only caveat was that there were no rooms available for a one-night stay, but at $400 a night, not many people would choose to stay there anyway, so not a big deal... there are plenty of other hotels in town! And fortunately my spring semester classes end the week before...

so it all worked out.

 

[ladykemma]

it was the first day the church had both the hall and the sacristy open. made for a nine month enagagement

 

[JCJD]

We wanted to get married asap, but as I''m a perpetual student (grad school) summer or winter break was when it had to happen. We got engaged about this time of year, just before Thanksgiving, and we were not going to have a 1-month engagement. We also wanted our college pastor to marry us. June 24, 2005 fit with all of our schedules and the church was open, so there it was.

 

[RoseAngel04]

We knew we wanted to get married within a year so I printed of the 2007 calendar and threw away months we didn''t like or couldn''t do b/c of school etc. We narrowed it down to either August or December and had a list of our top 3 dates. Two in August, one in December. We were hoping for August 4, 2007 and after confirming with our venue it was set!

I think it''s also awesome that we''re getting married in August b/c:

Officially started dating: August 13, 2002
Engaged: August 12, 2006
Married: August 4, 2007

All of *our* dates are in AUGUST! Love it!

 

[ChargerGrrl]

We were married at a winery, and thought that harvest time (September/October) would be lovely. It also tends to get VERY hot in Temecula during the summer, so that time of year is ideal. But since we were getting married outdoors in the late afternoon, we also took a look at sunset times to make sure that we would have enough natural light to take pics after our ceremony. September 30th worked out perfectly!

Plus, I REALLY wanted to start the dancing at the reception with September by Earth Wind & Fire. It's one of my favorite songs!

 

[whatmeworry]

She consulted a master fortune teller in Thailand for the date and time. Seriously. Hey she''s Thai/Chinese and culturally superstitious. She wouldn''t even have dated me if our horoscopes weren''t compatible. I said any date in June/July is good because school is out and the nieces/nephews can make it. Of course the master came back with a date in May and a wedding time between 0930 and 1030 in the morning as the most auspicious. At least he picked out a Saturday. Hah, I''ve already kidded her that she has to get up at 4 in the morning to get ready for the wedding. I''m also told that next year (ChineseYear of the Pig) is a good time to have a child.

 

[sumbride]

I originally wanted a September wedding but my neice has a rodeo the last two weeks of September and my mom begged me not to make her go through both at the same time. Also we wanted to make sure it wasn''t too hot, plus we had to steer it around meetings for future BIL (he''s a diplomat) so we picked 10/06/07. Later I really liked it because my birthday is 06/10. Easy to remember! It doesn''t really have much to do with us, it had more to do with what worked at the venue and for the important people in our lives. I''m also happy that it''s about 6 weeks before our 5th anniversary.

 

[diamondlove]

We based ours on out of town relatives flying in from a different country and available dates from the venue. That in itself narrowed our options to only three weekends for the season we wanted (non summer bc we live in Houston) which made it easier for us to choose.

 

[diamondfan]

Are you referring to a place in Philly or elsewhere? I know you are here now but was not sure...what place are you talking about?

 

[cpster]

We got married in California, in the Bay Area. Out here, popular venues book up one year plus in advance. We knew we wanted a summer wedding and really wanted to get married at one specific place on a Saturday evening. I still remember dialing in on one phone while my husband was on his...they opened up reservations for our location one year in advance at 10:00 a.m. We put holds on the two dates we could get through for and then we picked one of them. So for us, we didn''t have as much of a choice since it''s a popular location, but we were happy with the date we got.