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Well, as the title suggests, how did you end up choosing the date for your wedding? Was it a sentimental date to you both, an anniversary, the only one available, something hopefully easy to remember?
I have found myself thinking about a possible date, we have no urgency, or sentimental dates we would like to tie the knot on, so how did you come up with yours?
We liked the sound of a June wedding, and the weather during June is typically good in that area (*knocks on wood for fear of weather gods getting mad and jinxing me*)
Our venue gave us a few dates, and the one day I liked, they had a morning event already booked. We didn't want to follow another event, so we picked the week before. We realized after that, our dating anniversary is also on the first of a different month, so it works out well. The 1st will always be "our day" no matter when it is :-D
We wanted an October or November wedding and the 3rd of November was the only date both the photographer and videographer I wanted were free 
It worked out rather well!
I sat down with a calendar, crossed off all Saturday dates with family significance (birthdays, immeadiate family anniversaries), crossed off public holidays and big events (like the Australian equivalent of the Super Bowl), crossed off winter (it gets really cold here) and then saw what I had left! I got engaged in Winter, and I didn't want to wait until the next Spring to get married so I started looking more closely at Autumn dates, found one that worked for all our preferred suppliers, and voila!
We wanted a June wedding because usually the weather is beautiful (and not too hot). We didn't want the first weekend because I like the look of double digits better, but at the same time we wanted it early rather than late June...so we chose the 10th.
We wanted a summer wedding. We just picked a date.
IMO, the weddding date doesn't have to be anything significant, it will be significant after the wedding happens!
In our area March is still considered "off season" so it was a bit cheaper than having a wedding in April or May.. Since we knew we were going to be inviting over 200 people we figured we'd stick with the cheaper rates and hope for decent weather!! Plus I was stuck on having a Saturday wedding and St. Pattys Day always makes for an awesome party! Once we found out our venue was open it was a no brainer!
Ok everyone, don't make fun of me...but I consulted an astrologer to help pick a great date! :)
I gave a window of 10 weeks from which to choose.
And I gotta say...our wedding went perfectly and smoothly!
We wanted it in the same month as our anniversary of when we began dating.
First, we knew we wanted it to be before the end of the year (this engagement has been a long time coming. I really wasn't interested in long engagement), but we also wanted to have enough time to properly plan and leave room for any thing that might go wrong, without us being rushed last miute. We then thought about weather. Not too hot, not too cold and no crazy New England storms to interfere with travel for out of towners. September seemed a good fit. Then, I chose the weekend based around my menstrual cycle. Voila! September 8, 2012.
We originally wanted a fall wedding, but our venue was booked up. Its outdoors and there is no A/C in the reception space, so we didnt want to go too far into the summer (though its in the mountains and a bit cooler there overall.) June 9 was available! I'm really happy we did June now because we visited our venue in early September and it was 44 degrees and raining. Lets hope for seasonal weather on our turn!
I knew I wanted a fall wedding, but when I got engaged in April 2010 fall was too soon so we chose fall of 2011. I did not want it to rain on my wedding day as I could not afford a back up plan with our venue so I decided on September or early October. Then I looked at the weather history for weekends in late September and early October and chose the weekend of the 23/24/25 of September with that information. Finally, I chose the 25th because our venue was half price on a Sunday.
MIne was dictated by school. I didn't want to wait until after this August when I graduate to get married, so we had to get married last August while I was in between semesters. It was a really hot day and I would have preferred to get married in the spring, but that's just the way it worked out. Plus, we didn't want to marry and delay our HM.
We knew that we wanted a Fall wedding. Originally we wanted to have it in October, but our best friends' got married in the middle of October this past year and they will be taking a One Year Anniversary vacation during that time this year. We also didn't want to get married on the last weekend of October, because we knew everyone would want to go out for Halloween. SO we chose the first weekend of November - Saturday, November 3rd :)
I will be the 3rd generation woman on my mother's side to get married on Labor Day weekend, following in my grandmother's and mother's footsteps.
That and the fact that FH and I will always have a long weekend for our anniversary. ;)
I have always wanted a summer wedding, preferably June. So when we were looking at the calendar, I saw that my grandparents wedding date (June 30th) was on a Saturday and I thought that was a sign and that's what we decided to do. Both of my grandparents passed away when I was 14 (6 months apart form each other) so my wedding day would have been their 62nd anniversary. I think it's pretty special, it makes me feel as if they are there with me that day.
I knew I wanted to get married in the fall. So I picked the first day of fall.
we wanted something easy to remember, slightly off season, and a great month to vacation yearly in. I wanted to sep/oct but that changed...
Our dating anni date is oct 1st .so we looked ahead 3 yrs for that date to fall on a saturday: it didn't occur. We, then tried 1st of the month, again over 3 years. We didn't like the months, they were in. My mom was worried that march 1st would have a freak snowstorm, we didn't like april fools day. My FH didn't like December 1st. June 1st - is in prime wedding season and we didn't want to sweat profusely or pay extremely elevated prices for a june markup. So again we changed plans, and looked for easy dates. We agreed upon 4/13/13. our wedding will be at 1300, with 13 people in the bridal party- those were coincidence NOT planned :)
I always wanted to get married in the fall, specifically October because the colours of nature are simply stunning here. Upon looking at venues we came to learn that November was much cheaper especially at the venue we both fell in love with. We finally made the tough decision to switch to November because we are having a rather large wedding (200 guests) and could really use the extra money. We also learned that having an off-season wedding gives us a lot more bargaining power for other things. FI's brother's birthday is the first Saturday (Nov. 3) so we have decided on the 9th. 9/11/13 has a nice ring to it and we got engaged November 4th too!
We first picked Nov 10th 2012 i kind of liked the play on numbers 11-10-12, and that it was an even numbers (i know i'm weird, i wanted to get married in 2012 for the even numbered year) then we moved our wedding up 11 months, at this point it was okay what dates are free at the church and the venue, and how close to christmas do we really want to be, the 7th was too close (and an odd number) and the 21st well that just didn't sit with me so we went with the 14th ;) it was even I was happy, Now if we had went with the 7th we would have had 55 degree weather! (woulda been nice!) and if we went with the 21st we would have had one hell of a snow storm! so it was a great day on the 14th if not a bit cold, which you expect when plannning a winter wedding :)
There are a lot of teachers and students in both our families. I consulted them and came up with a two week window at the end of August as the only time everyone could attend. The anniversary of the day we met was in that window, so that was our date.
Our wedding date is our dating anniversary and the day he proposed last year! :)
It worked out perfectly because I always wanted a winter wedding!
August is my favourite month. And we also have a long weekend in Canada that wkd, so that's ideal for us as we have more than half of our guest from out of town.
In order:
1. Weather in New England: Best in May, June, September, October
2. Timing: FI didn't really want to wait until October or September (and some family date conflicts)
3. Availability of the chapel - limited dates due to other weddings, commencement
4. Sentiment + Convenience: Choose Memorial Day weekend from those because we started dating then 4 years prior. (Also prefered later May for better weather.) Saturday was taken, leaving Sunday. It also gave our many OOT guests more time to travel.
@Honey Bunch: We're getting married outside so the weather had to be tolerable for the ceremony. We like September weather but wanted to do a less busy month to lower prices and so we didnt have like 25 family anniversaries on our day. That left August and October. We thought the chance of bad weather was higher in October so we went with the last weekend in August, but that was labor day weekend so we went up a week and arrived at August 24th 2013<3
My grandparents and my parents were married on 9/21 and I've always wanted to carry on that tradition. Luckily it fell on a Friday, because it would have had to be that date even if it fell on a Wednesday! LOL! Come to find out, fiance's brother and sister in law were married on 9/21 too! Between the three couples there is a combined total of over 130 years of happy marriage - I figure that's a good omen! :)
August was pretty much the only month that worked for my FI since he is in law school and the 11th in my parent's anniversary. My mom thought that would be really sweet to share her day!
we wanted a fall wedding. Fell in love with the last venue we looked at and booked the only available fall date left
Since neither of us remember when we started dating (it was summer of 2004, that's about all we can be certain of!) we didn't have that as a reason. Plus, I didn't want to get married during winter or summer, so that left us only a couple months to work with. We got engaged on 10/22/07, and hubs thought it would be cool to get married that same day in 09, but it was a Thursday, so we nixed that. We planned for a Saturday in October, and ended up with 10/24/09
April is our anniversary month, plus it should be warm enough to have an outside wedding.
It's my spring break week from grad school, haha. It basically that, or wait until after I graduated, and FI wanted to do it before I finished school (Our grad degrees will now be from the same school with the same last name on the diplomas).
We picked out a venue we liked...and then saw what their available dates were...and then narrowed it down for one that worked for us! When I saw the list, I knew that 5/5 was the right choice right away!
We wanted a fall wedding, and the weekend that ours falls on just so happens to be the week of the teacher's convention in NJ- so he'll have an extra few days off. We wanted October, but up here it's one of the more popular months since it's so pretty in the fall. It's 3 days after my birthday now, but our dating anniversary is 3 days before my FI's birthday :)
I asked my FI would you rather get married in June or August ( I wanted a summer wedding but not July because of the heat and last July I was so busy!) He said August. We looked at a few venues and the one we decided on had the 11th and 25th open. I asked my FI which date... he said the 25th... (his mom and sister both have birthdays around the 11th) and he said the 25th because it was a good way to end the summer. So that is how I let my FI pick our wedding date!
We chose October 24 because it is our anniversary. It has double special meaning to me because it was also my favorite uncle's birthday.
We looked at the calandar and tried to pick a date where it wouldn't be hot (a portion of our venue is not air conditioned) or we wouldn't be hitting a major holiday. Then we called immediate family and a few close cousins and made sure we weren't interfering with graduations or anything. Then we booked!
By accident, though, we actually chose the date his gram got married on. Which is pretty cool. We're going to give her my toss bouquet at the reception.
Mine was the day before my 30th birthday. It was kind of a tongue-in-cheek thing...that way I could still say I got married "in my twenties."
We are big boaters, have a nautical theme and our venue is on the water down the road from our marina. So we checked the tide tables and made sure we picked a summer Saturday night when it would be high tide during our reception. We are hoping we can anchor our boat offshore and leave on it after the reception, a few logistics to work out (like getting our tender over to the beach and me on it without falling in the water, and even if my gown can FIT in it!) but either way it will be nice to have our boat in the background of our photos. The boat is really special to us, three summers ago we renovated it from top to bottom together. He did the engine stuff and woodwork/electronics, I sewed all the canvas, curtains, bedspread and reupholstered the couches and outside seating. We did the carpet together.
We want an outdoor wedding, and there's only about 2 months in Oregon where your odds of not getting rained on are pretty good...mid-July to mid-September. I liked the idea of a September wedding (Oregon's September sunsets are *gorgeous*), so we went with the first half of September, and chose 9.9.12!
I REALLY wanted a fall wedding, but we got engaged right before Christmas (Dec 23) and I personally felt that fall 2012 was too soon, but fall 2013 was way too long to wait.
Therefore we settled on April, 12 2013...April is when we started dating and 4 (the month of April) is my number and 12 is my FI's number. So it all worked out. Oh, and 4-12-13 is also a Friday which is the day of the week he proposed :)
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