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I guess that's the risk you have to take by getting married on a national holiday. Most companies do have to pay their employees time and a half on holidays, so it would make sense that if you plan an event on that holiday you will have to pay more. It def sucks though.
Yep. The caterer is going to hit us hard because we have a 400 person guest list. But I'm not really surprised.
That stinks! For some reason I always thought NYD would be less expensive as it's probably harder for wedding venues to book that day. I didn't even think about it being a national holiday! I'm getting charged more for having my wedding on a Saturday, there are cheaper rates for Friday and Sunday. Also, getting married in June means no vendor will let me buy anything other than the most expensive package offered.
Yeah, we orginally wanted NYE but our church has watch meet and I didn't want to interfer with that. I would have thought that NYD would be less expensive because I thought a NYE wedding would be more common, but since we contacted the vendors about that date they have told me that alot of brides want that date.
Update: Our venue only gave us 3 choices for caterers and two can't do it. The only one left will charge more, but they were the best of the three so I'm not too sad. I will see how much more they will charge this week. I am supposed to meet with them and talk everything out.
We haven't been charged extra for anything so far. We've been told "We're closed. We can't do your wedding", but not extra charges... yet. I've already called my 'cake lady' to make sure she'd still do our wedding cake, otherwise the date was getting changed. I know that sounds stupid to change your wedding date over a cake, but this woman seriously makes the best cake around. Our venue is charging same as usual, we just have to be out by 10pm (not exactly what I want, but FI is happy with that) We've only talked to one person about catering and they would be the only people we'd use, otherwise we'd DIY our food for 100 +, but they said it wasn't a problem and they'd be happy to do it for us. Of course this doesn't include a server. Though I was considering hiring one or two people to make sure that the buffet, candy buffet, and drinks were always stocked. We've realized that we could run into an issue, but so far almost everyone thinks the date is really cool and are happy to help.
I'm glad that the caterers are the only ones to charge extra becuase we couldn't afford it. I may not be able to get everything the way I wanted it because we will have about 400 guests, but I still have my cake.
I understand where you are coming from about wanting to have a good cake. Eveyone will remember the food and the cake.
We decided not to get married NYD because most venues were hiking up prices by 25-50 percent! It's NYC so they think they can get away with it. It's a great day though if you can make it work!
That stinks! We considered getting married on new years, but ended up not doing it because it's a Saturday which makes it more expensive anyways. We're getting married the following weekend instead. But, our venue didn't say anything about charging more to get married on new years day!
Yeah, my Mama suggested that we wait til the weekend after, but I felt that it wouldn't give me much of a honeymoon before classes began.
So far it is only the reception hall and the caterer that are charging extra. They say that it is because they have to pay their employees time and a half because they were supposed to be closed. (They really were, but they kept it open because they know my parents and it is now a popular request for weddings on that day).
Hopefully, when I talk to the caterer this week it won't be a big difference in price.
Well, I found a new caterer and they are not charging extra for the holiday! They are a new business, but the owner is experience. They are the up and coming go to place in my hometown. So I am really happy to be one of the first people to use them!
Gosh I never even thought about being charged more...We have were only looking at Sundays (we're both Jewish) and thankfully the majority of Sundays are less expensive....I am glad you have a connection at your venue and they're lowered the fee by $600, that is great!!!
I think it sucks that they are charging more, but since they are the only ones charging extra I am not really sad.
Are you having a Halloween themed wedding?
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Hi,
I am getting charged extra because my wedding date is on NYD. At first our venue was going to charge an extra 1K but they lowered it to $400 extra because they know us. It wasn't that bad because we were going to rent an extra room to get dressed in before the wedding but they are letting us use it for free so we really ended up saving $50.
The caterers are telling me that they have to pay their employees time and a half so we will have to pay more for catering costs. But everyone else isn't charging extra (photographer, videographer, candy bar vendor, cake).