Weddings on Holidays- Real Talk

Please let me preface this if you didnt already know our company plans over 500 weddings every year so we have experience in this kind of thing. We know a lot of planners who will offer similar advice to what we are about to dispense however there are a handful of planners who would rather take your money then tell you, thinking of having a wedding with no kids on a holiday? Think Again.

I spoke with one of our brides for tomorrow who was in tears as we talked Monday that only about 30% of her 250 invites said yes they would come to her halloween wedding. This wedding is supposed to be kidless and this bride is 32 years old. I love her to death shes been great to work with and gave me permission to blog about this because she said if she could she would have picked a different day. The problem with this 32 year old bride is that most of her girlfriends have kids between 3-10 and well Halloween is a very important family holiday. How are you going to tell your kids they have to stay with a sitter when they want to go trick or treating with mommy and daddy, you don't.

The same goes for New Years Eve and a lot of the time around Christmas. New Years Eve would be quite a romantic evening for.. a proposal.... we book the most wedding business between January 1-14 and February 15-25, but there are a lot of parents, newlyweds or new families themselves who want to celebrate New Years Eve alone together as a couple and then New Years Day with a pancake breakfast and football with the kids.

Yes Yes Yes we agree a wedding day is a brides day but remember the non-hallmark holidays are family days.

Halloween seems so trivial to some especially after you yourself have outgrown trick or treating and binge drink parties, but when you have your 3 year old son and 4 year old daughter all decked out to go with their friends who is going to win... the wedding or your babies dressed as batman and the princess...

If you're thinking about a halloween weekend wedding next year or a new years eve wedding please consider this advice, its from experience.


Kip A.