After the flurry of engagements during the holiday season, the next step for many couples is booking their venue. Booking a venue gives you your date. It's the center of your wedding. It's how to determine when you need to buy a dress and the day you need to find your officiant, photographer and DJ for. In a bride's eyes, the date is the center of the universe.
However when it comes to a couple that really want that October 10 wedding or a certain anniversary, you have to move fast. It's unbelievable how early some venues book years in advance. Some brides report their venue booking out two years in advance. If your dream venue is especially popular, it may mean taking a date you didn't really want at first or losing that venue. You have to move fast.
Think about it. A huge percentage of brides will also get engaged during the holidays. After the Christmas decorations have been taken down and the New Year's champagne drank, their minds turn to the next big event: the wedding.
My advice? If you want your dream venue, but there's only one Saturday in May left, take it. Ultimately you are celebrating a new anniversary. Even if the date you had in mind had some kind of meaning, it always will. You will just be adding another important date. Don't sacrifice a venue just because it's not the absolute day you wanted. Unless there's a reason involving close family being able to make it to the wedding or something like that, try and be flexible. Would you ever consider a Friday evening or Sunday wedding? A lot of times venues will give you discounts if you chose a Friday or Sunday instead, especially if they know you really wanted a Saturday. Work with the venue. It may work out in your favor.
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