How did you decide on a date?

It happened by accident for us. I knew I wanted an autumn wedding because it's my favourite season, I love the oranges and browns and the crunchy leaves. I knew I definitely didn't want summer because I think the weather tends to be more unpredictable. I looked in my calendar for a date about 18 months away and I was looking 6th or 13th October and I preferred the sound of the 6th (maybe I was thinking unlucky 13). We then when to look at venues (with no concrete dates in mind) the venue we chose had no availability until the 6th October so hey presto we booked it. It all fell quite well really.

I have no idea thinking about it. We knew we wanted it quite soon so decided on 7 months. That fell in Feb so we just picked a Saturday in that month. Meant nothing then but does now ?

We ruled out summer because:

1- it is most expensive and the weather is very unpredictable anyway.

2- We did not want to get married in school holidays as the cost of honeymoon would be more expensive and hopefully there will be less children in the resorts.

We went to look at many different venues with an open mind and we felt some venues suit summer weddings (generally venues with nice grounds) where others would be better suited for a winter wedding (the ones with nice open fires etc).

In the end we went with September (does this count as summer or Autumn I am never sure?) to give us more time to save and because it slightly cheaper then June, July, August- the weather has been amazing on our wedding date in September the past 2 years.

We knew we were going to Australia for honeymoon and wanted to go in their Spring or Autumn so knew we had to get married in our Spring or Autumn.

We got engaged in October 2010 and decided that 2011 wasn't really doable money-wise so settled on 2012. I didn't want to wait until Autumn 2012 so we decided on Spring.

We knew we had another wedding to go to so wanted to plan it around that.

When we found our venue they had one date left in Spring 2012 which happened to be a month before the other wedding - so enough time to get married and get to Australia & Bali and back!

Perfect. Plus, it was a bit cheaper out of 'peak' season and we had one of the hottest days of 2012.

I wanted May or September. September gave us a bit more time to do stuff, and worked around other weddings we are already invited to, so we decided on september. The venue we then decided on, only does exclusive hire may-september which would have been an additional £12,000 on top of the reception and venue costs, so we decided on the first weekend in October!

We haven't booked a date yet but are thinking of an Autumn wedding as we love the colours at this time of year, plus it's cheaper and with the weather being unpredictable all year round it is pot luck it seems.

We got engaged in September 2011 and thought'd we'd get married "around this time next year". We got married in London so didn't want to do it during the Olympics.

I'd kind of had in my mind that the August bank holiday Sunday might be quite a good date. The venue was available that date (and a lot cheaper) so decision was made!

We went for October because we knew we didn't want summer, plus the extra cost when it still might rain like this year's summer. Plus were both bad hay fever sufferers. I prefer autumn over spring think its a beautiful time of year, and October fell in the cheaper bracket for us. Friday was also a lot cheaper than Saturday, and the 11th was available with church, venue and photographer. Wasn't a special date to start with but it is now :-)

We knew it had to be school hols 'cos I'm a teacher - preferably one of the longer ones so I had time off beforehand as well as after. We didn't want Christmas because that alone is enough to make us very giddy! We were leaning more to Easter when we remembered OH struggles to get the end of Aug off work so we thought it'd be a bit too much of a rush to get married and do honeymoon at the beginning of the school hols. Bonus of Easter is our favourite spring flowers are out and the weather has been better than previously. So wedding in spring, honeymoon in summer.

We're getting married on a Thursday more by accident than design. We wanted the middle weekend in the Easter hols but it was fully booked at our reception venue so we went for the nearest thing: the Thursday in the middle of the hols. As it turns out, now a lot of our family and friends are treating it as a bit of a hol and coming up to the Lakes for a minibreak.

I found out after we'd settled on the date that it was also my grandma and grandpa's wedding anniversary

We had no particular special date in mind. I had looked at the anniversary of our engagement, but this fell midweek.

In the end, it came down to what dates were available at our venue. I choose a Sunday as it was slightly cheaper & more availability from suppliers. I also choose a week earlier as day light savings changed the following week & would have meant 1hr less of sunlight in the evening.

I did also check that there were no major sporting events/celebrations on the same day.

I'm really funny about things like dates. I didn't want to just pick one out of thin air, I wanted to work around one that was already special.

That left us with 2 options- September, when we met for the first time, or January when we officially got together. January in general doesn't have the best weather, tends to be cold and wet and it's not long after Christmas so that was out for us. Which left September.

We're officially getting married (doing the legal bit) on the 10th- exactly 6 years after we met, then having our wedding (non legal ceremony and the meal, reception etc) 2 days later as the weekend will be more convenient for our guests.

In terms of the year we chose, if we wanted those dates we didn't really have much choice but to opt for 2015 as we're booking into late 2014 at the moment so would have struggled to squeeze in our own wedding, which we didn't want.

Weather was a bit of a consideration, but price wasn't. Unfortunately it's not because we're made of money, but because we're having a completely DIY do, and the price doesn't vary at all for the services we're utilising.

We are aiming for the anniversary of our first date, which is a Friday in April.

We both wanted a spring wedding so it seems like the obvious choice!

Starting to look at venues soon so hopefully we can book that date

We first met in August, got together in September and got engaged on Christmas Day, so it doesn't leave me a lot if options if I decide to go for a date related to us.

We had always planned to go to Singapore GP for part of our honeymoon so we needed September. Originally we were looking at 2014 but because I am so impatient and my friend is likely having a destination wedding in August 2014 we moved it forward a year. We were relying on the GP being on a similar date to past years but needed an early date in September just incase they moved it forward a week. Saturdays are too expensive so we settled on Friday 6th September next year as it was free at our venue.

We decided on May because it fitted into work better and I liked the idea of spring flowers. Also May has some bank holidays so we got a Sunday with a bank holiday Monday the next day (so its like a Saturday but for the price of a Sunday!) which we were pleased about!

We got engaged at the beginning of September 2011 and choosing the venue was first on our list. We didn't want to wait too long before getting married, so once we found a venue we loved we asked them about availability and chose our wedding date based on what was left for 2012. For us the venue was the key factor in deciding our date as it plays such a huge part in your day.

We had originally wanted 2013, but my younger brother is off to live in China for a year in May 2013 so that ruled that year out and both our Mum's want some time to lose weight before the wedding.

When we emailed the venue for dates available in 2014 the one that jumped out to us was 6th September 2014, when we talked it over with our parent's, it turns out that 6th September is OH's Grandad's birthday - or would have been so we booked it. Plus it's OH's birthday on 3rd September so no excuse for forgetting our anniversary

Sometimes dates just jump out at you, but I think unless you want to have it on a particular day you go with any date particularly if availability is an option. Then your wedding date will become that symbolic date

We didn't want to wait too long but long enough to get stuff sorted and save up so looked for around 18 months in front. Then decided may was out as we have too many other things, feb was too near Xmas and birthdays for us, so we kind of just went for April! The date was basically see what they had left and then decide but then they said 13th and I knew I wanted that as its a good number for us!

We will have been together 11years that day... plus I love England in spring time. The past 2 march/april's have been lovely!

I've just done a bit of research bearing in mind all of the dates I have been thinking of, and I cannot believe the difference in price from one month to another! I knew about 'peak times' etc, but doubling the cost of a venue just because of the month?! Crazy...

Worst thing about the UK is you cannot plan ahead in terms of weather. You never know what it is going to throw at you. I know if I booked and paid for a 'Summer' wedding at a more expensive rate and it rained hard all day I would be absolutely gutted. I know it's not just about the money or the weather, but the way I see it it is more sensible to book at a time that you aren't hoping just for good weather...

We got engaged really fast- six months after we got together. I wanted to have just one anniversary date... but May (when we got together) was too soon to save. So we went for the 18 month mark; Nov 7th. However after we chose the venue, they didn't do ceremonies on Thursdays so we had to pick Nov 8th which is a Friday

Re pricing, venues seem to be more willing to reduce their prices during certain months. The one that we like has halved their original price because we are looking at winter months and are flexible on dates. but I have had be cheeky and ask them to...if you don't ask though you don't get lol.

We wanted to marry around our anniversary so we would only have one anniversary. Plus we liked the idea of August (summer wedding) and over the bank holiday weekend. (26th aug)

We wanted to marry around our anniversary so we would only have one anniversary. Plus we liked the idea of August (summer wedding) and over the bank holiday weekend. (26th aug)

We wanted to marry around our anniversary so we would only have one anniversary. Plus we liked the idea of August (summer wedding) and over the bank holiday weekend. (26th aug)

We got engaGED in October, didn't want a long engagement so that meant we wanted to get married in 2013. That meant we didn't hAve much time. We didn't wAnt June/July/August. June we go to a music festival and July/August would probably be booked anyway. So that left September onwards. We wanted the best weather possible for went for September. Our original day was Friday 13th but our venue couldn't do that day so we ended up with September 28th.

It'll be our 6th anniversary, falls on a Saturday and gave us just over 2 years to plan and save.

We didnt start planning until we had been engaged for a year, we were engaged in the March 2011 and was really keen to get married in march too. That march was a fabulous March, my birthday, found out i was expecting our second child and got engaged! March seems lucky for us!

We chose March 2013 as we didnt want to wait till march 2014. Its just 'out of season' too so the prices were generally lower. We went with the 23rd as it gives us just over a week after my birthday. 23.03.13 cool date too lol

It had to be summer holidays (2013) as I'm a teacher and we want to honeymoon immediately afterwards. I wanted it to be one week in so i could do bits and pieces which meant first weekend of august. The church was available so that decided it. Our 'venue' is the garden so that wasn't a factor. We have a good amount saved so we don't need to wait financially. From when we decided to get married to the wedding will be a year and this was just because we had to wait for next summer.

Had I had my way, we'd have got married sooner, but OH wanted more time to save and plan (the irony of the fact he's done barely anything is not lost on me).

We got engaged in May 2012, and I wanted to get married on 5th January 2013 which is our five year anniversary. But he was having none of it, so we agreed on September as OHs two best friends are getting married in March and July next year too, so it spread it out a bit more.

We fell in love with our venue but couldn't afford a Friday in September (we always wanted a Friday) so booked the first available Friday in October, which was the 11th.

I wanted to get as close to a year as possible, wanted summer and wanted the 16th (got together, moving in together and my birthday are all on a 16th). Friday 16th August was the best so went with that date but when we found our venue they didn't allow Friday hire. So instead choose the venue over the date and went for their first available Saturday which happened to be August 10th!

This was part of my thinking too. I wouldn't like it if it was too hot anyway whilst everyone was all dressed up and stuck inside for most of the day. We figured that as the weather is so unpredictable, by going out of summer there was no exptectaition about the weather. If it's nice then it's just a bonus!