Poll about the best season to get married

The poll doesn't really have room for my situation, as I've already got married. We did it in early September, so I guess late summer/early autumn. Neither of us were keen on a wedding in the middle of summer because it can get uncomfortably hot, I'd either get sunburnt or have to wear suncream and risk ruining my dress/make-up, and my family and I all get horrible hayfever. So what would be for some people a "glorious soaring summer day" would be sweaty, sneezy and grim for me! You do also have to bear in mind that you can't predict the British weather, so while you may have a beautiful day, it may pour with rain the whole time, which would rather ruin things if you'd planned everything outside. Finally, lots of venues put their prices up in summer as demand is higher.

I've never been to a real midwinter wedding but I think they could be lovely if planned properly i.e. everything indoors with the option to go out for photos if you're lucky with the weather. Spring/autumn was always the plan for us, as it would hopefully not be too hot, and we made plans to incorporate the risk of rain/cold.

Ditto!

AND I agree your budget is a major factor, summer wedding are expensive especially since the 'wonderful' weather is a complete gamble in the UK. Plus I never understood the fascination with having a perfect sunny day for your wedding. Yeah the lighting will be better for photos I suppose but is it that much of a big deal?

I don't think the season itself should be too much of an influencing factor to be honest. We've shot weddings mid summer that have been cold wet and windy, but also ones in November/December that have had beautiful weather. Unfortunately you're not guaranteed a lovely summers day or a crisp winter wedding no matter what time of year, so perhaps make the big decisions about your venue first and then decide when to marry based on their availability, your budget or what would work best for that particular venue?

For example if there's no outdoor space, you might go for winter as it's more likely you'll be inside anyway, or if it's in a remote location you might go for summer so there's less chance of snow/ice. Does that make sense?

We've chosen early September for ours, but that's because we're marrying on the anniversary of the day we first met. It's also convenient for the type of wedding we wanted (outdoors)

Ive always wanted a winter theme such as blue and silver colors, frosty trees, fur shrugs for bridesmaids etc... but we also want an outdoor BBQ and band (but snow gets so bad up here sometime) so it will be held in early autumn so its September for us

As as others above said, I hate heatwaves and being too hot (unless on holiday) so I knew i would be very uncomfortable if I got married on a summer's day and it happened to be a heatwave day, I would know I wouldn't enjoy it so much.

So I got married in april so it wouldb't be too cold and not too hot!

Nothing to do with photos - I just love the sun, it makes me happy to be warm and outside and I love the relaxed feeling of a balmy evening with the sun going down (very rare in this country). It's not make or break, of course we will have a fab day even if it pours but I would LOVEit to be a hot sunny day. We are getting married 7th June so it is unlikely but not impossible.

We're getting married in the summer, originally wanted an Autumn wedding as it's my favourite time of year..but also love winter and wanted a Christmas wedding haha, so not much use with the poll really sorry

I'm hoping it won't be too hot and sweaty, just a nice comfortable sunny day would be ideal and I wouldn't mind a bit of rain either. In Scotland so could go either way, too unpredictable so have to be prepared for all weather and take a brolly & suncream along haha.

That's my birthday, and therefore an excellent choice of day. ?

We are having a winter/christmas wedding in dec 14. I love the idea of guests enjoying a nice hog roast in the evening to keep them warm. My venue already gets decorated with lights and christmas trees so that saves me a lot on decorations. We have got a fantastic package for our wedding plus tog etc as it is low season and also marrying on a fri. Cheaper registrars too.

But allin all im a christmas freak so it always had to be december lol x I

We chose Spring because we love the time of year, I love spring flowers and it's cheaper.

We choose summer, I dreamed of a hot bright day with an outside ceremony, we booked for middle of August and it was raining hard all day!!

I think what I'm saying is you just can't rely on the weather. Spring/Autumn would have been cheaper as I see some great deals for March when we went to book.

I'm a winter bride. Getting married in February, I just love winter in general the wrapping up warm and crisp days.

I wanted the ceremony and reception under one roof too so made winter an easy choice as I knew we wasn't going to be outside much. A lot of people screw up their faces when I say I'm getting married in winter though. You can't predict the weather in the U.K. so anytime so all comes down to on the day.

Pros and cons to all seasons I think.

Congratulations on your engagement.

We got married on Sept 20th this year. I chose this date because a) It was the closest one to one of our special dates & b) September has been a good month weather wise for the last few years. Do you have any special dates?

My Brother got married on August 17th last year & it was a rainy, windy day! You just cannot rely on our weather!

I personally loathe Winter & the cold so am glad none of our special dates fall in those months lol!

We initially wanted a summer wedding and it was the one thing we were sure on. Then we started to look around some beautiful outdoor venues and thought what if it rains. I would have been so upset to be squeezed into the tiny indoor part looking out onto this beautiful venue. In the end we booked early October on an indoor venue. It was cheaper and I'm fully expecting rain. It's a large conservatory though so any sun will come streaming into the room without us risking being outside.

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We picked early October for our wedding mainly because Autumn is my favourite season but also because we expected bad weather. If it was raining, it didn't matter, we expected it but if it was sunny (and it was lovely) we were lucky

My BIL got married in June and it rained heavy all day ..

We opted for October purely to space out other very important weddings this year (OH's brother and two best friends all had dates in before us) and also so we could afford our dream venue.

It rained heavily for most of the day and it didn't matter one bit. Depends what is important to you really. If it's cost, then off-peak season is better (although the meaning of that changes!). If you want specific flowers, that's another thing to consider (fickle maybe but if you're desperate for peonies as flowers for example, then the window of availability is less than for others).

If you want sunshine, then go abroad as you can't guarantee that here!