what do people think about this date?

Honestly?? I love the idea...a magical time, a chance to see in the new year with friends and family and start a new year with your new intended....

the only thing id be wary of is prices the venues might charge you and the cost of taxis home for your guests.....

Thank you its nice to hear a positive reply loads of people iv mentioned it to have said no one will turn up and that it will mean our aniversary will be on that day and that will spoil it so thank you for the positive side we just thought most people say they dont know what there doing new year ect so they would have somewhere to go

I agree with Teehee, i think it's a lovely idea! Although if you're going for it, i would start booking things asap in case they're booked up for new years parties etc!

It's a great date - it's my birthday! Also the day me and OH got together and the day he proposed a few years later! For me it'd be the last day I'd choose, but purely because I have everything in that one week and 51 weeks of the year with nothing so I wanted a summer wedding so I have something to look forward to another time of year.

On a serious note, it will cost a lot to hire venues and suppliers, but if you are ok with that then I see no reason why not. As long as you give people enough notice I think they will make the effort to come as a wedding is a one off, so I don;t think you need to worry about people declining.

Personally I wouldn't like my own wedding on that day not only because of the cost just because I'd want my wedding to be a special day in its own way instead of being tagged along side New Year (hope that makes sense). Also a lot of my friends like to spend New Year with their families so I do think you would get a few people declining the invitation if they usually spend the time in other ways.

I don't think it should really matter though because you need to pick the day you both want regardless of what others say.

You'd need to check out venues though as I've heard of some not allowing any weddings on New Years Eve because the function rooms are already booked out for parties?

x

Personally my h2b and i are always looking for things to do on a new years eve, and from your wedding point of view, i think its fab, you get to spent the new year celebrating your wedding with all your friends and family and your new husband,

how romantic.

Personally i think its a lovely romantic idea but i would have a few concerns:

1) it would probably be VERY expensive as places tend to put up prices for new years parties so book well in advance. You might also have problems getting suppliers to work on this day as they would probably have their own families to be with.

2) accommodation and taxis etc are extremely expensive at this time of year so again, probably get dates and prices sorted well in advance.

3) you would probably get family there with plenty of notice but friends might be a bit more reluctant especially if they have kids and want to spend it with their own families. All i could suggest for this is lots of notice!

I think it could be nice, but that you would save loads by choosing to have your wedding one or two days before. My brother is getting married on 29th December next year and they have negotiated a massive discount to the venue costs. Would it really be that different to get married on 30th December instead?

One other thing is that you can have problems finding suppliers on bank holidays, eg we're getting married the sunday of the August bank holiday weekend and have had a nightmare finding a hairdresser.