May Half Term Wedding?

Congratulations on your engagement & welcome to hitched!

I would have thought that a wedding on a mid-week would be cheaper regardless of half term? I'd suggest contacting some venues and discuss dates with them before you decide on the date for definite.

We're getting married in Ireland and picked a bank holiday for both UK and Ireland and we havne't ended up paying any more than anyone else we know who's going with the same venue for just a regular weekend.

Originally we were planning for 28th may too but my mum talked me out of it - her and my brother work in retail and are forbidden to take a day off seven days before a bank holiday (yes even for her own daughters wedding!!!) and she also said people in the family like to go on holiday that week. Only have two children coming so being a half term doesn't really help. Now booked for 15th May instead (thursday) so people can have the option to book the thursday & friday off work and get a long weekend. Quite a lot of us are shift workers anyway so plenty of people wont be working next day. oh and i have found that may and september are still classed as peak months, they might be slightly cheaper than june, july aug but prob the same price as each other. out of the 10 venues we viewed no one had a extra pricing for half term, just days of week and month of year. if it rains in may it rains but at least i havent spent loads extra having it in june/july/aug only for it to still rain!!!

let me know when you decide, our weddings could be really close! xxx

I still find the concept of a midweek wedding slightly strange to be honest but that's probably just me. I think Friday's are ok as it's the weekend after anyway, but if I went to a midweek wedding, I might not be so up for partying, drinking, etc if I have to go back to work the next day. Particularly important if you have guests who will be travelling a long way as it could involve them taking several days off work. I don't think they would charge you extra for it being half-term, but as mentioned it is peak season anyway.

You'll never please everyone- so pick a date that fits you and your OH, and just make sure you send save the dates or send your invites early if you think it's going to involve people needing to take time off, etc.