New Years Eve weddings- Good or Bad?

Personally I'd have no problem attending a NYE wedding - in fact I'm not a big fan of NYE (bit over-rated in my opinion), so going to a wedding would be a really nice way to spend it. I don't think the date should affect whether you have children there or not either.

I think you are right about costs though. I'm sure there was a discussion on here a little while ago about venues insisting you spent a fortune to book NYE. That said, I suppose it depends on the venue and what else they could be doing to earn them money on the 'big night'.

HTH

S

Hi,

From a supplier viewpoint, NYE is a massive overhead in terms of staff - you invariably have to pay them more and I'm afraid that its a given that most services will cost you at least double the ordinary rate and in some cases up to four or five times as much.

But, that said, we've played at several NYE weddings and the very special nature of the day gives the event an extra sparkle.

My 10p worth

Tony

Thank you for your opinions ?

Maybe we will go for the 30th or a day between christmas & new years? but i fear that if we choose a day in between people may not want to go because of having to pay for that and new years!

decisions, decisions..............

From a florist's angle, if you want fresh flowers, you may find limited availability on the selections as a lot of wholesale markets close down on Christmas Eve and don't open again until 2 Jan. In addition, a lot of florists' shops close for the entire holiday because it's so quiet during the 'dead' days in between Xmas and New Year that it's not really worth opening. So it would be worth double checking with your florist if you wanted fresh flowers if she would be able to do them for you. I know a lot of people do get married on special days through the year like Valentines Day, Christmas Eve etc but, personally, I would be happier having our own special wedding anniversary in years to come rather than it be overshadowed by another occasion but that's just me!

I would actually probably be less inclined to go to a wedding between Christmas & New Years but it wouldn't bother me if it was on NYE.

i think just because you always spend out on NYE so going to a wedding would be great as it would be a special occasion and NYE wrapped in one.

That being said, if a friend of mine was to invite me to their wedding bwteen Xmas & NYE, i wouldn't let money stop me.

From another point of view of a supplier, we are booked both 2009 and 2010 - so it may purely depend on whether you can get the venue you want!

My wedding is NYE 2009 and i can not wait. the venue is no more expensive than at any other time of year and the guests are very happy and think it is agreat idea as NYE is often a let down.

I say roll with it! you can even persuade the venue to throw in midnight fireworks for free!

Thank you for all your replies!

nrajw- where are you holding your wedding reception? A hotel/hall etc?

We are holding the whole day in one venue - Brocket Hall - it is going to be amazing! I enquired about several places and there really wasn't much difference on prices at all.

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Natasha

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I was bridesmaid a few years back on 28th December & it made no difference with regards to people attending or not. Was nice in the fact that everybody was in the party mood!

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I am torn with this one. I hate NYE so having a wedding to go to would be a good way to spend it but then I might miss the fact I wasn't with all my friends (unless they were at the wedding as well obviously). The cost of taxis and accomodation might be an issue but I think as long as people are given enough notice then it should be ok. I'd recommend sending the invitations out much earlier than the normal 6-8 weeks in advance as some people have NYE plans well in advance. I know my friends were booking in October to get tickets for a local event.

For me I would say good - we never do much anyway so it would be a lovely way to spend the day/night.

I can imagine parents having trouble getting babysitters if it was an adult only wedding though.

And as PG said, you'd have to send out your invitations much sooner than usual so people could book taxis/accomodation.

My friend got married the Saturday between Christmas and New Year last year and it was lovely, very festive. Not one person declined because of the time of year. She did struggle with suppliers not wanting to work at that time of year though, so you'd have to be more super-organised than most brides.

Personally, I wouldn't like it. As every year for my anniversary we'd have to struggle to book anything up like restaurants. We'd always end up somewhere with loads of drunk people and have to pay over the odds.

Also as others have said, on the day it's going to be hard to sort out suppliers.

And people won't be able to have babysitters very easily.

To my mind, it's just causing more hassle to something which is already hard to organise!

Just my opinion!

Ali x

I can see both sides so probably not going to help you; I think for guests on the day it would be fab! Something extra special to do on NYE - the extra cost of taxis/hotel wouldn't put me off attending.

But from the brides perspective it could easily be a nightmare. I work with a guy who got married last NYE and he said a lot of things were more expensive and in particular they struggled to find a photographer who was happy to work that day. Also think point already made about the anniversary is a good one - friends of my parents got married on Christmas eve and every year they would be out somewhere anyway but generally people forgot it was their anniversary - cue many a hastily brough card on the way to a party! The 'other' occasion is just want takes over!

HTH

I think it sounds like a lovely idea, although has people have said it might not be worth paying a premium for the sake of picking that particular date. I've never been to a NYE wedding specifically, but have been to one on the 30th. It was lovely, most people were on holiday from work so were able to make it even if they had to travel, and to be honest we were all written off on new years day anyway so it may as well have been one event!!

Seconding what Rainbow Florist has said though; it can be tricky to get suppliers because of the Christmas shut-down. From the venues point of view, they'll probably have to pay their staff overtime, and if other suppliers don't normally work between Christmas and New Year you'll have to persuade them otherwise. As Brenda says, from a florists perspective you can't get fresh flowers after Christmas eve, so you're unlikely to be able to use fresh as they'll already be a week old by then.

Just points to consider though, and I don't mean to sound negative! I think it would create a wonderful party atmosphere and be a lovely start to a new year.

Georgie

I would have loved to have got married on NYE but I also wanted to get married in Scotland and we thought that asking all of our guests to travel at that time of the year was probably not the best idea although looking back, I wish I had of as it is such a magical time of the year.

I can see both sides here. i, like others, hate NYE, so as a guest, going to a wedding on NYE would mean a guaranteed great night out.

however, i wonder how expensive venues would be. also travel might be an issue - half our guests are travelling from scotland, so getting back to scotland on new year's day might be an issue (less flights, more expensive flights), PLUS those who are local will still have to get taxis back which is always a nightmare on NYE.