Which Couple are you?
Whether you are the covid couple or the newly engaged couple – let’s look at 5 great reasons to have a midweek wedding in 2021.
The Covid Couple
Scenario number one – it’s 2020 and you are told you must postpone your wedding day to 2021 – every plan that you had, every detail that you spent months thinking about feels like it is gone out the window! You become the covid couple. This was not your wedding plan but you have no choice but to adjust.
The newly engaged 2020 couple
The second scenario makes you just as anxious. It’s 2020 and it’s your year to get engaged, your turn to be excited and start planning the wedding of your dreams. You plan to get married in 2021 but so does everybody else who was meant to get married in 2020. You feel rushed to make decisions because time and availability is in short supply.
1. Availability
The majority of couples choose a weekend wedding. Traditionally it makes sense. You take time off work that week, you finish your wedding preparations, your friends and family have the weekend off and you can all celebrate together. But the problem is there are only 52 weekends a year which means that in 2021, the wedding venue of your dreams may not be available on a Friday or Saturday night.
Why not choose a week-day? You have the choice to go against tradition. If you choose a midweek wedding you have a higher chance of securing your lusted after wedding venue and although you are asking your friends and family to take time off work, most people don’t mind that. You are asking them to take 1 or 2 days off work and if you choose a Thursday you can extend your wedding celebration through the weekend. When you consider that lots of people gladly attend destination weddings, which means at times a week off work, you know they will understand if your wedding takes place in the middle of the week.
2. Your Day Your Way
During your wedding day planning you’ve browsed instagram and pinterest – you’ve found the wedding suppliers of your dreams – but often they are not available during the weekend or just too expensive for your budget. Having a midweek wedding allows you to have your day your way, those suppliers that you love will more likely be available. Also consider those extra touches that you couldn’t afford, they find a place in your budget because everything costs less for a midweek wedding. All of a sudden your pinterest wedding starts to become a reality!
3. Cost
Almost every single wedding supplier will cost less for a midweek wedding. The reason being they have more availability during the week. From your wedding venue to your wedding planner and even your wedding band – expect to pay less for most suppliers. The money that you save can be spent on a honeymoon, or maybe go towards your house deposit. You can still have your dream wedding but at a reduced cost and the only difference is that it’s a midweek wedding.
Also consider your guests, although you are asking them to take time off work – they too can expect your wedding to cost them less. It is likely that your wedding venue will offer your guests advantageous room rates because your wedding is on a weekday rather than the weekend.
4. The Small Wedding
Maybe after your wedding was postponed you decided to have a small wedding, instead of a large wedding event. If this is the case there are so many venues that are open to you midweek. You can have a more bespoke wedding in a boutique venue with your most treasured family and friends by your side. You can celebrate your love in an intimate setting with your closes loved ones there to share in your special day.
5. Generosity of Time
Having a midweek wedding means your suppliers have more time, to spend with you and on your wedding. They most likely don’t have other weddings to think about that day and have more time to spend chatting, relaxing and enjoying time with you, sharing in your day and make sure it is the day of your dreams. Think about makeup, hair, photographer and celebrant and how more time with them will make your day even better!
So there you are, 5 great reasons to consider a midweek wedding in 2021. For more wedding inspiration follow me on instagram and happy wedding planning.
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