Choosing your wedding date requires a bit of luck, intuition, and research! While a fun easy-to-remember date may be ideal, the time of year and availability of family or vendors might not work. Here are a few things to consider to help you think through all your options. You can do this before making your decision final when choosing your wedding date.
Popular Dates & Months
It’s good to educate yourself on the popular dates and months, especially in the Sioux Falls area, ahead of time. This way if you want a wedding on that day or during that time, you know to plan well in advance (at least 16 months), so you still have a great selection of vendors and wedding locations open.
The busiest month to get married is October. This has stood true nationwide since 2016! People love hosting their wedding ceremony outdoors (nearly 50% and rising!), and the semi-cool weather in the fall helps make this doable. September has been the next top wedding month, putting the autumn season at the top as the most popular season for couples to get married.
Consider Your Season
With fall being the busiest time of year for weddings, you can expect limited availability if you’re reserving vendors within 12 months, and sometimes even slightly higher prices. The wintertime is quite the opposite, being the slowest time for weddings (busiest for engagements though), resulting in better availability and pricing from wedding vendors.
Budget-Friendly Days To Get Married
It may be a given that choosing a day besides a Saturday is going to be better for your budget. However, many venues will also discount during slower months as well. In short, your budget-friendly days to get married will be during the slower season, or on Sunday (potentially excluding the Sunday before long weekend like Labor Day or Memorial Day).
Also, don’t forget to avoid big events in Sioux Falls to avoid hotel rooms being filled for any guests, or you and your fiance, wanting to stay in your hotel block.
Personalization
Begin by brainstorming any dates that are significant to you two. Is there a set of grandparents that you’re very close to, first date etc… You may not be able to get married on the date you’re looking at. The date could fall on a Tuesday so you are going to want to make a list of at least five dates.
Maybe you two are big fans of the holiday season. Would a holiday wedding be right for you? Maybe you’ve always wanted Christmas decorations at your wedding or you want to celebrate your Irish heritage. Or, you could go with a Fourth of July celebration with BBQ, flags, and fireworks.
Reserve Your Date
If you’ve made it here, you have the research aspect down, now just don’t forget to follow your intuition when choosing which date feels best for you and your partner, and lock that date in with your venues first!
We’re throwing all the lucky stars your way that you land your top wedding location and vendors!
Complete Weddings + Events Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Complete Weddings + Events offers multiple services to make it easy to reserve your wedding date for the vendors you still need! Contact Complete for availability on needs for your wedding day!