After the Engagement: Choosing a Date

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One of the first things you should do in the beginning stages of your wedding planning is to choose a date. There are so many factors to consider when selecting the best date for you and your fiancé and many of your wedding planning selections will be based on the date that you choose. Take a look at a few of those factors below.

1. Significance. Is there a date that has sentimental value to you? Perhaps, the date that you all first met, starting dating, got engaged, etc.? Is there a date that is just cool to you? In the past many people have chosen to get married on dates that have an interesting numerical structure, i.e. 10-10-10, 11-12-13, and 7-7-07.
2. Season. Do you want an outdoor or an indoor wedding? Are you attempting to avoid certain weather conditions? Will your wedding be a destination wedding to the Caribbean? Will it be during hurricane season? Do you want your bridesmaids to wear long dresses or short dresses? There is so much to consider when thinking about the season that you want your wedding to be in, including cost of airline tickets if your guests will be traveling from different countries.
3. Budget. Are you on a tight budget? If so, you may want to consider holding your wedding during the off season. This may help you save some money on your venue and other vendors.
4. Holidays. Do you want your wedding to compete with national or even family holidays and events? Perhaps you want it to fall on the same weekend as Memorial Day since your family always gathers that weekend every year.
5. Your Schedule. Are you in a profession that has certain busy seasons or days of the week? If you are a teacher you may prefer to have a summer wedding when you are off or during one of the breaks during the school year. If you are an accountant or work with taxes you may want to avoid the weeks or months leading up to April 15.

This shortlist is definitely not exhaustive, there are so many things to consider when selecting a wedding date. After all, this is a date that you will want to remember and cherish for the rest of you life. Choose wisely!

Best Wedding Website Builders Pt. 2

In our first installment of the Best Wedding Website Builders, we discussed three sites, ewedding.com, wedsite.com, and squarespace.com. Each of these sites are unique and offer customers and their guests a different experience. Today we are adding a few more to the list for you to consider in your planning process.

5. glosite.com: This site offers email wedding invitations and save the dates. They have personalizable wedding websites, online RSVPs, and guest list management. You can even decide which events guests can be invited to and RSVP for. You can also communicate back and forth with guests via messaging. They give customers a 21 day free trial and three packages to choose from. Their least expensive option costs $19.99 per month or $75 per year.

6. rileygrey.com: If you are looking for a more modern site, look no further. Riley Grey offers customers a modern look. They allow you to edit and save the changes to your site before you pay. You get a custom domain name, the ability to change designs anytime, a responsive design, and great customer service. They also give you the ability to password protect your site for added privacy. The offer only two payment options, monthly at $35 or yearly at $240. 

4. appycouple.com: The coolest thing about this website is that it also allows you to create an app for your wedding guests at the same time! It seems fairly simple to use with little need for technical skills. They also offer over 500 designs for you to choose from and customize. Your guests can RSVP through the site or app, you can manage the guestlist, allows real time alerts via the app, photo sharing onto social media and much, much more! The packages start at $35.

Do you have other suggestions for great wedding website builders? Do you think it is worth the expense to create a custom website or would you rather use a free one?

A June Bride! The History Behind June Weddings

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June is one of the most popular months to get married and believe it or not, this is not a recent phenomenon. The history behind June weddings dates all the way back to Roman times. Check out some of these interesting facts/myths about the history behind June weddings:

•  The Romans celebrated the goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter and goddess of marriage and childbirth on June 1^st 
•  May was the month during the 1400s and 1500s that the community came out from a long winter and participated in a cleansing bath… It is a good idea to marry when everyone smells good!
• When people married in June they typically conceived and gave birth to children in the spring, which increased their chances of survival during those times. Giving birth in the Spring after a June wedding also allowed the bride time to recover in time for the fall harvest
• June was a good time to take advantage of beautiful weather and new crops/flowers for a celebration

Whether or not all of these things are true, June continues to be the most popular month to marry. Were/Are you a June bride? Why did you choose a particular month or date to marry? 

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