| Guide to Planning your wedding- Setting the date | | | | book your wedding day on or around religious or |
| When people think about planning a wedding they | | | | public holidays you may find some guests cannot |
| think about the dresses, planning a menu, choosing | | | | make it. Be sympathetic to other religions too, the |
| a venue and picking flowers for the wedding | | | | last thing you want is some of your wedding |
| bouquet. However more often than not the first | | | | guests fasting while you celebrate you wedding |
| thing everybody does when they begin to plan | | | | with a banquet at the reception venue. Also |
| their wedding is set the date. Many people | | | | remember if it is a bank holiday weekend that |
| don’t see how this can cause issues, but | | | | most people like to get away for these periods |
| planning the date is probably the most important | | | | and if you don’t send the invitations out early |
| choice you or your wedding planner will have to | | | | enough your guests may have made plans. |
| make, | | | | Also try to avoid the beginning and end of school |
| The wedding day must not only be convenient | | | | holidays as most people book holidays abroad |
| for you and your spouse but also for your guests. | | | | around these times. Try to keep away from |
| Most people pick a weekend day, usually a | | | | family birthdays too, if possible keep away from |
| Saturday to avoid conflict with other religious | | | | Valentines Day, Christmas and Easter as many |
| days and to ensure most people are not at work. | | | | caterers and florists will be busy around these |
| Try to plan your wedding for a day which does | | | | times and will have less time dedicate themselves |
| not clash with public holidays and festivals. If you | | | | to your special wedding day. |