Hi!
We are planning our wedding on the North Shore of Boston and we've found a venue we love. I'm English so many of my friends and family will be traveling over. One of my close friends is a teacher in the UK, and would only be able to come if it's during her "half-term" which is basically October break. We were leaning towards October 22nd, because she'd be able to come then. The venue has a barn, where the reception would be, and we're also happy with it as a rain option in case we can't do anything outside. However, I'd really like to do the ceremony and cocktail hour outside - the venue has beautiful outdoor areas and the foliage is going to gorgeous around that time of year. The cocktail hour could be in a tent though, which if necessary could be walls down/heated. The ceremony would be short, less than 20minutes. We don't mind asking people to bring a jacket for the ceremony but we don't want people to be frigid. If it's freezing we could do the ceremony inside the barn or in the tent.
Looking at the average temperatures for October 22nd in this region, you're looking at highs of 55-60'F. Whereas if we did it end of September/beginning of October, you have highs of 60-65'F. We'd have a higher chance of being able to do more outside if we chose an earlier date. But equally, it could randomly be 55'F end of Sep/beginning of October because it's New England and weather is unpredictable.
I'm stuck between choosing an earlier date and having a higher chance of the wedding being how I would ideally envision it with (even though I know it's not guaranteed), but knowing that my friend is not going to be able to come, versus having it later in October, having her there (although there's no guarantee she'll definitely be able to come, it's not going to be cheap for her to come over and I know life happens), but perhaps there being a bigger chance that we'll have to do more things inside.
What would you do?
