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Hm I think for me it would also boil down to the pricing of it. Is it a lot more expensive?

View Quoted Comment That date is 2k more but the day before 17th is 2k less which is a Friday insteAd of a Saturday. We have mostly out of town people coming in as well and the drive is 2 hours from the airport.

It really comes down to this.... which one is more important to you when you think of your wedding 🤔 Having a special date? Or having a special location?


For example: We postponed our 10/10/20 wedding. But it wasn’t important for us to now select 10/10/21. Our original date was fun and cute. But it wasn’t deeply meaningful to us and we weren’t connected to it. Instead we wanted our same venue and vendors because that was more important to us than a specific date. So, we ended up choosing 10/30/21 and now with the pandemic and postponement, our new date actually has a special meaning and story behind it.
So only you two can choose which one is the bigger wedding detail for you? A memorable date? Or memorable venue?

Does the date really mean something to you? If so I would go with the date but if it doesn’t mean anything then I would go with the venue that you love!

It sounds like you purposely picked this date and that sounds great. But, what's more important, the venue or the date? I think that's the question to ask.

I can tell you we picked 10/10/20 for specific reason. We had plenty of opportunities to choose other venues, but our date was not available, We found a venue that had our date and we LOVE it just as much as any other and we didn't have to compromise our date.

I agree with all previous comments. One other thing I have to add is that you said you already booked a venue. Check your contract with them - by switching venues now, you will likely lose the deposit that you paid for the original venue. If the venue is more important to you than the date, and you are OK with potentially losing your deposit on your original venue, go ahead and book the new venue for a new date!

If you already have the date you want booked with a venue, I would just stick with it. You will probably lose your deposit if you cancel, and the new place doesn't have your date anyway.

At the end of the day you are going to be celebrating the day and not the venue every year. I would say stick with the date that has meaning to you.

I'd rather have my dream venue than a specific wedding date. Your venue will be in photographs forever, your date wont.

I would totally go with the venue I love. That is my highest priority, along with an open bar. 🙃

Any date you pick will ultimately become special because that is the day you got married. That being said, if you have your hearts set on the date you already picked, then you really need to consider what the pros/cons are of the two venues and decide if they are make or break on the date you picked.