Winter Weddings In The North
by: hardrock
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Why would anyone want to have a winter wedding? The best reason is that it's less expensive. Except around Christmas, before and after, it's easier to get a reception hall at a lower price. The price of flying is lower. Hotels will often offer lower rates because it's not a peak travel period. Probably the only area where prices might be higher is if you want fresh flowers, which will cost more because the volume of flowers isn't as high.
Snow and ice are the biggest worries for winter weather. Extreme cold can be problematic, but usually the only problems there are if your vehicles won't start. Snow accumulation is a tricky thing, because it doesn’t always come down in the same volume across an area. One area might get an inch while another only 5 miles away or so could be getting four inches or more.
The first suggestion is to try to have everything relatively close to each other. This might start limiting your choices for where you can have your wedding, but it's the smart thing to do. Relativity is a dicey word, but the recommendation would be to keep everything within a 5 mile radius. Even in the worst of weather, five miles could make a big difference.
And when we say everything, we mean everything. This means church or wherever you're getting married, wherever you're holding your reception, the hotel of choice (many couples never think about calling a hotel and asking them to put rooms aside, but this is always a smart thing to do, especially for large weddings), your caterer, etc.
The second suggestion is to have your reception immediately after the wedding, instead of waiting even 30 minutes. In bad weather, it still might take awhile to get to the reception hall, and every minute counts because you're paying for it.
The third suggestion is to have as much done ahead of time as possible. This means if you can find a reception hall that will allow your caterer to store the food there even two days ahead, do it. If you have someone making a special cake, see if they can have it delivered at least the day before.
You might also want to have available transportation of some kind, maybe a designated driver of a van or SUV, because not everyone who comes into town knows how to drive in bad weather. This would also make sure that there's a warm vehicle for everyone to get into, one that's actually running.
It makes sense to plan for the worst in areas where weather can ruin everything.
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