So what do ye think about weddings on New years eve??

Corkboi

Been thinking about it, just looking for some feedback........

happyeverafter

As a guest I'd love it. Just check out that suppliers are available and aren't going to charge you a premium

Beruthiel

What a great way to spend New Years Eve. As a guest I'd love it.
And to think, there will always be a party for your anniversary!

D3PO

Personally speaking as a guest I would love it. I hate NYE in general but this would be a great way to celebrate it.

Mind you Id imagine the costs would be prohibitive, suppliers wont be short of work and many hotels etc hold gala dinners etc that night so Id expect to pay over the odds.

Great Idea though !!

CathyMoran

If you are eloping it sounds really romantic but otherwise no. I did have my small wedding (16 people) just after Christmas and yes it was nice but we were lucky with the weather. Also, and it may just be me but I found that I was not able to relax as much that Christmas and could not eat a little more as I wanted to fit perfectly into my dress.

showit

A good night for a wedding - but you will have to book at least 12 months in advance for your Band & Photographer for sure.

OS119

dunno, i think you'd face a split in your guests.

the people who you're really close to - the people you might ordinarily spend NYE with - would probably be very enthusiastic, but the 'outer circle', those you know, but who - because either of the strength of your relationship, distance or other commitments - you wouldn't normally spend NYE with, probably wouldn't be that impressed.

you're also going to face practical problems: hotels, pubs and caterers are going to be overflowing with work, to get one you'll pay a fortune. your guests stand no chance whatsoever of getting babysitters, and, i'd suggest, you're going to get rubbish food and rubbish service because the hotel/pub know a) you aren't going to be making a return booking, b) however bad your experience they will get business for the next NYE, and c) the staff working on NYE are going to be looking to get away as quickly as possible.

you'll get the fag-end of service, you'll pay top dollar for it, and i think a sizable number of your guests will disappear pretty quickly, both because they want to get to their own 'special' NYE celebrations, and because they will baulk at spending the kind onf money that hotels charge on NYE.

sorry.

whatdoicare

I'd agree with above poster. I wouldn't be too impressed with a wedding on NYE,

first off - Xmas is expensive so, to try scrape together money for a present and whatever else needs to be paid for would be a struggle for most.
Second - the chances of getting a babysitter even in the hotel would be slim to none and fierce expensive if anything else.
Third - I wouldn't be too inclined to try drive home afterwards (I don't drink) as drunk drivers are rampant NYE and staying in the hotel would be top dollar (no taxi NYE either)
Fourth - good luck getting hairdressers, beauticians, flowers, musicians (who will be charging triple), a quiet venue etc... the hassle will be unreal.

It's nice idea but not too practical for anyone, bride and groom included.

Ryan T

Hi

Am getting married on new years eve this year and everyone has told us that its a great date for a wedding. No negative feedback whatsoever.

The hotel we booked (we provisionally booked 3) does not charge a premium for that date. The band asked for €200 extra and I said no and guess what they agreed their usual fee.

One photographer we met wanted an extra €400 for that date so we said no thanks and got one that did not charge a premium.

The days of new years balls and gala dinner dances on new years eve in hotels are gone and the 3 hotels we looked at were all anxious for a wedding on new years eve.

OS119

Ryan T wrote: »

Hi

Am getting married on new years eve this year and everyone has told us that its a great date for a wedding. No negative feedback whatsoever.

not being horrible, but everyone says that any wedding plan is 'great', and they are 'really looking forward to it' - particularly more than a year in advance.

i know i'm cynical and world weary - but when you've had the wedding, everything went as planned, 85% of those you wanted there turned up, and (in a slightly mercenary moment) you didn't get lots of 'special' or 'thoughtfull' wedding gifts that were both cheap and useless because it was a week after Christmas and everyone was skint, then you can say that a NYE wedding is a good idea.

i hope yours is, i really do - i'm not some git who wants peoples wedding to go badly - but i'll be honest and say that as a non-drinking bloke in his mid-thirties with kids, i'm struggling really hard to think of anyone who'se wedding i'd want to go to on NYE (i've got an unmarried brother and sister-in-law, and most of my best friends aren't married). i'd open the invitation and the phrase 'financial and logistical nightmare' would leap out at me in bright red, 6 foot high letters.

whatdoicare

Ryan T wrote: »

The band asked for €200 extra and I said no and guess what they agreed their usual fee.

Be very careful to get some kind of contract here - I've heard of bands bailing on xmas weddings last minute when they get a better offer and pubs are crying out for bands NYE to bring in the drinkers, especially if yr band is in any way popular. It seems awful but these things can happen.

Hope you have a fantabulous day!:) I'm sure it will be perfect!:):)

Goolay

I went to a wedding last New Year's Eve just gone. Was absolutely fantastic! Was a good friend getting married so was a great way to ring in the new year surrounded by friends, good food & lots of drink. Would normally be pissed off having to wear Black Tie at a wedding but since it was New Year's it seemed appropriate

As other posters have stated, it mightn't suit some people but everyone I knew thought it was a great idea.

magneticimpulse

I think its a good idea.

The only downside I could think is the weather. The past 2 years there has been bad snow in Ireland over this time period. With that comes water problems. Depending on where you live you might not be effected even if it snows?

I know a couple this year over Christmas who had no Water on their wedding day Lets say it was an interesting day without the bride or groom able to shower before the wedding to look 100%

Corkboi

So, mixed feelings really, it was just a thought anyway. Was at one a couple of years ago and it was great. I do realise the money constraints on people around that time of year also. And one poster made a good point about the weather over the past two years, its been awful. Would be an absolute shame if that spoiled the big day.....

Heineken Helen

I agree with the weather... it depends how far most people would be travelling. However, if it's a local wedding and most live nearby, I think it's a really lovely idea. I'd be really excited about a wedding new years eve and I think it might add to the whole thing