Please help me pick a wedding date for a destination wedding!

[Natasha]

I just got engaged (last night!), and we are talking about wedding dates. We know we want to do a destination wedding in Las Vegas. We think it will be so fun for our wedding to be a mini vacation for our family and friends. However, we are having difficulty picking a date.

We'd really like to get married 9/29/07. However, that is a little less than a year for people to plan a trip. The alternative is April or May of 2008. We would like for everyone we invite to be able to come, without it being a terrible strain.

Do you think the September date is too soon for people to plan for? Would you be able to go to a Vegas wedding in September, assuming it was a wedding you actually wanted to go to? Opinions are needed here, please! Just know that we are set on a Las Vegas wedding. Thanks a bunch!

[ManteoChik]

I think if you want the first date, then go for it. It's almost a year and most people plan destination weddings with less time. I would go ahead and decided on the date, and if you decide to pick the '07 date go ahead and send out STD's so people can start planning.

[Adaya]

Congratulations!!

I think the Sept date is plenty of time since it's Vegas. I think it may be a different story it you were planning a wedding in overseas or something like that. Like the pp said, some plan with less time. If you decide to do that date, go ahead and get the STDs sent out.

[tlew12778]

It's a domestic destination so I think less than a year is plenty of time to plan. People could even go for the weekend, so it's not like having to work in a week's time off of work (unlike for international destinations). My entire family had less than a year to plan for a week in Italy. I set the date in July and we were married in April.

[coquelicot]

Congratulations on your engagement!

I think you're giving people plenty of time (11 months), especially considering that you live on the West Coast and it won't be as huge of a deal to go to Vegas as it might be for someone living in my part of the country. Also, you're not planning it for a holiday weekend, and it's far away enough from Labor Day that people aren't making back-to-back trips. I say go for it!

[kk junebug]

if my good friend got engaged last night, and set the date for next september, i'd make it happen! the people who WANT to be at your wedding will make it happen!
its ALMOST a year from now. i don't think thats a stretch at all!
CONGRATS!!!!

[jennylou]

The first thing I thought of was the fact that you live in CA and are getting married in Vegas. It's not too much of a stretch, IMO to think that most people will be able to attend. I say most, b/c even with local weddings, you'll still have people that you thought would attend, not attend. I think almost a year is plenty of notice, given your geographical location. And I know that you're in SF, so it isn't as close as driving from LA, but it's still pretty darn close, all things considered. I think you're fine planning on your date. :)

[KrissyCat7]

I think there is plenty of time for planning a trip. We got married in Mexico and our guests knew about 8 months in advance. I'd say approx 90% of those invited came. I can only think of two couples that couldnt come due to prior engagements. Those who are going to make it should be able to plan in almost a year.:)

Congratulations!

[Natasha]

Thanks everyone! I think we're going with September. The save the dates will go out before November! I really appreciate all the imput, and thanks for all the congrats! It's so exciting to be a bride! :D

[Linz]

well I live in Las Vegas, so I couldn't say I would travel or not but I wanted to say congrats and if you have any Vegas related questions don't hesitate to ask!

[Shapsgrl]

Congrats -

you are giving your guests PLENTY of time. We're having a DW in Cabo San Lucas and I sent my save the dates about 8 months ahead of time. And it's only Vegas - it's not like you're asking them to fly half way across the world! -- plus 08 is SOOO far away. I've been engaged for 13 months now I am dying to get this wedding stuff over with and get on with my life!

[BTB]

11 months is tons of time. I was set on a June wedding, so given when we started planning, that meant a wedding in a little less than 6 months vs in 18 months - I picked 18 and it was WAY too long. Go for Sept, or even earlier!

[Natasha]

Thanks everyone! We're going with the end of September! I can't wait!

[DisneyGirl]

Yeah, I would go with September too and I am glad to see that you choose the date you wanted. Its plenty of time to tell friends and family and if they want to be there they will make it happen.

Congrats! My friends just got married in vegas the first weekend in October and they said the weather was wonderfull. I could not go becasue I live across the country and I had no one to watch my kids other wise I would have traveled 5 hrs to a freinds wedding with a weeks notice.