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Rebecca
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Would you rather... change your date or change your venue?

Rebecca, on October 23, 2018 at 11:05 AM

Posted in Planning 251

You finally found the perfect venue after hours of searching, but they don’t have your dream wedding date available. What would you do?? Would you rather... change your date or change your venue? Next Question: Would you rather... invite all of your co-workers, or all of your parents' friends? ...

You finally found the perfect venue after hours of searching, but they don’t have your dream wedding date available. What would you do??

Would you rather... change your date or change your venue?


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Next Question: Would you rather... invite all of your co-workers, or all of your parents' friends?

251 Comments

  • Jenny
    Dedicated May 2019
    Jenny ·
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    Venue..... after what we are paying now I could’ve afford my dream barn wedding just with a smaller guest list
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    Beginner March 2020
    Clarissa ·
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    I Just started planning my wedding and I found a Venue that I am in love with. I have yet to see it in person and I don't know the price yet, but I feel determined to book it because I love it that much. We wanted our date to be a year from now, but if I had to move it in order to be able to book my venue, I would without any hesitation.

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  • N
    Dedicated July 2021
    Nona ·
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    I would rather change my date then change my venue
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    Savvy January 2019
    Nicole ·
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    If I had to choose, that’s a no brainer, change the venue. I’d hate to do it because I love our venue and everything about it but our date is too special. It’ll be our 10 year anniversary from when we started dating.
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  • Lisa
    Dedicated November 2019
    Lisa ·
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    Date! I already changed the date to have my venue when I signed the contract, haha

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  • M
    Just Said Yes March 2019
    Melissa ·
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    I would rather change my venue. It would easier for my guests to travel to a different venue location than to change their schedules and come to my wedding on a different day.

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  • Hannah
    Devoted July 2019
    Hannah ·
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    I've already gone through this, and had to do both. When I first started planning, the date was the one thing nobody could sway my mind on, however, things happened, and our date ended up changing. After that, we thought we had a dream venue, but the venue turned out being deceitful and now we've found an even better venue. I was less bitter about the venue than the date so I guess I'd rather change my venue than date.

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  • Ciara
    Dedicated June 2019
    Ciara ·
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    Change the venue. We’ve chosen our date specifically so that none of our siblings were in school at the time of the wedding. I definitely didn’t want them to have to take time off school so it was just easy to plan a summer wedding.
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  • Tpatb
    Master August 2019
    Tpatb ·
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    Change the venue..I wasn’t budging on the date bc it’s significant to us
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  • T
    Beginner May 2019
    Tara ·
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    I changed my venue and would not change my date. In my opinion the Date is the hardest thing to nail down. Changing your venue can be done easily as long as you don’t have a fully executed contract and/or non-refundable deposit. Overall if you’re not comfortable at that location or don’t picture your big day happening there- change it!
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  • K
    Just Said Yes March 2019
    Kirsten ·
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    Depends on the circumstances.. if it’s something simple like a day or two then the date but if it would be delayed by a month or more, I’d change the venue.
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  • B
    December 2018
    Bonnie ·
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    That is an easy one, I'd change my date. A great venue is a hard to find.

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  • R
    Beginner October 2019
    Rachel ·
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    I think I would change the venue... I have our whole wedding planned around a specific date, I can find a new venue.. Lol
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  • Morgan
    Devoted July 2019
    Morgan ·
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    I would rather change the date. Our venue is just so perfect

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  • Redgoesblack
    Savvy September 2020
    Redgoesblack ·
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    Change the date, my venue is very special to me!
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  • Kelsey Brielle
    Super June 2022
    Kelsey Brielle ·
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    Change our date, we settled for our second favorite month although December was our first choice due to our anniversary being in that month. However the weather in NJ is unpredictable and I would be pretty bummed if we had a lot of last minute cancellations.

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  • Marissa
    Beginner June 2019
    Marissa ·
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    I would change my date. I adore my venue.
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  • M
    Just Said Yes September 2019
    Morgan ·
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    I would rather change the date. Finding a venue that I like and that is within budget is too hard.

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  • April
    Just Said Yes September 2019
    April ·
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    I would rather change the venue then the date. The date is special to us. As long as we are together the venue is less important.
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  • Karen
    Savvy March 2019
    Karen ·
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    I already had this scenario happen!!! We changed our date because the venue we wanted didn't have our date available. We changed the date again when the DJ we wanted wasn't available.

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