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Having your wedding in the fall may be an ideal way to celebrate the changing in the seasons and the change about to take place in your life. The hot summer weather gives way to the cooler autumn air and offers a good backdrop to your wedding. Considering a fall wedding gives you the ability to take advantage of the season’s themes.
June is typically associated as the wedding month but fall weddings are gaining popularity. An advantage autumn wedding ceremonies have is that lower demand results in a lower cost to you. Being able to shave a bit of the $28,000 average cost for a wedding could matter for some people. Another advantage is that the availability of facilities to host the ceremony should be greater than a similar event held in the summer.
You will need to be aware that temperature change that takes place between September through November should dictate the type of wedding you would have. You may not want to consider an outdoor ceremony in mid-October or November when the season is heading toward colder winter temperatures. These weather concerns will be greater in areas of the country that experience colder temperatures sooner than those areas that remain warm.
You may be in a better position to negotiate better prices for the various wedding services by having a fall nuptial. There is a lower demand for some of the basic services such as flowers and limousines and less competition for them. This lowered demand represents a boon for you and a certain opportunity to negotiate a package that fits your budget.
The fall wedding offers a chance to mix in the themes of the season. Leaf peeping in September and October as the trees shed their leaves can be one of the themes incorporated into your wedding. A traditional hayride escorting the bride and groom along with the wedding party may be a great photographic opportunity and a keepsake memory of the wedding ceremony. You can add rum apple cider and make it a fall festival.
Late October brings the various harvest festivals and Oktoberfest celebrations. These events offer additional themes that may be used in your wedding plans. Halloween at the end of October brings with it the assorted ghosts, goblins and ghouls and can be incorporated into the wedding theme. A good wedding planner can help you explore your creativity and use the fall themes as a platform to a perfect wedding.
Aside from the traditional white wedding dress for the bride, you can experiment with different earth tones for the bridesmaids as part of the overall wedding theme. Greens, browns and oranges can create a palette from which to create a fall wedding festival theme and play into the season’ colors.