Soā¦just got an email from Roxana, a new Palm Springs bride. She contacted me through The Knot, but since she just got engaged last week (woot! woot!), she didnāt have enough info to request a price quote from me yet. Most couples start planning by picking a wedding dateābefore you do that, read on to learn why this early mistake can end up adding 15-25% cost to your big day.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR PICKING A PALM SPRINGS WEDDING DATE
New Palm Springs grooms & brides, if you havenāt booked anything yet, you might also consider NOT setting a date until AFTER you find a venue. Sometimes couples pick a date before they start venue shopping. The problem with that is that you might not fully appreciate how expensive it is to get married on that Saturday in September until you see that your venue would be as much as 50% less if you had picked a Friday or Sunday in September or a Saturday in August instead. Obviously, sometimes work/school/family commitments make this difficult for certain couples (Both my wedding and my brotherās were planned around our dadās chemotherapy schedule).
Hereās what you need to understand:
- According to Wedding Wire, 50% of all weddings in occur on only 25 days.
- According to the Los Angeles Times, only 4% of weddings are in January. However, January is busy season for weddings in Palm Springs as many northern and cold-climate couples come here for destination nuptials in the ādeadā of Winter.
- According to WeddingPaperDivas.com, only about 30% of weddings are on non-Saturdays.
If you know anything about Economics or the Law of Supply & Demand, then you understand when EVERYONE wants to get married on the same 25 out of 365 days, the price for those days goes way up. For me personally, I offer the different prices for different days. Generally speaking, the most expensive day to get married in Palm Springs is going to be a Saturday in October/September or any time in January. The cheapest time to get married in Palm Springs is a weekday in August.
