Inside: 3 main aspects to consider when booking a summer wedding in the UK. Collaborative post.
While winter in the UK is a long and arduous affair, summer is literally the complete opposite. Everyone seems to come out of their shells, the countryside comes alive, and all feels right in the world again. As a result, it’s also a wonderful time of year to plan a wedding.
With those long summer evenings stretching out into the night, it’s the perfect opportunity to get your loved ones together and celebrate your relationship. For anyone considering booking a summer wedding, here are the 3 main aspects to consider.
- Weather precautions
While summer weather in the UK can be perfect, there are no guarantees. As a result, while it’s fine to hope for the best, you also need to prepare for the worst. That means that if you have any aspects of the wedding that you’re planning on holding outside, it’s best to have contingency plans on standby just in case.
That could be something as simple as having a marquee ready nearby, or a quick plan to rearrange other indoor spaces where you’ll likely also be celebrating. While it’s important to be aware of these things, they mustn’t come to dominate – as long as you’ve given the weather some thought, all you can do is wait and see how things turn out.
- Go rural
To really enjoy the UK in all its summer splendour, you need to choose a rural wedding location like Heaton House Farm. The English countryside is criminally underrated – there are so many gorgeous countryside locations to explore, up and down the country.
Whether you want something a little rugged and mountainous in the Lake District, or a gorgeous countryside vista in the Cotswolds, you can find an incredible amount of variety in terms of both landscape and venues. Try taking a look at online pinboards and wedding blogs for inspiration – you’ll likely be surprised by what you see, and might find that it influences your dream wedding aesthetic somewhat!
- Peak season availability
Lastly, when booking a summer wedding in the UK, it’s important to remember that you’re not going to be the only person with dreams of having a wedding at this time of year. Venues and other services can get booked up months or even years in advance, meaning that in most cases, this isn’t the kind of thing that you can just book at the last minute.
If you do want to book a wedding as soon as possible, it’s important to be aware that you’ll likely meet some frustrating limitations.
You can still create the perfect experience, but you may have to settle for some second or third-choice caterers and photographers.
Booking your summer wedding in the UK can result in the most perfect experience for you and your loved ones. As long as you’re aware of potential complications, and you’re able to book everything well in advance, you should be fine.
If you don’t have the option to book things in advance, then you’ll likely just have to accept that you’re going to need to be a bit more flexible about the arrangements.