New Year's Eve Wedding: What it's like to host a wedding on NYE
Emily and Scott tied the knot on New Years Eve 2021 in Fort Worth, TX after 2 COVID postponements and over 3 years of being engaged! Surrounded by their closest family and friends, they exchanged vows amongst a romantic backdrop of candles. Simple and classic greenery lined the venue, creating a soft and intimate environment for guests to enjoy a delicious dinner. After dinner, everyone hit the dance floor to dance the night away and toast to a New Year! Read our New Years Eve Wedding Advice at the bottom of their gallery!
If you are considering throwing a New Year’s Eve wedding, here are some things to consider!
Traveling/weather: since most people travel around the holidays to be with family, you will need to keep an eye on weather and travel leading up to the wedding, or at least consider it when making your decision to have a wedding on NYE. Flight delays or winter weather have the possibility of affecting your guest count.
Champagne: your guests are going to expect champagne if it is a New Years eve wedding! At Emily and Scott’s wedding, we did a midnight champagne pass so everyone could have a glass of champagne to countdown the new year with. So in addition to ordering extra champagne, we also had to order extra champagne flutes, so we could accommodate not only the champagne pass at midnight, but also any guests who wanted to drink champagne throughout the reception as well!
Transportation: Even though this venue was only about 8 minutes from the center of Fort Worth, Emily and Scott provided transportation to and from the wedding for guests for a few reasons! The first being that most guests were likely going to drink, so having provided transportation was important. The other reason being that UBER prices tend to be highest on holidays like NYE, so to help guests avoid the surcharges, they all were able to hop on a shuttle instead!
Dancing: Everyone loves to dance at weddings, but be cautious about opening the dance floor too early at a New Years Eve wedding. Most guests are anticipating being there until midnight, so they will likely “pace themselves” and not be eager to hit the dance floor if it opens too early in the night!