Picking out your wedding date involves a multitude of factors – like tossing up venue and photographer availabilities, figuring out what doesn’t clash with your family’s calendar and trying to line up your wedding with an inevitable honeymoon to Positano straight after.
Because you really have a lot on your plate with the above, we thought we’d put together a hand list of dates to just slice straight off your ‘potential wedding date’ calendar. This is because these dates are either public holidays (read: extra costs for all your bookings and your guests), are famously unlucky or simply do not exist.
So here it is, the wedding dates to avoid for the next three years. You’re welcome.
Wedding Dates To Avoid |
Public Holidays
New Year’s Day
Friday 1 January, 2021
Saturday 1 January, 2022
Queens Birthday
Monday 14 June, 2021
Monday 13 June, 2022
Australia Day
Tuesday 26 January, 2021
Wednesday 26 January, 2022
Bank Holiday
Monday 3 August, 2020
Monday 2 August, 2021
Good Friday
Friday 2 April, 2021
Friday 15 April, 2022
Labour Day
Monday 4 October, 2021
Monday 3 October, 2022
Easter Weekend
3 – 5 April, 2021
16-18 April, 2022
Christmas Day
Saturday 25 December, 2021
Sunday 25 December, 2022
Anzac Day
Sunday 25 April, 2021
Monday 25 April, 2022
Boxing Day
Sunday 26 December, 2021
Monday 26 December, 2022
Wedding Dates To Avoid |
Awkward Days
Mother’s Day
Always falling on a Sunday, this day won’t get a second look from couples looking to book Saturday nuptials, but if you are tossing up this date be sure your that your mums are okay sharing this weekend with your wedding. And ask yourself: Do you want your anniversary to fall on the same weekend as Mother’s Day if or when you eventually become a mum yourself?
Weekend of May 9–10, 2020
Weekend of May 8–9, 2021
Weekend of May 7-8, 2022
New Year’s Eve
Though this isn’t a public holiday, people tend to make rather large plans for NYE quite far in advance. So let your bridal party and other wedding guests know as far in advance as possible – and remind them all to book their accomodation as early as they can!
Thursday December 31, 2020
Friday December 31, 2021
Saturday December 31, 2022
Father’s Day
Also always on a Sunday, Father’s Day should be cross checked as an option with the dads in your life. And grooms, make sure you’re okay with celebrating your anniversary the same weekend as Father’s Day if you decide to have kids.
Weekend of June 20–21, 2020
Weekend of June 19–20, 2021
Weekend of June 18-12, 2022
Wedding Dates To Avoid |
Unlucky Days
These ones go out to all the suspicious couples out there that don’t want to jinx their marriage on day one.
Friday the 13th
The unluckiest date of the year has questionable origins. Some historians say it comes from the 13 diners who were present at the last supper, but the famous Babylon’s Code of Hammurabi doesn’t include a 13th law, which suggests this superstition is as old as 1700BC. However it wasn’t actually until the novel ‘Friday, the Thirteenth’ was published in the early 1900s that Friday became part of the unlucky equation.
Friday March 13, 2020
Friday November 13, 2020
Friday August 13, 2021
Friday May 13, 2022
The Ides of March
For ancient Romans, an “ides” was simply a date that marked the middle of the month—until Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15 in 44 BC. Since then, “Beware the Ides of March” has become the mantra of this superstitiously unlucky date.
Sunday March 15, 2020
Monday March 15, 2021
Tuesday March 15, 2022
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Days That Literally Don’t Exist
Traditionally, Greeks and Romans thought starting any new life event — from getting married to baptising a child — in a leap year would bring bad luck. While we wouldn’t write off the whole year, we really, really recommend skipping these days as they literally don’t exist. Which means a painful amount of planning for no ~actual~ wedding day.
Next Leap Year: 2020 // Saturday February 29, 2020
Following Leap Year: 2024 // Thursday February 29, 2024
