Thread: Would you change the date of your party?

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Ugh, I sent out a save-the-date notice to two friends who work on Saturday nights and told them awhile back that our party would be held on October 23. So they went ahead and have reserved October 23 as a day off and are unable to change it now (I checked with them).

I sent the invite to all our guests last week and some people that I was hoping could come to our party are not able to go that weekend and are finding October 30 to be better for them.

I'm wondering now whether to move our party to October 30th. How bad is it to move a party date knowing that a handful of people went to the trouble of reserving that date to accommodate it? Would you move your party date?

Forgot to mention that someone booked a flight assuming that the party would be on October 30th! (but I never sent him a save-the-date and he never asked)

I would keep it the 23rd, given that you sent out a save-the-date to friends with that date, while you never told the person who booked the flight that it was happening on the 30th. (No matter what date you choose, someone won't be able to come, so it boils down to respecting the trouble the first two friends have gone to and keeping your word.)

I'd have to agree with the Fraulein, keep the date. Your friends did...

Yes keep it as is .. every year one of my good friends or family (usually the same cousin and his gf) say cant make the day i ask everyone to save or the day that everyone else but them can do it .. I've found that they always find a way

Same thing happened this year with my cousin and his gf .. whom i love and they are a big hit at the parties and would be terribly missed, but they said they both had to work and couldnt come on the date i chose .. i felt sad but hopeful and sure enough he told me this weekend they were able to work it out and get it off ..

If they really cant make it .. they might come later or else they will miss a great party and at least next year they will save that date like clinging to life!

I had the same exact same problem, i kept going back and forth between the 23rd and the 30th, eventually i decided to stick to the orginial date that i told everyone (the 23rd) even though some people said they couldnt make it but it came down to the fact that a lot of people are going to have parties on the 30th so you might have more people come (and stay for the whole thing instead of having to go to other parties) if you do it earlier

stick to your bones