The calls about 7-7-7 started coming for wedding planner Tanya Hacker around the same time she established her business All About You.
Glenn Gaston / Special to The Citizen
lead guitarist Bob Keefe, bass player Jim Lawrence (in backgroud above and at right)
lead guitarist Bob Keefe, bass player Jim Lawrence (in backgroud above and at right)
The Weedsport resident has been event planning for about a decade, but first stepped out on her own last year. She went with only one client for the special Saturday.
“To me it's just another day, to the bride and groom it's the year of luck,” Hacker said. “I go for uniqueness, so I only chose one.”
The cornerstone for her business that specializes in themed celebrations are out-of-state clients, many of whom are alumni from central New York universities.
“They want to get married where their family is or where their friends are,” Hacker said. “Most of my clients are in the professional field,
so they don't have the time to plan themselves.”
Most of the leads are generated by Hacker's Web site, www.allaboutyoutwo.com. As a resident and professional, she said she knows Cayuga County has a lot to offer couples looking to tie the knot.
“Our area is unique and we all need to recognize the beauty that it possesses,” Hacker said. “Destination weddings are very hot and is the current trend.”
Venues in and around the county were pretty well booked for Saturday.
Auburn's Holiday Inn will host two weddings on Saturday, each booked about a year in advance. General Manager Linda Knight said the venue got about a half-dozen calls about 7-7-7.
“That's a lot of inquiries for a particular day,” she said.
The surprise is the number of calls Knight's received about June 7, 2008, also known as 6-7-8.
“I think brides are trying to pick dates that are easy for the grooms to remember,” she said with a laugh.
For the many disappointed brides to be who missed out on 7-7-7 this year, or 6-7-8, Aug. 8, 2008 is still available at the Holiday Inn.
“That's a Friday night, we haven't gotten many inquiries,” Knight said. “You can still get a space for 8-8-8, the second luckiest day to get married.”
One of the only places in the Auburn area that won't be hosting a 7-7-7 wedding is the Highland Park Golf Club on Franklin Street Road. The first weekend in July is always reserved for the Member/Guest Golf Tournament, Manager Stan Kolonko said.
“It's written in stone,” he said, indicating he had no regrets for turning down the “million” calls he got for the date. “That's our biggest weekend of the year.”
Gail Wichers hosts small weddings of 40 or less at her bed and breakfast in Auburn, but was surprised as of Monday she still wasn't booked for an event or a honeymoon room.
“I don't feel left out,” the Wicher Garden Bed & Breakfast owner said. “Oddly enough, if somebody had called me, oftentimes they're looking for a single Saturday night. We have a two night minimum stay here, so I probably would have turned some people away.”
The venue is still open for Saturday and Wichers didn't doubt that someone could call this week. Last-minute weddings have become more frequent in recent years, with some couples giving only a few days' notice.
“That's the trend,” Wichers said with a hint of disbelief.
Emerson Park in Owasco has had its two spaces available for weddings booked on 7-7-7 for about a year. Most Saturdays are perpetually taken for weddings throughout the season, Cayuga County Parks and Trails clerk Jessica Bramble said.
The pavilion can be rented as a whole or split into two separate areas. A couple just booked their Aug. 8, 2008, wedding, rendering Emerson completely booked for weekends all next summer.
“I know every Saturday of next year is booked from May until September,” Bramble said.
“To me it's just another day, to the bride and groom it's the year of luck,” Hacker said. “I go for uniqueness, so I only chose one.”
The cornerstone for her business that specializes in themed celebrations are out-of-state clients, many of whom are alumni from central New York universities.
“They want to get married where their family is or where their friends are,” Hacker said. “Most of my clients are in the professional field,
so they don't have the time to plan themselves.”
Most of the leads are generated by Hacker's Web site, www.allaboutyoutwo.com. As a resident and professional, she said she knows Cayuga County has a lot to offer couples looking to tie the knot.
“Our area is unique and we all need to recognize the beauty that it possesses,” Hacker said. “Destination weddings are very hot and is the current trend.”
Venues in and around the county were pretty well booked for Saturday.
Auburn's Holiday Inn will host two weddings on Saturday, each booked about a year in advance. General Manager Linda Knight said the venue got about a half-dozen calls about 7-7-7.
“That's a lot of inquiries for a particular day,” she said.
The surprise is the number of calls Knight's received about June 7, 2008, also known as 6-7-8.
“I think brides are trying to pick dates that are easy for the grooms to remember,” she said with a laugh.
For the many disappointed brides to be who missed out on 7-7-7 this year, or 6-7-8, Aug. 8, 2008 is still available at the Holiday Inn.
“That's a Friday night, we haven't gotten many inquiries,” Knight said. “You can still get a space for 8-8-8, the second luckiest day to get married.”
One of the only places in the Auburn area that won't be hosting a 7-7-7 wedding is the Highland Park Golf Club on Franklin Street Road. The first weekend in July is always reserved for the Member/Guest Golf Tournament, Manager Stan Kolonko said.
“It's written in stone,” he said, indicating he had no regrets for turning down the “million” calls he got for the date. “That's our biggest weekend of the year.”
Gail Wichers hosts small weddings of 40 or less at her bed and breakfast in Auburn, but was surprised as of Monday she still wasn't booked for an event or a honeymoon room.
“I don't feel left out,” the Wicher Garden Bed & Breakfast owner said. “Oddly enough, if somebody had called me, oftentimes they're looking for a single Saturday night. We have a two night minimum stay here, so I probably would have turned some people away.”
The venue is still open for Saturday and Wichers didn't doubt that someone could call this week. Last-minute weddings have become more frequent in recent years, with some couples giving only a few days' notice.
“That's the trend,” Wichers said with a hint of disbelief.
Emerson Park in Owasco has had its two spaces available for weddings booked on 7-7-7 for about a year. Most Saturdays are perpetually taken for weddings throughout the season, Cayuga County Parks and Trails clerk Jessica Bramble said.
The pavilion can be rented as a whole or split into two separate areas. A couple just booked their Aug. 8, 2008, wedding, rendering Emerson completely booked for weekends all next summer.
“I know every Saturday of next year is booked from May until September,” Bramble said.
