Memorial Day weekend wedding

Another idea is to consider a Friday wedding! If your venue has June 2nd available, you might get the best of both worlds: hotels will be cheaper on a non-holiday weekend, and venues are often cheaper for Friday weddings as compared to Saturdays.

View Quoted Comment Thanks for the idea! Since 98% of our guests are traveling anywhere from the next state over to literally across the country I think a Saturday or at least a holiday weekend Sunday would work better for their long travels. But honestly I could be wrong. Such a tough decision!!

I'd go for the Saturday. Memorial weekend can be a nightmare for out of town guests due to high travel costs. As a guest, I generally decline invitations to weddings on Memorial day weekend or Labor day weekend unless I'm super close to the couple or if the wedding is local. For example, I declined a wedding that happened yesterday because airfare and hotel costs were so high for the holiday weekend.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for the input!! We are getting married in Maryland and majority of our family and friends are in PA or California. I definitely don’t want to make it a nightmare for them!

As a frequent flyer, I can attest to the longer travels on extended holiday weekends and increased costs for even the basics like hotels. I’d recommend avoiding that if possible

As a guest I probably wouldn't mind the holiday weekend. I like it when people plan things around the holidays because it gives me something to do. I agree with Lisa that Friday might be a good option as well, even with guests that are traveling. We have a few that are traveling to us and some of them said they actually prefer that our wedding is a Friday because then they can visit with family Saturday and go home Sunday or Monday. But that could be different for many people! I think whatever option you choose, your favorite people will do what they can for you!

We had a Memorial Day wedding and we sent three iterations of STD’s to guarantee attendance. We started with a google form survey to explore who would likely attend over a holiday weekend 12 months in advance we followed up with another indicating that STDs were coming by November. In November we sent STDs and in February we sent out invitations. Everyone came except two and even some attended who were not invited formally. That’s a culture thing that I would have to explain in another post. Next we made sure that we organized the reception around the guest experience and had a more party festive vibe that included an all night open bar an aggressive amount of food and entertainment. We wanted to be sure that if people gave up their holiday weekend it was worth it!

H and I got married over Labor Day weekend and had a pretty solid turn out from our out-of-towners. Getting a room block for your guests can help with hotel costs, and personally I like making mini vacations out of out-of-town weddings - we're going to a wedding across the country over Veterans Day weekend and are extending the trip by a couple of days, which helped make flights cheaper since we're not traveling on Friday and Sunday.

Also throwing Sunday 6/18/23 out there as a possible date as Juneteenth on 6/19 is a federal holiday!

Hello Congratulations to you both and I agree with your FH that will interfere with some ppls vacations or holiday events with family. And some dont like begin at wedding during most holidays they rather be with there families. And choosing a date that falls in between or the middle of the month week and still pick a Sunday. You will have a better turn out happy planning

We live in RI and are getting married in NH Memorial Day weekend. Many of our guests are coming up for a pre-party fri and welcome cookout, wedding is the Saturday with after party and a group motorcycle ride planned Sunday. Many are staying 2 or 3 nights at the venue where all at the venue are events and wedding will be held. We have @85 guest and over 50 already have their rooms booked. We are planning a weekend event, many of our guest are looking forward to their mini vacation. Since we have planned so far in advance it was not at all an inconvenience for them. As far as price, I didn’t see much of a difference between 5/27 and 6/3 when I was looking. Good luck and happy planning 😊

I'd say avoid the expensive cost of doing it on the Saturday, we also planned our wedding during a holiday weekend. It was great because many people were off from work and we gave a lot of advance notice for people to plan the trip out. Good luck and enjoy the day, it'll be all about you and your partner.