Am i required to hold my destination wedding during school vacations?

We have a destination wedding as well and our families are all living in different states. Each guest lives anywhere from 6 hours to 24 hours away. We decided to pick a date and run with it. Trying to appease every schedule will drive you nuts and you aren't obligated to forfeit a date just to ensure guests children can attend. Also, If you don't want kids, you always could hire a sitter for the night as well. Just an idea. And finally, I know plenty of parents who leave their children as they travel to another country. My parents did and it was no sweat off anyone's backs! Honestly, it was kind of fun having a new face around! I was 17 at the time and it didn't phase us at all! Also, parents need a break from their kids sometimes haha. At the end of the day, I wouldn't put too much effort into finding the perfect date, especially if costs are that much more.

I don’t think you need to take school schedules into account, but be ready to have those with children potentially decline because of it.

You’re not required to do anything, but you should expect to have a higher decline rate unless you have it in the summer.

I agree with pp. you are not required to do anything. It is your wedding. People with children may decline if they do not want to take their children out of school to go to the wedding.

Nope. Have your wedding whenever you want. If people don't want to take off work to come, then they wont come. But it is you and your fiance's wedding. Do what makes you happy.

Have your wedding when you want! If you try to accommodate everyone, you will never be able to set a date!

Nope. Do what you want, when you want.

Thank you all for your input. I've already had FOUR people try to influence me about when we set the date. My mother took it upon herself to tell relatives that we're getting married in 2021, without ever discussing it with us (I've since done damage control through messages relayed to my cousins). I understand that people want to be able to come, but I've never heard of guests putting pressure on the engaged couple about when to set the date. I'm appalled! Has that happened to any of you?