Is a Mother's Day wedding a good idea?

Mother's Day won't fall on May 10 again until 2020, so I wouldn't worry about getting gipped. My boss did not get married on Mother's Day but her aniversary was today. If you get married in the second week of May there is a chance your anniversary will fall on Mother's Day.

Ask your family, bridal party if you have one, or others that you are close with how they feel about it. I'm pretty meh about Sunday weddings so that's why I wouldn't do it, the holiday wouldn't affect me.

I wouldn't do it! A lot of people have traditions for Mother's Day. I tried my best to avoid holiday

Weekends!

I'm with Gamecox-- your anniversary and MD may not fall on the same day every year, but it might be obnoxious when it does, since they are celebrated in such different ways. If you've already settled on the date, it's not a huge deal, but if you're still toying with it, I'd pick another date. There are a lot of Sundays in a year!

I agree with DFG2014 and Zoe - I wouldn't pick Mother's Day. People often have Mother's Day traditions and consider it a special day just for moms, and that day only comes once a year.

I'm not hugely into Sunday weddings, and I spend most of the day with my mom on Mother's Day, so I wouldn't attend. So, I would choose a different date if it was me.

I dunno, it depends. Mother's Day is important to my mom. You say, well we will celebrate the moms, but what if I was your friend and my mom wasn't invited? With a mother, a mother in law,a. Sister who is a mom, and her husband's mom, grandmothers, etc... It's tough for us all to schedule what Mother's Day activity or activities (I don't need to see my sisters MIL, for example) we can. Take some hours away for a wedding? Might piss some people off.

In my opinion, and like so many others have said, holidays are almost always a bad idea to plan a wedding around (this goes for the holiday itself and the entire holiday weekend). This can vary depending on your circumstances and your guests. If you will have NO out of town guests, they won't have to worry about traveling during the holiday weekend. Most people do have out-of-town guests, so there is additional traffic and hotel rooms book up sooner.

Regarding the flower thing, Care Bear beat me to it. Not only do prices go up at Mothers Day (and Valentines Day), but your florist is SOOO busy!!! For the shop I worked in, Mothers Day was the biggest holiday! (Think about it, not everyone has a Valentine, but everyone has a mother/mother figure!) Your florist is already so busy, so they can't give focused attention to your wedding.

I officiated a vow renewal yesterday and the couple brought their 3 young children.

I've done many weddings on Mothers' Day (and on Fathers' Day). Biggest problem seems to be with flowers.

Yeah I would not attend a Mother's Day wedding, that is a day I want to spend with my kids and my mother. Not a someone's wedding.

We would prefer not to do a Sunday wedding but we have to compromise with the day... unless we have 3-4 hr gap between ceremony and reception and I do not want to put my guests through that so Sunday is our best option. Thanks for all of your opinions! It helped and I don't think we will be doing it on Mother's Day....

Just a heads up, if you plan on using real flowers for centerpieces, bouquets etc, the price will be very high because of mothers day. we are doing it the weekend before mothersday so she said we will be fine but it was cutting it close

Oops i didnt read the comments before i commented on this haha- what they said!

I would try to avoid any holidays just because everything is more expensive besides that guest already have plans and it just seems like a hassle.

I would try to avoid any type of holiday.

I'm having my wedding next Mother's Day as well. I picked the date before realizing it was Mother's Day. Only 2 ppl gave me negative feedback but it was so bad I considered changing my date. I realized with the help of my fiancé that the people who really want to be there for us will come & not to stress it. I'm sending electronic save the dates early to make sure everyone has enough time to plan accordingly. I haven't figured out what to do yet but I'd like to honor all the moms. Depending on budget we might just end up with a toast to the moms & gifts for our moms. I'm not big on flowers so that's not a big deal for me.