Is July 3rd a weird day for wedding?

So, your profile date says you're already married? Is this a wedding or a celebration of marriage? (Not that it necessarily matters, the dates just don't make sense.)

"But I’m trying to make it a vacation for all my family and friends that will have to travel."

People don't usually like it when others plan their vacations for them. I, personally, would be annoyed with a Tuesday wedding, especially if it's July 3rd.

Unless this was local I would probably have trouble getting off this week since so many other people plan vacations and travel for this specific holiday. I would need a lot of notice to make it work

Even if people are off July 4th, they likely have to work the 5th and would have to travel back home sometime July 4th. Personally, I wouldnt want to travel on a holiday.

No thanks

We’re not married.. I’m not really sure why it said Nov 2017? Lol I was planning one for Nov 2018 (until I found out my brother deploys) so maybe I accidentally did 2017 by accident.

Thanks for the help! I figured a Tuesday wedding would be odd

My little sister had her wedding on the 3rd of July and it ended up being on a Sunday. It was a lot of fun and quite a few people showed up. But it was a great day. My sister is super happy with their choice.

Yay for being able to fix it I'm with the crowd, I think a Tuesday is odd

If I was able to get the time off work I don't think I would have a problem with that. But I've had a couple jobs that require time off requests to happen in January and the calendar is passed around based on seniority. 4th of July was usually one of the first days to go,... next to Christmas. If you decide on it, I would think you would need a venue booked with invites sent out this week to ensure time to schedule off.

I don't think July 3rd is a weird wedding date, but I do think Tuesday is weird day for a wedding. I was married on July 3rd, but it was a Saturday in 1993.

In 2012, July 4 was on a Wed. (like it will be in 2018). My cousin’s wedding was on July 6 (Friday). It was a DW for 90% of the guests. The Friday wedding worked much better than Tuesday would have. I had to take off two days work (July 5 and 6), but I flew home on Sat., so had a recovery day before going back to work on Monday. I flew on July 4 to the wedding because it was in Malibu so I wanted some time to visit with family and enjoy the area. However, in my immediate family, only my sister and I were able to go. My brother and parents weren’t able to take the two days off work.

How many people are you expecting? July is very soon to not have any vendors figured out yet.

Dup

Could you do the weekend before? Like June 30/July 1? That way if people want to make it a vacation they can just stay the extra couple days. But if not, they can go home.

Also agree that July is very soon if you don't have anything booked - you might be stuck with whatever date is available.

Talk to the people who are important to you an see what they say. If most can make it then go ahead. A wedding dat is a personal choice and please don't let someones comment on whether they would attend or not affect your decision. I say this as if it was a normal friend and I had to travel I don't know if I would or wouldn't. If it was family then I would do anything to go as its family.

Why don't you look at having the wedding on the Sunday before July 3rd? That way it is still on the weekend and its close enough to the holiday people can still stay to celebrate. But ultimately it depends on those guests you MUST have at your wedding. Iif all of those people are happy to come on a Tuesday more power to ya!

Thank you! I might actually do July 1st! That’s a great idea!

And the venue has full availability the first week of July. So I need to decide tomorrow what day will be best. And Photographer is already booked,

I agree with the majority. If it's almost solely in town people, no big deal. But if not, I would likely not be attending.

I personally wouldn't mind it, but people tend to have "set" plans for holidays. I knew someone that married the day after a holiday and they were very upset about how many declines they got. They planned it for the same reason you are. I would say go for it if you're okay with a smaller wedding, just expect declines. Also, people plan their vacations at the end/beginning of the year. At least get the word out so people can rearrange plans if they can and want to attend

You'll never please everyone, no matter when you do your wedding. Some people will be thrilled to be with you; others will view it as an annoyance. For some people your wedding will trump the BBQ they do every fourth of July since the end of time; for others, it doesn't.

Ask the 'can't live without' people and go from there.