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Labor Day Wedding? Good or Bad??

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Liza , on June 30, 2011 at 1:40 PM

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Backstory: Originally I wanted to have my wedding in early summer because I want to get married outside. We penciled in a couple of dates at my favorite venue, and they were supposed to call if someone else wanted to book those dates they would let us have first choice. Well we were out of cell...

Backstory:

Originally I wanted to have my wedding in early summer because I want to get married outside. We penciled in a couple of dates at my favorite venue, and they were supposed to call if someone else wanted to book those dates they would let us have first choice. Well we were out of cell range camping for about a week, I didn’t even think about it, and while we were gone….they called. So I missed those dates. BooHoo. But I’m over it.

Now early summer is totally booked and I’m thinking – What about Labor Day weekend? I know it’s a holiday but . . .the weather is usually great that time of year, everyone has an extra day off work anyway, it’s not a huge travel weekend so I don’t think hotels/flights will be that much more expensive….plus if we send out the Save the Dates early enough, people will have time to plan.

Thoughts? Good/Bad experiences with Labor Day weddings? All input is appreciated!!

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Liza · on July 1, 2011 at 9:47 AM
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Thanks again everyone. It seems like more people have had positive experiences than negative ones. I had no idea there were so many Labor Day brides.

The truth of it is that if a person really wants to come, they will. And if it’s too much of an inconvenience due to the holiday weekend then they won’t. No hard feelings. The people we’re inviting are all very close to us, and I’m sure they know that we will be okay with whatever they decide is best for them.

We do plan to have OOT goodie bags packed with information on all the cool things going on in the city that weekend, whatever date we choose. I also really like the brunch idea, I think that’s something special and a little “value added” event for the guests.

I suppose you’ll never make everyone happy anyway – I’m already learning that! lol
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Expert October 2011
J&R · on July 1, 2011 at 10:31 AM
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Liza T., you have exactly the right attitude about it. Have a blast!
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Mrs.Whitlow · on December 3, 2015 at 11:56 AM
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I'm absolutely floored at the comments saying "if your guests care about you enough...".

Is that a serious statement? Would you really invite guests who didn't care enough to spend their Labor Day Weekend celebrating your marriage? If you have guests like that on your list you should reconsider their invite.

If you're annoyed that a friend's wedding impacts your oh so precious life, you don't deserve to be in that person's life. Unreal. I didn't realize the wedding was about the guests conveniences.
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Laura · on April 11, 2018 at 1:13 PM
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Labor Day would have been my first choice if my maid of honor did not have another wedding. It never even occurred to me that that would be rude. I preferred it because it would be more convenient for our guests, since having a Jewish Saturday wedding at that time of year is not really an option. If I could have had my wedding Labor Day weekend I think it would have been more convenient for guests to attend a Sunday wedding on a 3 day weekend. But I guess check that your must have people don't already have vacations booked.
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