Married on a holiday weekend?

We married the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend and only 10% of the invited guests declined. It was age 21 and up, too. We have relatives that had to travel and never would have attended, if they had to take a day off work.

A wedding is a once in a lifetime event and we make every effort to attend every one we're invited to.

P.S. I agree that your grandparents are probably looking for an excuse.

We're the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. FH is Jewish so Saturday's were out of the question. Everyone having Monday off makes it very easy, especially for our OOT guests. That said, we cleared it with all of our VIPs first and sent STDs a couple weeks earlier than normal to give people some extra notice.

I think its fine. The only holiday I personally have an issue with people having weddings on is Christmas. That's annoying

I would go to one. Make sure you have hotel blocks . So that your guests can have somewhere to sleep.

I traveled across the country for a Memorial Day weekend this year and loved making a mini-vacation out of it, but as @Pickles said, hotel prices were super inflated.

On the flip side, I stayed in town for a local wedding Labor Day weekend and was more annoyed because I would have loved to have used the 3-day weekend to go OUT of town. I felt trapped here. But I'm a travel nut who takes advantage of any extra time off to travel so maybe that's an unusual mentality. :-)

OP - so nice of you to work around your grandparents and bummer that you think they aren't prioritizing your wedding, but I think it's a good idea to make it work for you and hopefully they will come as well.

I think it depends on the holiday. Some people have standing plans for certain long weekends so you definitely have to check with people first.

I think this is a know your crowd kind of thing.

We are getting married on Labor Day (monday!)

It was cheaper because its a weekday, and all of our VIPs will be off work. We already checked with most of our guests to see if they would have plans for that weekend and they didn't, so a lot will be coming up for the weekend and staying through monday or tuesday for the wedding.

I have read to avoid having weddings on holiday weekends as people might have set plans of picnics or going out of state for vacations and what not. That being said, the people who are close to you will obviously not mind canceling a picnic to attend your wedding.

We're getting married on Monday July 3. The next day most individuals have off. We cleared it with BP/VIPs first but I love the idea. Plus some places give a four day weekend that weekend BC the 4th is a Tuesday.

I'm more troubled by how you plan to incorporate a holiday meant to remember those who died while serving our country with a wedding celebration. A moment of silence? Remembrances? It's out of place.

If you want to get married that weekend, fine, but it's not really a patriotic celebration time (like July 4th).

@Ski We have a Memorial Day service that we attend Monday morning (military family). I don't think doing it on the Saturday before is disrespectful, it's just convenient and my theme is red white and blue. I would hope that my military friends and family would have said something if they were offended!

We had an option to have our wedding on Memorial Day weekend but decided against it because of jacked up hotel prices. The great part is that it's a 3 day weekend. I would make it happen but some may not want to deal with added costs and traffic.

I'm getting married 7/7/17 and doing red white and blue for our colors. Close enough to 4th of July to warrant being patriotic, but far enough away to not disturb guests 4th of July plans!

We are always fully booked on every holiday.

I'm seriously laughing so hard at whoever wrote they wouldn't go to a memorial day wedding because that's their anniversary... like, so you got married on Memorial day? Aka it is okay. Lol. That was serious hilarious.

I'm team who cares I would go. I get some holidays, like Christmas. But memorial day? It's prime wedding time.

My wedding is the Thursday before Memorial Day! I don't see an issue with it and I wouldn't change my date for anyone (IMO)! But I know how important it is for your Grandparents to be there so I'd say have them come earlier in the week.

Lots of people have MDW weddings, also 4th of July weekends, Labor Day weekend weddings, etc. I have never known anyone to side-eye it!

In general, I wouldn't have a problem with going to a wedding Memorial Day weekend (my FH and I are going to a wedding 4th of July weekend and two weddings Labor Day weekend this year lol). I personally like having an extra day or two to relax especially if the wedding involves traveling. The only time I would advise against a Memorial Day weekend is if you plan on having your wedding at the beach. I live in NJ and the travel, hotel prices, and traffic would be horrendous down the shore that weekend.

My wedding is the Sunday of Memorial day weekend. I feel like I have no advice to offer you because it seems like it's a bigger holiday to your family than it is to mine.