Married on a holiday weekend?

Hotels and stuff aren't an issue; my gp's are literally the only 2 people coming from out of town and they can stay in my parents' guest room

Finally another date twin.

Yes! I'm getting married the Friday before Labor Day and a lot of my guests are stoked. It gives people so much extra time especially if they have to travel. Just make sure you send out your save the dates early to give people enough of a heads up

I am fine with a memorial day weekend wedding. It isnt a major holiday like christmas or thanksgiving where I typically have family plans. I would check with your VIPs and if they can make it then I would to it. Like you said your grandparents can always come early.

ETA: And as a bonus I have a 3 day weekend already so it gives me more time to have fun

We are getting married the Saturday before labor day mostly because it was the only September date available at the venue we liked. But we actually were happy it was Saturday and not Sunday because it gives 2 days of recovery and travel home time for OOT guests!

Memorial Day weekend is the busiest travel weekend of the year. I think if you give your guests enough notice, it should be fine though!

@Gymmie- was I not good enough for you?! Fine! (:

@OP- considering my wedding is that weekend I say it's fine. My guests have all said they prefer it because they are coming from Ohio and I live close to the beach so they are turning it into a family vacation.

I'm getting married that Saturday. We purposely chose that date because my FH has most family in California. A long weekend gives them more time to travel.

Hotel rates for holiday weekends aren't always high. Our ceremony and reception were held in 2 different ballrooms, of a hotel. The hotel gave us a heavily discounted rate for our guests, for the entire 3-night weekend. About 2-dozen guests were actually from out of town; 2 couples traveled by air. We hosted 225 guests and 53 rooms were booked, for the night of the wedding, because the rates were so good.

I always envisioned a May wedding, and initially after I got engaged, I wanted the wedding to be Memorial Day weekend (I'm a teacher, so the naturally long weekend seemed perfect). When FH and I started looking at venues/discussing dates, he was very adamantly against Memorial Day weekend. We opted for the weekend before instead. Now, I'm glad that we didn't choose Memorial Day weekend because I think the traveling would have definitely been an issue.

On the other hand, I am very much a believer that it's your (and your FH's) wedding so you should do what you want!