mdw wedding

It would depend on where it is. In town? I'd have no issues. Oot I might be frustrated. I mean, if it's someplace that would make a good long weekend I'd be down. You'd have to put out save the dates extra early, though. It might take extra coordinating for time off.

Thursday weddings are tough because people want to let loose and not worry about work the next day. However, if that day works best for budget reasons, I think the Thur before MDW is pretty great. It’s an incentive to take the Friday off and kick-start a holiday weekend early!

PS: I’m getting married the Friday of MDW so maybe I’m biased

It can be hard for some people to take off before holiday if they have rules about that type of thing. (I know my school district really frowns upon it and some even go to the extent of having extra steps to even request the day)
if you keep that in mind just do what feels best to you, and realize it might be smaller guest acceptance list All will be good.

View Quoted Comment If we do it I already was thinking of letting the people that need more notice know first and sending the STDs out early. So people have more time to take off and let their bosses know so it’s not a last minute thing.

View Quoted Comment Yea I figured it would be the perfect excuse to take the extra day and make it a nice long weekend to start the summer

We accidently had my first wedding on Memorial Day weekend. Didn't seem to effect our turnout, much. But we also only had 2 out of state guests, and they both showed.

If that is the date you want- do it! It will work for some people to use as a vacation on a long weekend. I would decide ASAP so people know and don’t make other plans for that weekend.

Yea, while I'm all about you do you and don't always make plans for Memorial Day, it's sort of annoying to go to a wedding over Memorial Day. Like, I have to dress up and be appropriate and crap when I'd rather be swimming and be on vacation. Not a fan of memorial day weddings.

View Quoted Comment Haha same here! I'm getting married the Friday of as well!!

Make sure you send out STD because some jobs go by seniority when it comes to vacation especially for a holiday wkend. Also it gives ot guest time to book their hotel / flight before the holiday wknd bc you are having a thurs wedding.

I would be game if it was in town. But go ahead and do it anyway as you will be VERY surprised at who makes it and who can't (plus the reasons why they can't attend can be very odd.....)

I'm not American, but we have some American guests. Apparently I have invited them to a wedding on the Sunday of memorial day weekend. I hope they will attend, but I understand if they cannot. We specifically chose not to have our wedding on a holiday weekend for us.

I would likely not be able to take off work the day before a holiday weekend. I think that's asking a lot of your guests.

I think any Thursday wedding is a stretch but I get why people have them. I would probably only travel to a Thursday wedding if I was super close to the couple. Yes, you can make it a vacation with MDW, but that is multiple days in a hotel and it adds up.

We wouldn't be able to go. FI's work wouldn't be able to give him that weekend off at all, even with advance notice, since it is their busiest weekend. If you have the okay from those that you absolutely want there, then go ahead. But if you are getting push back, I'd suggest another day.

If I lived in the same town/city where the wedding was taking place, I'd have no issues with a Thursday wedding, whether it was Memorial Day weekend or not.

If I'm an OOT guest, I would find it to be extremely frustrating that we would need to take a couple days off to travel and attend your wedding, the day before we would have had a 4 day weekend to travel.

If you are getting mixed feelings from family after checking with them about this potential date, I'd be going back to the drawing board and considering other possible dates.

If I have to work the next day I'm either not going or leaving after dinner, it would depend on how close I am to the couple.