Memorial Day - pros/cons

Vegas will be swamped. I'm not sure it will be a fun situation for you guys. Definitely better than doing it late summer though.

I personally like long weekend weddings. I would justify the more expensive plain tickets, hotel, etc., by the fact that I would have to take less time off from work.

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Memorial Day is a Monday so you'd still have to take off the Tuesday to travel home.

OP, I think having the wedding on Memorial Day is pretty inconvenient. In addition to being very expensive for your guests, a lot of families travel during that weekend. Vegas is also going to be INSANELY hot then. I'd adjust.

You'll definitely run the risk of a lower turn out for a holiday weekend, however a friend of mine had her wedding on the Friday before which was nice. Although as long as your VIP's know about all this ahead of time, since they have over a year to plan, it may be just fine!

We're getting married this upcoming Memorial Day. It works out for us because 90-95% of our guest list is out of state and need to travel. I haven't heard of increased prices on hotels or flights for our location (Chicago suburbs). A lot of my family is making a long weekend of it and exploring Chicago some. No one has said anything to us specifically griping about it being a holiday weekend, but it doesn't mean some people may not be happy with it. No matter what weekend you decide on, it's not going to work out for/please everyone.

ETA: I'm getting married Memorial Day weekend (the Saturday). Getting married on the actual Monday would be more inconvenient.

I would just be concerned with your wedding actually being in Vegas which sounds like it is pretty busy.

I’m getting married May 26 (Saturday of Memorial Day weekend). My family always goes to my grandmas river house (where the wedding will be) on this weekend as well as a few others. So far everyone hasn’t had any issues and the ones traveling get an extra day to hang out or head home and not have to rush back to work.

I've been to a few weddings that were on major holidays, but they were usually fairly local. I do remember never loving it, because it stopped me from having my own vacay that weekend. It's one of the few weekends people get off from work.

This is a tough call, if your guests are from out of town, it will def cost more for them to come there. I went to a Vegas wedding in late April, and it was super hot during the day. The wedding was at an extremely gorgeous venue - the Paiute Golf Resort.

If you can set another date, it might be best so you have more guests attend and in a less hot environment.

Thanks folks! It's the Saturday of the weekend, not the actual holiday. I guess I'm really wondering if it being the long weekend with all out of town guests I would need to have more planned events for structure. Just curious if there are variables I'm not considering...

I am having a destination wedding in Ireland the Thursday before memorial day next year (all weekends were booked). As it is not an Irish holiday, price is not a concern. We specifically chose to have it around memorial weekend, as our friends preferred to have that extra day off work. We are having a lot of planned events as we will all stay in the same place where I am having the wedding, and I already reserved rooms for all guests. We are having a welcome dinner/party before the wedding, breakfast day off, afternoon tea and daytime entertainment before cocktail hour and reception, and after wedding brunch. I am not certain about plane tickets or weather, but have you thought about negotiating a price with hotels by your venue for your wedding guests. There is an app called skipper that I think helps with that.

I would talk to some of your "planned" guests that you are closest to. I know in my family it would not work for a holiday weekend. My family is very habitual and does the same thing every holiday weekend (and I mean EVERY) so it was better for them to avoid all of it.