Memorial Day Weekend Wedding?

April, I officiate many weddings for couples who take advantage of long holiday weekends.

My first choice would be Sunday (so guests can travel on Sat. & Mon., if need be).

My second choice would be Sat., and my third choice would be Mon. (if I were a guest).

Thanks for the input, Nancy!

As a traveling guest, my preferences would be the same as Nancy. I would also want as much notice as possible so that I knew not to make any other plans that weekend. Holiday weddings are either a great thing or a terrible thing based on any standing plans your guests may have (anything they traditionally do for the weekend).

Thanks, Margaret! My future in-laws have also pointed out that it's just one weekend for them, and while they may be cranky about it, I think most of our guests would likely still come and have a great time anyway

Lots of notice and Sunday night.

Another vote for Sunday.

I don't know why people get cranky about long weekend weddings. I don't always make plans on long weekends, and having a reason to get away for a wedding or other event would be great for me.

We have weddings literally every night over long weekends, from Thursday through Monday, every year. If someone is going to be THAT cranky about it, then maybe they don't deserve an invite, lol!

I like Sunday because that still leaves Saturday or travel or enjoy the beach/city,forest and Monday to recuperate and travel.

Our wedding was may 24 of this past year, which I didn't realize was that weekend until someone said something. I decided to make the food sort of picnicy- small sandwiches, salad, and pasta salads, cheese platter and veggies with dips, with ice tea and soda. everyone had a good time. it wasn't that big of a deal that it fell on a holiday weekend.

We specifically decided against Memorial Day Weekend (instead we chose the weekend after), but that's because we know our Michigan guests plan on going "up north" every year during that time. As others said, having the wedding on a Sunday sounds like the best option!

We chose Monday Labor Day weekend but that is our 'dating anniversary' anyway... since we are doing an afternoon wedding, people can enjoy their last weekend of summer then come to an 'end of summer party' on Monday afternoon. We have lots of family in Mexico; not sure if they will come or not but everyone else is pretty local to us.

We chose another holiday weekend because traveling guests have more time. I think it's fine, it's not thanksgiving or anything. There are few people that have standing plans each year on the summer holiday weekends, but I've found that those people are few. Your best bet is Sunday, then Saturday I think. And at some venues, Sunday may be cheaper than Saturday (at our venue Friday was cheaper even though it was a holiday weekend).

We chose Sunday of Memorial Day. It gives our OOT guests some travel time and extends the celebration! We are getting married on the coast so on Monday morning we will prob be hanging on the beach w mimosas to send ppl off. The only concerns we have bumped in to are that our rehearsal dinner will be on a sat night, where food and beverage minimums are at their peak. Also I'm crazy nervous about ppl getting stuck in traffic, though there will be less traffic Sunday then sat. Also this has required us to be sure most of our vendors are fairly local. Hope this helps!

Ours is the Friday (22) we choose that because its the in laws anniversary as well as his grandaparennts anniversary. it shouldnt be a problem most of our family is only 2-3 hours. One family lives in Florida

My wedding is this Memorial Day weekend--we chose Saturday that way people can have the extra days to either travel home, or to relax and visit before heading back home.

And yes, we sent out our Save the Dates back in August...so plenty of time for our guests to not make plans for that weekend!

Lol @cardiacRN... We also sent ours in August. I'm feeling a bit guilty about the certain family members that we didn't send STDs to cause we weren't sure if we were gonna have space...well now we do...hopefully they won't find us rude....