Wedding on Memorial day Monday

I'm going with Saturday of Memorial Day weekend next year and so far the only flack I've gotten is from my sister "but people have plans, and its such a big travel time" which can be true, but ultimately we put it as the people who want to celebrate with us will take the time, and the long weekend means most who have to travel will be able to easily take the time off workwise (I'm inviting a bunch of sorority sisters who live all over the country and are thankful theyre not going to have to take off a ton of extra time), I'd say as long as you let people know in advance (we're sending our STDs out around 8-9 months) then you're all set.

People that are going to come to your wedding will adjust their schedules for your day. I got the same "BS" for our wedding date. It's just that any OOT guests may have to book their flights early & traffic might be crazy. It the time of day, you may need to consider.

I wouldn't do Monday of mdw. People will probably be tired and you run into not being able to find vendors that are open. Why don't you do Friday or Sunday?

Candida has a good point on them maybe not being open/people being tired, but I'd also watch out if you go the Sunday route, I know my venue normally charges a lower rate for Sundays, UNLESS it's a holiday weekend, then Saturday and Sunday evenings are the same rate.

I personally wouldn't have my wedding on Memorial Day Monday but I live by the beach so travel is horrible at any point during that weekend.

I also wouldn't count on getting discounts because it's a holiday. You're normally going to be charged MORE because it's a holiday and you risk having vendors and guests who plan vacations or family parties for that day.

For example our first choice of photographer couldn't do our Halloween wedding date because she has 2 little kids and when she started her business she did it with the promise that she would never work a holiday because of her family.

I'd do A LOT more research and compare pricing before settling on a date. Also, Fridays and Sundays are normally the days you get discounted pricing.

I would do it on Sunday instead of Monday for the holiday weekend. If gives people the chance to leave on Monday without taking another day off of work if traveling.

But if you want it on Monday - then do it.

Thank you all for the advice. I know that many people do the Sunday before but my parish doesn't do weddings on Sunday.

I wouldn't do it on Memorial day, alot of people like to go out of town that weekend a lot have parties, and some even travel back home on that day.

If you want to do it that weekend I would check to see if your parish will allow a Friday wedding or if that Saturday is free. Nothing wrong with that weekend but I wouldn't attend on Memorial Day if I was invited.

I went back and forth about my date, but mine is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. I've just let people know far enough in advance that their travel plans include at least a day in my city to see our marriage