Weddings on a holiday

The day before, yes, but only because I do not travel far for holidays.

If it was the day of a major holiday, probably not. With the exception of NYE.

I haven't, and probably wouldn't. I actually prefer weekday weddings over holiday weddings. Unless it's a holiday my family & I don't make a huge deal out of (St Patricks Day, Cinco de Mayo, Presidents Day, etc.) but if it was NYE, Thanksgiving, Easter, Christmas, Memorial Day weekend, Labor Day weekend, we wouldn't go.

I think there are a lot of factors that would need to be considered. Are they hosting a child free wedding on a holiday I spend with family including children? How much travel is involved? I won't say that I would automatically decline a holiday wedding, but neither would I automatically accept, which is my normal response to non-holiday weddings.

Things like thanksgiving and Christmas, no. NYE maybe since we don’t do anything anyway. Our wedding is on Memorial Day weekend, but no one in our families does anything so it was fine. The only thing is I work at a hospital so getting holidays off can be a pain so there’d be a chance we wouldn’t go due to me not being able to get off.

Depending on the holiday I would likely decline. Holidays are very important to me and I already have traditions/plans I wouldn't want to disrupt. My final decision would depend on a variety of factors including how close I am to the couple, whether or not I have to travel to the wedding, what holiday it is, etc.

If you plan to host a holiday wedding you should check with VIPs before finalizing any plans. You will also need to take in to account that you will likely have a higher decline rate and you will be held to a higher level of hosting (which will be more expensive).

Taking into account only the holiday and no other criteria, it would depend on the holiday itself. . If it's something like Thanksgiving or Christmas, I'd most likely decline and send my well wishes. I might make an exception for things like, "are they family," or "how far am I traveling?" Most other holidays, I would probably go.

Yeah everyone right , I wouldn’t have my wedding on thanksgiving day or Christmas not at all that would be selfish of me to do but maybe I would consider moving my wedding day for New Year’s Eve even if a lot of people don’t show up , a lot of drama with bridal party and unexpected issues has happened so I’m thinking of maybe moving the wedding to New Year’s Eve If these issues don’t get fixed ☹️

Thank you to all for your insight on this !!!

If you’re going to have it on New Years Eve it needs to go until after midnight and I would expect a really high level of hosting with top shelf open bar, plated dinner, late night snack etc. New Years Eve weddings can end up being very expensive.

Around any holiday weekends would really depend on the guest list, and what's typical in our circle. I've been to a wedding on Labor Day weekend that was annoying to me, but totally convenient for most of the guests. Pretty much everyone was local and the majority of the guest list was just going to be hanging around town and loved having a wedding that weekend, but personally I had to sacrifice going away for a nice long weekend away to stay in town for the wedding.

NYE evenings I imagine are very expensive to plan and the timeline is tough. Expensive because so many venues are booked for big parties (not just weddings), and people expect NYE to be fancy and sparkly and full of champagne. And the timeline tough because it'll be much later than a typical wedding so the party can cover the new year, the vendors will all be stretched thin covering all the NYE parties, and traffic/parking will be an absolute nightmare, and no one would be able to get a cab, and hotels might all be booked.

Personally, I don't like holiday/holiday weekend weddings because it takes a day/weekend that's supposed to be about EVERYONE and makes it about YOU.

I would I don’t normally do anything special on most holidays. My wedding will be the Friday before Memorial Day and I haven’t had any complaints. The only thing to take into consideration is the guests that will be traveling and hotel prices around holiday seasons( I just told them before invitations went out to give time to prepare or send save the dates)

Yes. My best friend got married on a holiday weekend a few years ago and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. DH was not feeling it bc he had family in town but we went and he had as much fun as I did and was still able to spend time with his family for the remainder of the weekend.

I attended a wedding on NYE and wished I hadn't gone it was a pretty good friend so I went, but the whole time I felt like I was missing celebrating with the people I really wanted to and instead was sitting at a table with a bunch of people from college that I hardly knew.

I've been to a wedding every memorial day, labor day, forth of july, and columbus day weekend pretty much every year for three years. (A little exaggeration, but not as much as I want it to be...) It's pretty much par for the course so I don't plan things for those weekends anymore just kind of knowing there will be weddings. To be fair, all my friends are teachers so there are limited none super summer times when weddings can be so they tend to be holiday weekends...

We are having a labor day weekend wedding. It just got in to our schedules better.

I've heard holiday weddings are extra expensive for the B&G. That being said--if it was a holiday that's super important to me, I'd probably skip it, but a NYE wedding sounds pretty fun, especially if it's in the evening and ends with an epic view of fireworks!

Definitely not on a family holiday like Thanksgiving weekend unless you invited children. Even then, if we aren't very close, I would probably decline.

NYE? Only if you were throwing a really fancy bash, something with black tie and great food, top shelf open bar and a live band.

Otherwise, I'd rather not give up my holidays for a wedding. Not to mention, travel is very expensive for any out of towners.

I think only a NYE wedding because that sounds like fun!

Oh, and if it was close because flights and hotels are usually crazy expensive during the holidays.

We are planning our wedding for the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend next year. We decided that most people don’t have huge plans for Memorial Day weekend, so it would give them a long weekend in Baltimore with us, or they could leave on Sunday and still get back for their plans on Monday!

After speaking to my fiancé we both decided New Year’s Eve wouldn’t work out because Most of his family and friends always go on trips and have their own parties that day , my fiancé boss has a nephew who owns a club/lounge place and he gave us the option to have the wedding there but the only date he has available is September 28 which is Friday so we booked it but after putting a lot of thought the venue and date just doesn’t work for us and he’s all
booked up , we decide to do it there bc of the price but we did find another option it’s about 4,000 more expensive than the one we already booked and it has Saturday available in November , that’s the month I really wanted . I just feel like canceling this wedding It’s so complicated and stressful I’m sure everyone on here is probably thinking that iam crazy sorry everyone for the long story !!