Weekend after Thanksgiving wedding

I have never attended a wedding around that time, but Thanksgiving is Thursday, you should be fine by Saturday. The only thing I can really see being a downfall is the amount of people traveling and the costs, as well .. they're incredibly high. Keep in mind, if you're planning to do a hotel block, a lot of hotels require multiple night stays around holidays and will jack up the price because of it.

Thanksgiving is the biggest travel holiday of the year. It would be super expensive to travel at that time so I would definitely keep that in mind.

If I was local I wouldn't mind a wedding the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I don't know if I would travel that week for a wedding unless I was super close to them or they were immediate family but it would depend on how far the travel was and what my thanksgiving plans looked like that year.

We are totally booked that weekend, every year. The travel IS going to be expensive, which can become a second factor if people want to be with their families on Thursday and then travel. It sounds like this might work for you though!

I would totally go if it didn't interrupt plans with my family. FH and I rotate holidays with his family, we are all in different states. Throw some kids that need to be home Christmas morning in the mix and planning holidays becomes very complicated. If that's not the case for your guests I don't see a problem. My in laws were married around thanksgiving- their anniversary fell on thanksgiving this year.

Travel is insane, but if your guest list is mostly family or local it can work. My cousin got married on the Friday after Thanksgiving and it was actually more convenient for my family because we always travel there for Thanksgiving anyway.

People are going to complain no matter what. There's no perfect weekend. I say go for it.

I think you should be fine. I wouldn't mind attending a wedding near my town that weekend.

You have to know your guests. I would clear it with VIP family/friends before booking. Personally I avoided that day because myself and other family members often travel out of town for Thanksgiving.

I haven't, but I might go. The only thing is are you near major shopping areas? It's just a pain in the ass trying to navigate around with all the traffic due to holiday shoppers.

Our venue had that date available and we really wanted a November wedding but we ultimately decide on end of October instead bc of the proximity to the holiday.

Hard, hard pass. You're asking people to travel to your wedding on one of the most expensive weekends of the year.

FH and I were recently invited to our friend's wedding that is taking place the Saturday after thanksgiving. We didn't think it was a big deal but had to decline since we will be out of state visiting family. BUT every single one of our mutual friends has complained about how inconsiderate the date is. It's constantly brought up and people are definitely annoyed. I would talk to your VIPs and see what they think.

I agree with PP, thanksgiving is a super expensive travel weekend. No matter which way they travel it will be difficult. Between traffic, hotels and flights its too much.

Does anyone in your family/friend group watch football? Most huge college rivalry games are that day. Our guests would be absolutely incredulous if we tried to get people away from the TV (my FH included).

This was the only other date available at our venue and we chose 10.13 instead because we have a lot of people from out of town. If I was invited to a wedding thanksgiving weekend that was not where my parents live (where I fly to to spend thanksgiving) I would not go because I would have to get on yet another airplane in one week. We did not want friends to have to choose between thanksgiving with their families or our wedding. Add to that the cost of travel around thanksgiving, and it just didn't seem fair to our traveling guests.

Check with your VIPs and any really important OOT guests. And while STDs are always necessary, this is a situation where they would be helpful for people you really want to come. Lots of couples alternate which family they spend holidays with, so you want to give people plenty of notice to change plans.

Personally, I would be unlikely to travel for a Thanksgiving adjacent wedding (and had to turn one down in the past), but it's a know your crowd thing...