weddings on holidays

[weekapaugjz]

do people get annoyed if they have to go to a wedding on a holiday/holiday weekend?

the place we want to do it usually closes up in the last weekend in august. my chick has worked for the owner (who lives in california) and been friends with him for a long time. he is willing to let us have our wedding there the weekend after they usually close before he heads back west. unfortunately, that weekend is labor day weekend.

i feel you shouldn't ask people to give up their long weekend or a holiday to attend a wedding, especially the people who come in from out of town. my chick said people wouldn't care about it. so i'm looking for some opinions on it.

[Spagett]

No one usually wants to go to weddings period. I think if they had an extra day off, losing a weekend day wouldnt seem as bad.

[PapaBear]

My first wedding was two days before Christmas. No one seemed to mind, and it helped, because everyone was in town.

[RoseBlood]

I've been to a Memorial Day weekend wedding and a Labor Day weekend wedding. I didn't mind either.

At first, I thought it was inconsiderate and inconvienent until I went and realized it works out great because the guests have time to travel, drink, party and rest before going back to work on Tuesday.

I also realize weddings are insanely expensive and I can't fault a couple for having their wedding on the Sunday afternoon of a 3 day weekend if it'll save them some money.

However, my cousins were telling me of a wedding party they are in. The wedding is going to be on January 1, 2010 at like 11am! They are kinda pissed and I don't blame them. :thumbdown:

[biggirl]

I do not like weddings/birthdays/graduations/etc. on holidays. We don't go if they are on holidays. We typically plan our vacations around holiday weekends.

[underdog]

No one usually wants to go to weddings period. I think if they had an extra day off, losing a weekend day wouldnt seem as bad.

I like going to weddings. My friends have had some awesome weddings.

[biggirl]

I like going to weddings. My friends have had some awesome weddings.

me too. I love weddings especially if they have an open bar!

[King Hippos Bandaid]

was in a wedding party this July 4th

missing fireworks made me sad and angry, sangry even

its sucks and people who book it either are saving $$/ or crave attention

[weekapaugjz]

I also realize weddings are insanely expensive and I can't fault a couple for having their wedding on the Sunday afternoon of a 3 day weekend if it'll save them some money.

that's one of the great things about this place. we would be able to get it for free.

I do not like weddings/birthdays/graduations/etc. on holidays. We don't go if they are on holidays. We typically plan our vacations around holiday weekends.

that's my exact thought on what most people do.

I like going to weddings. My friends have had some awesome weddings.

same here. my family goes bonkers at family weddings. it's great.

me too. I love weddings especially if they have an open bar!

oh, we are having open bar. we were discussing what we wanted to do, i said she could decide pretty much everything else but, we were having an open bar.

[Dude!]

i like weddings
labor day is no big emotional holiday
so i don't think that is a big negative

as i will be an out of town guest
i will actually appreciate having
the 3 days; makes traveling less rushed

go for it

[Judge Smails]

I'm one of the cheapskates. We got married on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Saturday weddings are expensive as fuck. It's cheaper to get married on a Sunday. But everyone wants to cut out quick because they've got work the next day. We figured they'd have a better time if the next day was a holiday and were well prepared for people to decline if they had plans for the holiday weekend. But, everyone we invited came and we wound up paying the band for two extra hours because no one wanted to leave.

[Farmer Dave]

I'm with biggirl on this one. Do go screwing with my three day weekends during the summer months.

[angrymissy]

It depends on the holiday

July 4th = no
Memorial Day Weekend = no
Christmas = no
New Years = no
Thanksgiving =no

I think Labor Day is pretty safe.

[hammersavage]

I have one on Halloween in a few weeks that I think will be a blast. The couple is a lot of fun so I'm sure the wedding will have a cool vibe to it.

Had one on 4th of July last year. Thought it would be an inconvenience but really, I was gonna be drunk no matter what. At least this way there were drunk chicks and dancing. Fuck fireworks.

[Boogie in Va]

A buddy of mine is getting married in Cali on Memorial Day next year. I am happy for him, but not about that date. If I go out there, I will have to miss my Indy 500 trip. Not a happy camper about that.

[Ritalin]

You do what you want. Save the money, and have a great day. Seriously, anyone who grouses about going to your wedding shouldn't be invited anyway.

Just don't do it when there's a Bears game on. Or the Super Bowl.

Funny, the one day I would avoid when planning a wedding over all others is the Super Bowl.

[drusilla]

do not like weddings on holidays. some people plan vacations for them or have annual trips they like to take & can't do it cause of the wedding.

i guess labor day weekend isn't so bad because there is an extra day off, but it never really makes me too happy to have to go to a wedding anyway.

[A.J.]

The advantage for having the wedding on a holiday would be that Gvac would remember the correct day to show up. (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52397&highlight=wedding)

[mikeyboy]

I have friends getting married in Lebanon over the Thanksgiving holiday. the groom's family actually preferred that because they wouldn't have to take as much time off work for the wedding. We probably weren't going to go because it's kind of a hassle to go to Lebanon, but the fact that it's over Thanksgiving cemented that for us.

[west milly Tom]

One cool thi g for guests is getting married the day before a work holiday. Cheaper for everyone plus one smooth recovery day.

[TripleSkeet]

I usually like going to weddings, but me and my wife had an argument about this years ago. My feeling is by having a wedding on a holiday youre being inconsiderate to your guests.

Now some people say "Well if they are your true friends they wont care if its on a holiday because theyll want to be there." Well, then you have people like me, whos wifes best friend got married on New Years Eve 2004. So not only did I have to spend my New Years at a wedding, but I had to do so with a bunch of strangers I didnt know because my wife was in the wedding party and had to sit at the head table. The next day I set her straight that that would be the last "holiday wedding" Id be going to, regardless who the fuck was getting married.

But Labor Day isnt really a huge holiday and its one day out of a 3 day weekend so its not nearly as bad as getting married on a bigger holiday.

[Dude!]

I have friends getting married in Lebanon over the Thanksgiving holiday. the groom's family actually preferred that because they wouldn't have to take as much time off work for the wedding. We probably weren't going to go because it's kind of a hassle to go to Lebanon, but the fact that it's over Thanksgiving cemented that for us.

Lebanon, New Jersey?

[underdog]

I have friends getting married in Lebanon over the Thanksgiving holiday. the groom's family actually preferred that because they wouldn't have to take as much time off work for the wedding. We probably weren't going to go because it's kind of a hassle to go to Lebanon, but the fact that it's over Thanksgiving cemented that for us.

I hope you're on a watch list.

[KatPw]

I'd rather go to a wedding on a holiday weekend. The worst is a wedding on an actual holiday (think Halloween, 4th of July, St. Patrick's day). Holiday weekend weddings are usually easier to get to for out of town folk than a regular weekend wedding.

[underdog]

I'd rather go to a wedding on a holiday weekend. The worst is a wedding on an actual holiday (think Halloween, 4th of July, St. Patrick's day). Holiday weekend weddings are usually easier to get to for out of town folk than a regular weekend wedding.

St. Patrick's Day is a regular holiday?

[Jujubees2]

I got married on Labor Day weekend (Sunday). My wife and I thought it was better since, as Dude pointed out, the guests would have an extra day for travel.

[KatPw]

St. Patrick's Day is a regular holiday?

If you are Irish it is! The first college I went to closed for St. Patrick's day.

[razorboy]

I had a friend pull the wedding on Thanksgiving trick. Bastard ruined my favorite holiday.

[underdog]

If you are Irish it is! The first college I went to closed for St. Patrick's day.

I'm Irish and it's my birthday.

[Dude!]

I'm Irish and it's my birthday.

Black Irish

[JustJon]

My sister got married Thanksgiving weekend. Didn't matter to me, since it was the same family in the same area I'd see a couple days apart. Might have meant some people came back a day early from visiting their families, but it's not that bad to have it the last day of a 5 day weekend.

This past Labor Day, a close friend got married on that Sunday. Seemed like most people they invited came (at least of the people I knew) and we all had a good time.

I say if you're looking at next Labor Day, just do it. If people think the shore or wherever it is they go is more important than you, fuck 'em.

[GregoryJoseph]

I have posted before that getting married on a holiday weekend is extremely selfish and self-centered.

You're basically telling all of your family and friends "to hell with your vacation plans...this is all about ME!"

I still believe that.