Hello! I am newly engaged and just starting to think about venues on Long Island. (I live in DC) As I'm starting to get price points in form vendors, I'm thinking that booking July 4th weekend may be significantly cheaper.
Does anyone have advice or feedback on having a wedding on July 4th? We'll have a lot of out of town guests, he's from the midwest, so I'm thinking that airfare could be more expensive for them. Any advice is appreciated, thank you!
cateydee
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Reading through all of these posts and about how some of you girls have had people complain about your wedding dates, really makes me wonder something:
Why do people complain about something they are not required to go to??
It's like if you don't like the date or time or location, don't come!
A lot of places FH & I are looking at are 'far' and people are all 'Ohhh soo far...' like DON'T COME then.
ITA. its no skin off my back- then i can invite someone else, or save $$ on the hall bill. you wont be missed
Jenna_and_John
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My FSIL is getting married Friday July 2, 2010 and I don't think they got a discount...
IrishBrideASmiling
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We didnt have our heart set on July 4th weekend, it just kinda happened. We got price quotes from all halls from the last week of June through all of July and July 3 just worked for us and our families.
No hall wanted to give me a discount, in fact, one wanted to charge me more!
MrsCastanedain09
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I think it's a great idea. July 4th isn't a day like Mother's Day or Thanksgiving where everyone absolutely WANTS to be with immediate family.
I would love to be invited to a wedding like this and kick off the holiday weekend! Go for it
JAAMS
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Posted by JAAMS
Reading through all of these posts and about how some of you girls have had people complain about your wedding dates, really makes me wonder something:
Why do people complain about something they are not required to go to??
It's like if you don't like the date or time or location, don't come!
A lot of places FH & I are looking at are 'far' and people are all 'Ohhh soo far...' like DON'T COME then.
ITA. its no skin off my back- then i can invite someone else, or save $$ on the hall bill. you wont be missed
Exactly! I swear some people think that the success of the wedding revolves around their presence.
CappyGirl
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FH and I looked at July 4th when we first started looking and there were no discounts since it is on the weekend. I guess it depends on the hall.
dcstephanie
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This is great- its so nice to have this board while planning a wedding from DC. I'm heading up to LI this weekend to look at places, I'm so excited!
