Wedding on July 4th weekend

AtticaQT Posted: Sep 14, 2003 01:46 PM

Wedding on July 4th weekend

I have a quick question for brides and brides to be that got married the weekend of july 4th

My FSIL is thinking of having july 3, 2005 wedding (it is a sunday night and the next day would be july 4th)

She was wondering if halls give a better price because of the fact that it is a holiday weekend -

Any info would be great - thanks!

aug9bride Posted: Sep 14, 2003 02:05 PM

Re: Wedding on July 4th weekend

I was in a wedding on July 5th several years ago and the hall did give a better price for a holiday weekend.

Also, I think a fourth of July weekend wedding is a great idea because the options are endless in terms of themes, favors, colors, etc.

July2004Bride Posted: Sep 14, 2003 03:26 PM

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Hi... I've been looking around at July 3rd myself and everywhere I have gone, except for maybe 1 place... they are all the same prices as any other weekend.. which I really thought prices would've been a little lower too since it's a holiday weekend.

NovemberSue Posted: Sep 14, 2003 03:38 PM

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I think its a great idea. There are so many different ways you can decorate and its a nice long weekend.

dbcrosby Posted: Sep 14, 2003 04:04 PM

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attica- you have fm.

to answer the question for everyone else, we are geting married july 3 2005. nobody would give us a deal at all b/c its a holiday with monday off. in fact, some places would charge us a saturday night price with saturday night minimums.

Jen_n_Dale Posted: Sep 14, 2003 05:04 PM

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I don't think we got a special deal. we are getting married 7-2-04. They were actually booked for that weekend since last year.

Julybaby Posted: Sep 14, 2003 06:32 PM

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We got married this past July 5th (Saturday) and there was no discount for anything because of the holiday weekend. What we did discover is that we had a lot of regrets than normal because of the holiday weekend.

July2004Bride Posted: Sep 14, 2003 07:48 PM

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What do you mean by regrets?

Nora101004 Posted: Sep 14, 2003 08:25 PM

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Some halls do and some halls don't, I would recomend that she sends out 'Save the Date' Cards (STD's). With the long weekend, people might want to go away.

Imagin916 Posted: Sep 14, 2003 08:44 PM

Re: Wedding on July 4th weekend

I would love to have had a July 4th weekend wedding, but there were a few problems that we ran into.

1) The traffic on that weekend is horrible. We have many people traveling from NJ, PA and even Suffolk county who would be stuck for hours getting there.

2) Since people book very early, even if we got the hall, our choice of vendors would not be great.

3) My hall was already booked for July 3, 2004, when I went in on July 4, 2002 to book my date!

Good luck to all those who are getting married that weekend!

AtticaQT Posted: Sep 14, 2003 09:00 PM

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Thanks girls

prncssrachel Posted: Sep 14, 2003 09:00 PM

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Georgia, I just FMed you

AtticaQT Posted: Sep 14, 2003 09:13 PM

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Rachel I sent FM back to you!

lltravis Posted: Sep 14, 2003 10:05 PM

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I think halls discount the actual holiday so July 4th. We are getting married the sunday of columbus weekend and only the actual day (in my case columbus day) is discounted. Hope that helps..i was confused as well..Some halls will discount when you get under the year mark.