Raise your hand if you’re getting married or attending a wedding over Memorial Day Weekend! Three-day weekends are a super-popular choice for weddings due to that bonus day for travel and postwedding recuperation. Our stats show that 111,247 of The Knot users are getting married in May, and 27,548 of those nuptials will take place over Memorial Day Weekend.
The most popular wedding date this month was May 19 (the same day as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding), when 16,766 couples said “I do.” Closely tailing the most popular day is Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, May 26, with 15,626 The Knot members planning to seal the deal. So exciting! Here’s a full breakdown of how many people are getting married over the long weekend.
Friday, May 25: 3,658 weddings
Saturday, May 26: 15,626 weddings
Sunday, May 27: 6,536 weddings
Monday, May 28: 1,728 weddings
