Mine was by choice. My FMIL and FSIL work in the school system so I kind of had to base it on the school schedule. Originally I wanted to do May but when I thought I had a date my little brother who is 7 and my cousins have testing here in NY. So We did the April 7th, only to realize that April 8th is Easter. I totally did not know until my FMIL told me. You can't make everyone happy. The prices for the rooms aren't bad just waiting for airfare to come out. It is what is. At the end if it is just our immediate families i'll be fine. I didn't want a big wedding =)