Marketing Excuses*
MAY
23

Saturday

May 23, 2026SEVERE

Problem

Memorial Day travel is thinning site traffic.

Excuse

1 / 40

Your target demographic is at a lake.

Coverage there is bad in every sense.

Vacation

Also in effect on this date

The full docket. Any of these would hold up in a Monday standup.

  • It's the week before Memorial Day.

    Holidays · in effect Memorial Day (7d before)

  • Every furniture and grill retailer is running a Memorial Day event against you.

    Holidays · in effect Memorial Day (7d before through 1d after)

  • It is graduation season, and gift budgets have been claimed by people in rented gowns.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-10 to 06-15

  • Everyone between 25 and 40 is at a wedding right now.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-15 to 06-30, 09-01 to 09-30 · Saturdays

  • Graduation open house season is consuming every suburban weekend and its sheet cake budget.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-20 to 06-30

  • End-of-school-year event density has peaked. Every parent is at a recital.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-01 to 06-10

  • Families are crossing the country to watch a name get read aloud.

    Vacation · in effect 05-10 to 06-15

  • Campaign media buyers are already testing against your exact audiences.

    Politics · in effect 01-15 to 06-30 · election years