A Sunday destination wedding?

If it was more than a 2 hour drive, then we would make plans to stay the night and take off work the next day. But you may run into the issue of many guest not being able to make it due to those exact reasons.

Keri, we're kind of betting on that, haha! Our location has a 25 person minimum and a 72-hour head count, meaning our cost will go down dramatically if people do not RSVP and the final head count is due 72 hours before to alter set-up and meals. The important people that really mean the most to us (parents, close friends, close aunts and uncles) have already confirmed they're an absolute yes, so for the other 25 invited, if they can't come, that's totally okay.

It's a 4 to 5 hour drive, and some of our family is using it as vacation time to see Yosemite for the first time.

Then I wouldn't see an issue with it! I would go!

I'm having this same type debate with myself! But our venue is an hour away, so people will still drive home after. And for many, it's the last week of school (many of my cousins are still in school). Close friends like my MOH BGM and out OOT guest will be taking off work the next day. Sorry, didn't realize I was hijacking your post! My apologies! My post for this was earlier this evening. It got lost in the shuffle though.

You're totally fine!

My FH and I originally wanted an October wedding but quickly realized, us being college students ourselves, that we should pick a time better suited to those who have kids in school and our friends and family who are going to college as well, so we picked late June to avoid all of that.

I see nothing wrong with it, it's YOUR day! My one friend did a destination wedding to Jamaica and she had hers on a Wednesday. She felt bad doing it and not as many ppl where able to come but its what her and her hubby wanted and still had an amazing time! If your fine with those extra ppl not coming and the ppl you want most there are coming then I say go for it!

We are having a Monday destination wedding (7-7-14) in the Dominican Republic, our reception will last until 11:00. We figured it wasn't a big deal because we will all be on vacation anyway!

Destination bride with a sunday wedding here! We figured for people traveling to Mexico they'd have to miss at least a day of work to travel any day that we had it.

Also a destination wedding bride with a Sunday wedding! The people closest to us have no issues taking off Monday to be there. Even if we had a Saturday wedding, the majority of the guests would be taking off that Friday to travel so either way they would be taking a day off. All our guests are so excited to travel for our wedding, so I say go for it!

I got married on a Wednesday in Mexico. I figured since it was a destination wedding and everyone would be flying down it would save them some money on airfare and hotel expenses. I know most people would be staying around 4 days so it made sense to me. Just make sure you are giving people plenty of notice so that they can get the time off work.

I think you will be just fine. Our wedding is on a Monday night, also destination wedding. We knew that whoever came would be staying for a few days, and after we cleared it with the vip people (parents and close fam) everyone said they were coming. We planned for 25... but now we have people coming that originally said they couldnt make it. They are either taking off several days and using it as a mini vacation, or they are taking off Monday and Tuesday from work. Just try to get the word out early and people will make arrnagements if they really want to be there! Good luck

My friend got married on a Wednesday (maybe it was Thursday it has been so long) in Vegas. Just like you said, the people who were going made a vacation out of it so the actual day didn't really matter on vacation.

OH and let me add that my Monday night is while school is in session, and several people are bringing their children or getting sitters.. lol so trust me if they want to be there, they definitely will.

Thanks everyone! You've definitely helped alleviate those worries.

What about a Sunday wedding close to home? Is that a recipe for an empty reception? What woul be a good ending time if, say, the venue was 45 minutes from home?

Doing my destination wedding on a Saturday so if need to be home for work Monday they can. I find it kind of unfair to ask people to pay that much and have them lose out on a work day for no reason.