a Thursday wedding?

These days week day weddings are becoming more and more common, and many brides are choosing to wed midweek because it is also usually more affordable. With this said, not everyone will be open to taking time off of work to attend your wedding so you might get a few ‘No’ responses from people who would’ve otherwise come if it was on a weekend.


Personally, if it’s a weekday wedding, I would suggest a Friday instead of a Thursday. In my culture and experience people get totally drunk at weddings, and it might be an inconvenience for people to take the day off + the day after. Just some food for thought.

View Quoted Comment My Sunday wedding is 5$ cheaper pp, as opposed to a Friday or Saturday at my venue. Also, your original question included nothing about price affecting your decision so I didn’t think it would be a factor as you didn’t mention it would be. While venue shopping it was my experience that Sunday’s were the cheapest weekend day, followed by Friday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

Are you talking 60 people or 200? A smaller number, you can talk to many and ask them directly. And is coming from out of town a 3 hour drive, could be done Thurs morning?
Most employers run a calendar year, where people who get personal leave days, and vacation time, get each year's time to use as of July 1. And for many, there is not even a stray day off with pay come June, out of time off. Other employers, even if you have approval, any time not on payroll the day before or after a legal holiday, you lose the holiday pay. Another Thursday in July would not have the holiday weekend extra costs for guests, and more people would have plenty of vacation time or personal leave they can take. In the Northeast, school does not get out until the 3rd week of June, and kids summer day care, camps all start after the 4th, so families tend to book that last week of June and July 4th as family travel, cookouts, time with children, or parents. So Thursdays are not bad, or Sundays, to people who need take off only 1-2 days, at a time of year when they likely have time off available at a yearly high. My early working years, about 80% of my friends and family worked 1 or both weekend days. And had 1-3weekdays off. And could take off a random day off during the week more easily that a weekend day. I went to a couple dozen weekday weddings. Hospitals, Emergency services, retail, restaurant, hospitality and entertainment people have more trouble with weekend weddings, getting time off. Pick the top 20 priority couples or families, and see, are they Monday through Friday workers, or weekend workers. Are they people who are older with lots of seniority thus vacation time to take? Ask them. On WW, most posters always talks in terms assuming everyone works Monday through Friday. But except for these Covid times, every store, hotel, restaurant, hospital or emergency and such has maximum hours and staff working weekends and off some weekdays. And among those under 35, less seniority, it depends on your work, and that of friends and family. If 50% work weekends, then
you will not be inconveniencing any more people by having a weekday wedding. Most people on WW cater to those off weekends. And talk and advise as though all events must/ be planned for their schedules. But 40% of working people , and retirees or those at home, have a different reality.So ask them, not us. But for either group, the last week of June through July 4th is usually bad, and super expensive and high traffic, making that particular Thursday a bad choice.

If it was a local wedding, Thursday would not be too terrible. But it would not be ideal. If I had to travel for it, I would not go unless I was family or very very close to the couple.

Ever thought of having a Sunday wedding, where the next day falls on a national holiday? Because that's what I'm doing.

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Yes, but then the Sunday rate goes to Saturday's rate so it is equally expensive.

View Quoted Comment I think it depends on the venue and where your located, for me, where I'm located Sunday weddings are usually the same price as a Mon-Thurs. wedding, so we took the chance.

I would clear the date with the VIPs -- parents, grandparents (if they are able to come), siblings and BM, MOH. I would accept that others might not make it.