Best day of the week for destination wedding?

Hi Helena! I think your plan sounds perfect; this is typically what most people do. Just make sure people remember to fly in on Thursday! Ha. They will have a blast and then be able to kick back and enjoy some Maui sun, while also getting rest in preparation to go home, awesome! I hope everything works out! Good luck!

We are doing a DW in Maui as well and hired a great planner. I would consider the time of year you’re getting married as well when picking a day. We went with a Friday wedding. Most people are flying in Wednesday and heading home Sunday. Good luck !!

View Quoted Comment Thank you! Good luch with your wedding too!

View Quoted Comment Thanks Neffe!

We did a Monday night because Mon-Thur was significantly cheaper for a wedding. The resort room rates doubled on weekends (so did most hotels in the area) so we thought if anyone wanted to stay longer they could get great weekday rates. We only had 15 guests (1/2 retired family) so we checked everyone's schedule first to make sure they would go. All said yes! We enjoyed a min-moon during the week which was heavenly...we saved money and very few tourists mid-week, off-season. A weekend is good for people's work schedules but if the hotel is crazy expensive on weekends, they might not make it.

P.S. We had a welcome dinner Sunday night because most people came in that morning.

View Quoted Comment Good point! Something for me to consider! Thank you for sharing

We're having a DW and we also attended one in February. Both Monday ceremonies. We have an elopement package so we were limited to weekdays but with everyone traveling it wasn't really an issue. We're flying in Thursday, but most people are coming in Saturday, golfing/getting nails done Sunday and ceremony Monday.

View Quoted Comment You’re welcome! How fun.

Did you check with your guests to see realistically if they can go? Another bride here sent invites to 100 guests who said they wanted to go to Jamaica I think but when it came down to it, only looks like 20 will attend. DWs are very expensive for guests (and I don’t think flights are cheap to Hawaii?). I don’t want to dissuade you but something to think about.

View Quoted Comment Wow. Surprised to see other Monday weddings. Figured for a weekday wedding folks would choose Thur. Interesting!

I would do Saturday, for sure, for destination wedding or regular wedding at home. Usually guests fly in the day before if they can, so that way they wouldn't have to take off Thursday & Friday for work, just part of Friday. If guests want to extend their vacation, they can choose to do so and fly in earlier in the week!