Friday or Sunday wedding???

Honestly I think given enough notice if people want to come they will no matter what day it is. I know someone who had a Thursday wedding and it didn't look as if she had many declines

Fridays are better. More recovery time. That's one of the reasons we chose it over Sunday. Both of the Sunday weddings we've been to (both were last year) were tough on us, particularly the one in Colorado.

I had one guest for my Friday wedding say she didn't know if she could make it cause it is a Friday. I told her that I would miss her. My invites have not gone out and she already booked a room.....i guess she figured it out....

Depends on what kind of reception you are looking for. We had an early ceremony and reception, everything ending by 5pm on Sunday so that the majority of the OOT guests could leave and not have to take a day off from work. The majority of our guests were located about a 3 hour drive from where we lived. His military friends also would not have been able to all attend a a Friday wedding, so Sunday was the better option for us.

Also i am of the opinion Friday is a party night. Sunday is celebration than early home to bed night

We're going with a Sunday -

But ours is on Labor Day weekend and we don't have to worry about the Monday issue!

My wedding is a Friday night at 7. So I think it's fine. We haven't told a TON of people yet, but I haven't beard any complaints from those that I have told.

We chose Sunday, yes and no. It's a religious weekend so we got the whole church thing, and I said they can go to church early or later in evening. My Wedding is during day to accommodate those that had to work Monday and I don't have a lot of traveling guests.

Our wedding will be on a Sunday. Half will be local and from NYS and others will be from Canada (his side) and others traveling from all over the nation. We went with the day we wanted. It would be a hassle anyways no matter what day we chose. We figure people will come if they want.

I haven't attended one myself, but I'd personally prefer a Friday evening not a Sunday. If it must be Friday, please take into consideration that people work and don't have it start at 2pm when everyone is working.

I think Friday works better if guests are mostly local.

Sunday brunch would work better if you have more out of town guests.

I am having a Sunday wedding and no complaints, but honestly the way I see it is if they have an issue, then they don't have to come lol. My BFF is having a Sunday wedding as well.

Sunday wedding! We have so many pre-wedding activities that those will take place all Saturday. Our date is pretty close to Christmas so most of our OOT guests will just take off early for their holiday vacations We plan on 4-10pm. If people don't want to party on the beach on a Sunday, that's their problem.

I'd say Sunday would be y preference. That way you have days to travel on the weekend and can go back early Monday or late Sunday depending.

Ours is on a sunday. We picked the day because it was our dating anniversary.

Our guest list is primarily military, government workers or retired family and with Monday being celebrated as a holiday next year, a majority of our guest list won't have to work, so I doubt anyone will have issues.

I didn't read the previous posts but do whichever works best for you. I'd also keep in mind that people would be expecting a Sunday wedding to be a little more mellow. The good thing about doing a Friday could be that your guest list would be limited to the people who really want to be there and care about supporting you enough to get the day off.

We just chose a Sunday because our reception venue is unavailable Fridays and Saturdays (nighclub).

I'm having a Sunday wedding! I think Sunday is easier because you can have a brunch wedding and people are usually off Sundays. But whichever day you choose it will be cheaper than Saturday!

We're doing a Friday I don't think it should be a problem if you send your STD out with enough time so people can request time off

We have family who live 2-3 hours away.

We chose a Sunday -- for the sheer fact that if we have a 3-8 wedding people can still leave and be home in bed by 10-11 pm. Otherwise, having a Friday wedding-- we're asking everyone to take off work. Would they-- absolutely. And I have done it for others in the past. But I would much rather plan accordingly and be home if needed than to take a day off of work to travel. Plus--Sunday deals were amazing

It funny, here In Ireland Friday is one of the most popular days to get married. (bare in mind the average wedding starts at 1pm) Saturday is the most popular, then Friday, the Thursday, followed by other week days.. Whatever day you choose to have you wedding the people who are important to you will make the effort to come.. We got married on a Thursday, those who didn't make it were ill, and we were very surprised by the amount who came and stayed in the hotel on the Wednesday night, nearly 50 people!. Many also stayed the night of and after making a brake of it..go with whichever day suits you best.

We are doing a Friday - neither of us can take a lot of time off so this way we will have a couple days built in for a mini-moon before going back to work. Most of our guests are traveling so the day didn't matter too much.