Friday or Sunday wedding???

We are having a Sunday brunch wedding and so far have gotten positive feedback.

I think a Friday evening is also nice, but consider things like people possibly missing the ceremony due to work schedules, or traffic.

My wedding is on a Sunday evening and we haven't heard any complaints...the way I see it, people who want to be there won't complain and will show up and be happy for us. I'm sure a lot of them will have to take Monday off from work because of travel, but it's for a wedding so I'm sure they won't mind at all

We are having ours on a Friday. We figured that way we don't steal someone's weekend. They have a full 2 days to recover before work. And if they miss the ceremony and only come to the reception, I probably won't notice anyway. In my book I feel you should try to attend BOTH but... if life interferes, so be it. I personally, as a guest would prefer Friday. Years ago I went to a Sunday wedding and I felt like it was jut too much to do.

Mine is on a Sunday. I didn't really receive flack but ppl were asking me y didn't I have it on a sat Lol.

My wedding is on a Friday too because it's way cheaper. My GL is only 60 so I couldn't meet the food and beverage minimum for a Saturday wedding which needed at least 120 to meet it (about $3500 more) so Friday it is.

It's a DW wedding for me and FH ( it's his home town many states away) so OOT guests know ahead of time to arrange travel or any time off and the local guests are just plain happy we're having it there so no flack was flung!

OP, I say go for Friday, I don't think you'll regret it.

We do Fridays and Sundays all the time, (they are SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper here, in the wild wild east...) I keep track of what guest count couples tell me when they book me and what guest count actually happens, and I have to tell you, it's not wildly different on either one. Friday is going to feel more like a party night; Sunday, more relaxed and laid back.

Thursday is rapidly becoming the new Friday here; there are at least four venues I can think of that seriously sell Thursdays.

Another trend that I think is contributing to alternative dates is this; weddings have gotten insane expensive, and many people have longer engagements to save up. This means that venues book up earlier and earlier and by the time you look, Friday, Saturday morning and Sunday night may be what's left. I am still booking us for next spring, but most of the wedding are at "off" times.

My wedding is a Sunday and non of my guest mind! Everyone is excited, they don't care what day it's on.

We're having a Sunday wedding for two reasons: 1. It's significantly cheaper and 2. We have several out of state guests attending who will be arriving Friday night after work. So we plan to spend some time together before the wedding. We would have chosen a Friday, but many of our friends and family said they would prefer not to have to take off work, which we both understand as my FH would have to take off work as well. Our coordinator told us most Sunday weddings held there, the coulple had the ceremony start at 1pm and the reception end at 9, since most guest won't want to stay late if they have to work the next day. So far most of our friends and family seem to be okay with this.

Our wedding is on a Friday. Our family/friends don't mind taking a day off work for a longer weekend in a major city (many of FH's family have never been to Chicago). It'll also give FH time with his best friends that he only sees every couple years because they live so far away.

The majority of out family and friends live here, but we do have some coming from out of town. That did worry me about a Friday wedding, but we went with that mainly for the price. I live in the DC area so i know that renting a venue is more expensive just because of the location.

I think as long as your guest know in enough time they can plan if you chose a Friday date.

Our wedding is on a Sunday too, so far no one has complained that it was on a Sunday. I know we are to expect some people to leave early due to possibly having to work on Monday, but we are fine with that. Both of our families love to party, so we expect a good turn out.

It depends on how far out of town your guests are and time time of day you're planning. Evening weddings are best on Friday and morning weddings are for Sunday. But distance of guests is important because, for example, I'm traveling from CA to my own wedding in GA. A flight in that direction (losing time by crossing time zones) and that distance is essentially a whole day of flying. You wouldn't want guests to need an additional day of PTO just to attend your wedding.

Ours is on a Sunday. I picked that over Friday because it required guests / BP to take less days off work in our case since it is a destination wedding. People will start trickling in on Friday night, and only really have to take Monday off if they really want to. No one has told me that they can't come so far due to it being on a Sunday.

Ours is Friday.... NEXT FRIDAY!!! So, it's weird because lots of my family are teachers aka summers off. And, a lot are also in jobs that are really flexible, as in can work from anywhere. Which was really nice. And all of FHs family is planning on a reunion the next day, so Friday worked for us!

With many traveling this will be a challenge but a Sunday brunch/lunch would probably be best. LESS people will have to work around their schedule.

Even Friday evenings can be challenging with everything you want done as people work that day and may have to leave early and make other arrangements.

I have two issues with the argument of "We're doing ____ and none of our guests mind!"

1. It's highly unlikely that you personally spoke with every last guest that you invited.

2. Even if you did, what is the likelihood that they would give you their honest opinion on the date and time you chose, or anything else for that matter?

Just saying.

Oh and my wedding is on a long weekend Sunday. We absolutely had to have a night when people can stay late but the minimum spend for a Sat was more than double of a Sunday (even long weekend Sundays).

No brainer for us even though we will be spending close to the Sat minimum anyways.

Les, I think weddings are always kind of ehhh time wise. Even when I see Saturday at 3, I think, "Great a whole day wasted." Especially because Saturday is the day where I get ALL my errands done. But, it's not a HUGE deal. So, I think they mean no one has come up and gone "Oh I can't come because of the day, BTW that day is TERRIBLE." It's mostly that it's not any MORE of an inconvenience than any other time.

I'm having a Sunday morning wedding, so people should be able to head home by 5:00 at the latest. So far we haven't gotten any negative reactions. We've just had people tell us how excited they are for breakfast food

We debated Friday vs Sunday because it was a significant savings over Saturday. We went with Sunday for the following reasons:

1. Traffic. Rush hour traffic is horrendous where we live, and our wedding was in a weekend getaway area, so there would have been more traffic on Friday.

2. Travel. Most of our guests were from out of state, so they would have had to take at least 1 day off from work regardless, even with a Saturday wedding. If we chose Friday, then local guests would have had to take the day off or leave work early. OOT guests may have needed to take 2 days off.

I was leaning towards a Friday because I wanted more of a party atmosphere, but my H was insistent on Sunday. It turned out really well.

Our ceremony was at 3, and reception was scheduled to end at 9. Some of the more local people left between 8 and 9 or promptly at 9, but about 3/4 of our total guest list stayed overnight and came to the afterparty, Monday morning brunch, or both.