Friday wedding vs Sunday wedding.

I've been to both Friday and Sunday weddings as a guest and I personally prefer Friday!! (Even if you have to do the rehearsal on Thursday night)

I feel like people definitely drink less on Sunday nights and still try to go to work the next morning! Also for me it's always easier to request a Friday off work than a Monday!

Here are a few other discussions where people have weighed in on the same decision:

Friday vs Sunday Weddings

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Pros/cons: Friday evening or Sunday evening wedding?

I would go for a Friday night as many people would probably prefer that they didn't have to go to work the next day. Sunday nights would mean a hard Monday morning . Friday means you have Saturday and Sunday to spend time with your guests as well if you wanted to before you head off on your honeymoon.

We decided on doing a Friday wedding as it was cheaper and many people don't work Saturdays so we know people won't leave early. We have guests coming from out of town as well and Friday just worked for us. 😀

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Honestly going to go against the grain here and say I'd rather do a Sunday brunch wedding than a Friday night wedding if I was traveling from out of state. Agreed not Sunday night. If I was traveling, I'd have to take off probably all day Friday or at least a portion of Friday, and the wedding party will need to take off Thursday and Friday. For a Sunday brunch type wedding, folks can travel home that evening.

We're having a Sunday wedding - the people who are travelling to be there are our closest friends and family, so they already have planned to spend at least a few days before and after the wedding. Local friends and fam will either take Monday off or celebrate responsibly. We haven't run into any issues when telling people it's on a Sunday. We may get some declines for that reason when invites go out, but we aren't too concerned. It also helps that we decided on the date and told everyone almost a year and a half in advance, lol!

I'd definitely vote for Friday night or Sunday brunch if you're open to a daytime thing, but not Sunday night. That said, totally depends on your guests and what they're accustomed to. My husband's family and many of his friends are Jewish and I got a lot of shade for having a Saturday wedding (even though we started after sundown so we avoided Shabbat). The older are more traditional members of that crowd are accustomed to Sunday weddings and might not have minded being tired Monday morning or having to take Monday off.

I think you were looking for itineraries - I don't have examples of either but would say if it's Friday, it would be a nice gesture for your WP to make the rehearsal same-day (we were able to basically just skip a rehearsal and show our WP the space during pre-ceremony photos, and that worked out fine). If it has to be the day/night before, maybe communicate it as "optional" with no pressure to attend so your WP doesn't feel they need to travel on Wednesday.