Friday wedding?

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I think the biggest question you have to ask yourself if a lot of people will be traveling in for your wedding. I don't mind taking off a single day or half day for a wedding, but if you have people flying in that might mean also taking off Thursday, depending on timing/flights/locations. For me, that would be a no for everyone who isn't family/very best friends.

Friends of mine had a Friday wedding and it was great to have an extra day to see everyone over the weekend. Plus, a shorter work week.

We're doing a Friday wedding on a 3 day weekend *gasp* lol.

Our situation was very similar, the venue we wanted only had Friday's in October which is when we wanted the wedding to take place. If you don't want to wait until April for a Saturday, I do believe it's a know your crowd thing with this one. However, I think waiting until April will still fly by in the blink of an eye lol.

Most of our family members don't work a 9-5 M-F job, and if they do they are able to take time off with ease. I actually asked a handful of family members beforehand if it would be a deal breaker for a Friday wedding. Everyone said they were perfectly fine with it. So we went ahead and booked the venue for a Friday. It's not about the money, but I think we're also saving about $5,000 lol. So that's pretty cool. Luckily, Friday wasn't a big deal for my guests.

I agree with PP. If the wedding was local to me, I wouldn't have a problem taking off half a day if I was close to the person. I've been invited to a few weddings the FH knows and probably wouldn't have taken off for those. If a lot of your friends/family will be traveling they may not be able to take off for a Friday wedding. That's just something you'd have to consider. Also, if kids are invited.. are the parents willing to take them out of school early to come to your wedding? Is it worth possibly missing out on some friends/family to do a Friday wedding?

If the wedding is local, and/or after 6, I have no issue with it. Having it later makes it easier for people with less flexible work hours.

Friday’s are hard. You have people having to take off Thursday, and maybe even Wednesday. But can be done. And if there are little ones they might be in school and then the parents have to decide to pull them out for 2-3 days.
Thus you might have fewer people. But you know the attendees and can determine if it is more feasible.

We're getting married on a Friday at 5pm. We love the idea of having a late night wedding & reception and then people have the rest of the weekend to do what they want to do

I think this is very much a “know your crowd” type of thing.

I was dead set against a Friday wedding, as my cousin got married at 1pm on a Friday several years ago and it ruffled a lot of feathers in my family.

However when we looked at our guest list, we realised 1/3 was coming from the US (we’re in Australia) and it didn’t matter if we were Saturday or Tuesday they were going g to have to miss SOME work. 1/3 is a little older and don’t work. And the rest are our friends, who are a mix of unconventional work schedules (such as cops, own their own business etc). So what do you know, we’re getting married on a Friday morning lol.

It’s a “know your crowd” and travel question. If guests are local & traffic in your city isn’t terrible (LA or NYC on a Friday night? Forget about it .), then a Friday night sounds like a fabulous night for a party.