Friday weddings: pro's, con's, discounts?

I think the day of the week & the month are big factors. I had a really nice lady in line behind me at wal-mart the other day and I had said I was getting married in September & feared the heat in my huge gown & she told me that June & September are the two most expensive months to have a wedding. I didn't know that. But with the venue being something my Dad got without hassle and everything else being pretty much DIY I am not concerned with the price as most brides would be. I am doing my flowers, centerpieces, someone is doing my cake, my mom and her friends are doing the food and a friend & her husband are doing pictures. She is using a Nikon & he is going to have her regular digital for candid moments. So I can't come from every brides point of view but maybe if possible to move the date forward a month or backward a month & you may save some $$$. Possibly in the triple digits or even quad digits.

My reception site has the same price for fridays and sundays, and we selected sunday because we don't want people to have to duck out of work early to try to make it on time. fridays are great if you have a later ceremony, and then you can stay up super late without worrying about people leaving, but at the same time then you won't have as much time for the fun stuff.

my fiance and i managed to get the sunday of MLK weekend, and it's PERFECT- we can spend the morning and day of our wedding getting ready, ceremony at 4, and then the monday after is a holiday. so we got the sunday price with a friday feel. i strongly suggest looking in to stuff like that, because otherwise we wouldn't have been as enthusiastic about doing a sunday wedding.

Every one of my vendors gave me a discount for booking on Friday. My venue also lowered the food and bev. minimums. I was a little concerned that some people wouldn't be able to make it, but i just moved my ceremony to 5:30pm and they were able to work a half day instead. It was great, we partied Friday, relaxed on Sat, did last minute packing for honeymoon starting Sunday.

The biggest con of a Friday wedding is that people may miss the ceremony or be late for dinner.

Sunday wedding con is that people may leave early.

We opted for the Sunday wedding because I would rather have everyone there to witness us actually get married.

We got pretty good discounts for having it on Friday. Our ceremony is intimate and only with immediate family and our wedding party. Friday for us was best because we leave for our honeymoon on Saturday afternoon.

I'm starting to lean towards a friday night ceremony and reception to help save money. Our guest list is strictly family who will do anything to be at our wedding, friends in town, and a few best friends out of town (2.5 hour drive) If we did a 6:30 or 7 ceremony, that gives the people driving from out of town almost all day to get here.

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We do almost as many Friday weddings as we do Saturday. Almost every wedding vendor will give you a discount for Friday and Sunday. We give $100 off and discount our LED Uplighting. Guests love having the rest of the weekend to themselves to enjoy or vacation if they are in town for your wedding!

My FBIL got married on a Friday and it was terrible as a guest. Over half the guest list was from out of state and even though they saved almost half choosing a Friday night it was hard for most guests. Instead of taking one day off of work many had to take 2 days to travel, kids missed school, and many missed the 4 pm ceremony who where local, because there was a bad accident on the highway and people got stuck in traffic. I would consider who is important to have at your wedding when deciding on a day.

My ONLY problem would be moving the wedding date. My FH and I love the number 11 (lol for many reasons, too many to list). We want to get married on the 11th, and the closest 11 date would be march instead of june.

My parents are renewing their vows 6/12 (thanks a lot mom...) since all the family will be in town anyway

With my Venue (im getting married on a Friday) the cost for rental space was 1/2 price on a friday and the minumiums were 20% less. Which saves me a TON on money. The DJ, photog, cake vendor etc were not discounted because it was a Friday but the money I did save on the venue was well worth it. My RSVP date was yesterday (I still have about 5 - 10 missing) but I have not had once decline because it was on a Friday. I hope that helps I'd say if the date you want ends up being on a Friday do it. People will come.

We are having a Friday wedding. The cost of the venue was 1/2 price and the beverage price was also cheaper. I figure that if people really want to be at your wedding they will take off from work. It's not an inconvience if they really care about you. Also, if you send the invites out early enough people have time to plan.

My cousin is having a Friday wedding two weeks after me, we looked into the idea for our wedding but it didn't work for us. It works for her for these reasons

1. Almost all the guests are local

2. Over 75% of the guests do not have young children and are under 40

3. They are having the ceremony and reception in the same place cutting out travel time and making it possible to not start until 6:30 giving people time to get there from work.

They did get a really nice discount on their venue, almost 30% a very expensive venue here in Cincinnati but they did have to guarantee a certain number of guests to get the discount.

I would do a friday wedding ONLY if it was at night. It's easy to say "if people care about you they will be there". But with today's economic situation that's just NOT a fair assumption. I would never put my guests (who really care about me and who really want to come) in a situation where my wedding is on a Friday afternoon, and they have to choose between losing their job and coming to my wedding. We could have done a friday afternoon, but for us it was worth spending a little extra so our guests could come and it would be convenient for them. But that's my two cents on it

Our wedding is next Friday and it doesn't seem to be a problem for the guests since we have 170 out of 220 attending. About 70% are from out of town. The people that WANT to be there will be there, so if you want to do a Friday, do it. We also got a lot of discounts. Half Price room rental, no food and bev minimum, free add-ons.

I thought about having our wedding on a weekday or a sunday, but it just didn't feel right to me. I love going to weddings on weekdays it adds a little fun to the middle of the week lol. but for my wedding I want traditional, i have no idea why, i am traditional no where else in my life. but for some reason or another I want a saturday wedding in a catholic church with tons of bridesmaids lol. oh but no white on white cake for me...it will be purple...so i guess im keeping a little edge.

I thought about a Friday wedding too but the downside is like someone said earlier, people having to take off from work or leave early so they attend. I also didn't like the idea of everything feeling rushed. I guess if the ceremony and reception are held in the same place then a friday wedding may not be that bad. It depends ont who the person is for whether or not I would attend a Friday wedding to be honest.

I got married on a Friday. We didn't plan it really, it was our actual anniversary and we didn't want to wait another year to have it on a Saturday. Friday was great because yeah we did get a lot of deals. I'm not sure they were that great, but it made it much easier to start the conversation about getting a deal rather than bringing it up out of nowhere. The only problem was that it was after work so people were tired and we ended up going from 6-10. The one thing I would do differently would be take pictures before the wedding if you're getting married on a Friday. Time is already limited and it will give you an extra hour with guests.