Friday Weddings

Absolutely! That's a great way to kick off the weekend!

With enough notice, yes. You should definitely start the ceremony as late as possible for those who need to attend after work.

I attended a Friday wedding and it was ok but I had to deal with Friday traffic (in Los Angeles) and had to take half day off work. Just remember it is a work day and people may need to miss or leave early.

With enough notice, I think it would be fine, especially if most guests are local. I would push the start time as late as you can.. maybe 6 if that's possible? So that way people who work until 5 don't have to leave work early.

Send out save the dates 6-10 months before so people can make travel arrangements and schedule time off work. Be prepared for 100% attendance.

View Quoted Comment Thankfully it's just family, my parents are both disabled, his mom usually has a pretty flexible schedule at work, his dad would be the only person I would worry about. But I think he gets off at like 2 in the afternoon, if his wife attends I'm not sure if she works or not. Then I know that both his grandmothers (if one can make it in) is retired. I would take the day off work and he works nights so he would probably take the night before off so he his rested. We really wanted to keep our date as close to our original wedding date as possible. 6 wouldn't be a bad time either, especially since by then here in KY it's not dark yet since our wedding is outside.

I had to change my wedding to a Friday to be able to get married this year. As a friend of mine said, those who want to go will figure out a way. Ceremony for us will be 530 or 6 and then cocktails and dinner. We hope people can make it for dinner.

I would do a Friday wedding but go with the 5p time

View Quoted Comment That's kinda how I feel about it as well. We will send out new save the dates, and then new invitations. Plus with us keeping it small the most people will have to wait is while we get photos and they will end up being in them anyway.

Yes! We are having a Friday wedding but are starting the ceremony at 6. 1 due to parking and 2, so people don’t have to leave work early to come

I’m getting married on a Friday at 4:30pm. My guests are all local. No one has complained about it and honestly, with enough times notice, most guests should be able to make arrangements with work and all.

My concern with the Friday before Easter is that it's Good Friday. If you have anyone who is particularly religious, then you will likely get some declines. Also, if you have Jewish guests, please keep Passover in mind.

That said, I would attend a Friday wedding.

View Quoted Comment It's all Family thankfully our parents, kids, and grandparents.

View Quoted Comment That's what I was thinking, but you never know. They would have at least a 6 month notice and everyone is local. My photographer (if I use her) is a friend of mine and has been wanting to do our pictures for years.

View Quoted Comment I think a sunset wedding would be beautiful! The venue I found has a Gazebo/lake thing. I drove out there yesterday and the sun sets behind it. Our whole wedding and reception should be done in around 2 hours. Especially since were not dancing.

View Quoted Comment They are all local, the only out of town is my fiances grandma and she may or may not make it in since she is in Las Vegas.

We are doing a Friday wedding and as some others have said, those that really want to go will figure out how to be there. I’ve also attended Friday weddings myself, at least 4 within the past 2 years, and they’re really not that big of a hassle. Yes, some people will have to leave work early, but if they have an issue doing that, maybe they shouldn’t be there to begin with.

I agree with everyone else - just give plenty of notice. I would have no problem taking off a half day for a wedding, but I know others have more strict time off policies.

If it helps, we had to postpone our wedding to 3pm on a Friday due to coronavirus. Everyone is super understanding when your wedding has been affected by it. I believe traditional rules don’t apply to corona brides ❤️

View Quoted Comment Yes!!! I feel like everyone is a bit more understanding than if we didn't have to postpone. We were both extremely upset about it, but knew it was for the best. We thought about trying to get married later this year but I had my heart set on April. We started dating April 5th 2016, got engaged April 23 2018, and was supposed to get married April 4th 2020. 😍🥰❤