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Bridget
Savvy November 2022

How many days are you taking off before the big day

Bridget, on April 13, 2022 at 10:21 PM Posted in Community Conversations 4 17
So I’m planning on taking 1-2 days off from work before the big day. Is that too short? Do I need more days off? What’s yours? My goal is to have everything done before the week and have Tuesday and Wednesday free for my Thursday wedding.

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Latest activity by Allison, on May 25, 2022 at 12:22 PM
  • Samantha
    Expert April 2022
    Samantha ·
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    I’m planning on taking Wed, Thurs, and Fri off (getting married on Sat, 4/23!).
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  • Mrs.evans
    VIP October 2022
    Mrs.evans ·
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    I'm taking off 2 different months 1month will be 3days for bridal shower and bachelorette party weekend which we are going away and then a week for the wedding because I have to make that last minute things for my wedding party and myself hair nails etc.Before our wedding day
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  • Lydia
    Devoted December 2022
    Lydia ·
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    Since our wedding is New Year’s Eve, we’ll be taking quite a bit of time off- basically the whole week after Christmas til new years
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  • J
    Rockstar March 2022
    JA ·
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    I took off Wed, Thurs, Fri for Saturday wedding. It was plenty of time for me! I could've definitely just done thurs/Fri but it was nice and relaxing. My husband only took off Friday and we slept in and enjoyed the day until our rehearsal! We both wished we would have taken Monday off, so if you can I highly recommend!
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  • Taylor
    VIP October 2022
    Taylor ·
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    We’re getting married 4 hours away. We might go Thursday night so we can go do paperwork Friday and our wedding is on a Sunday. We’re planning to move like a week before our wedding 😅 so my goal is to basically have everything for the wedding done way before the week of
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  • Caitlin
    Devoted January 2023
    Caitlin ·
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    Our wedding is in Puerto Rico so we're heading down a little over a week ahead of our wedding. I'm taking the week ahead of the wedding off for a few reasons: 1) I'm a licensed mental health therapist and licenses don't cross state lines so can't safely legally work from PR anyways. 2) If I COULD work from PR then my days would go from 3-9pm due to the time difference which sounds rough. 3) We aren't going back to PR before this time so that week on my end will be spent doing hair and makeup trials and finalizing things in person with vendors as well as chilling on the beach. My fiancé is planning on working some from there though I believe

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  • Paige
    VIP October 2022
    Paige ·
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    I'm just taking off the Friday before (getting married on a Saturday). I have a box on the counter of all the day-of things we have to drop off with our coordinator that I've been adding to as it arrives or we purchase (cake topper, guest book, etc.), so that will all be consolidated and ready to go. I'm planning to drop that off, pick up FH's tux, check into the hotel I'll be staying at and drop off my dress, overnight bag, etc., and then I'll probably spend the rest of the day chilling out or visiting with family until the rehearsal. Our coordinator is handling all the last-minute vendor check-ins, so that takes a lot of the finalizing off my plate. We're taking off for our honeymoon the Sunday after, so I'll be taking the next week off. I may also take off the Monday and Tuesday afterwards just to get everything reorganized.

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  • C
    Dedicated December 2022
    Ciara ·
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    I plan on taking off the day before, which is a Friday, for our Saturday (12/3/22) wedding. The week before is the week of Thanksgiving, so I’ll have most of the week off from work and be able to work on and finalize anything that I can and then just have small stuff and decorating to do the day before the wedding. If I can’t get as much accomplished in the 1 - 2 weeks before, I may also take off that Wednesday and Thursday, but I’d rather save my time in case I want to take off a little longer after we get back from the honeymoon.
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    I only took one day off haha. i figured that i was preparing things little at a time leading up to the wedding and i didn't want to take more time off considering i was going to take so much time for my honeymoon after already

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  • Miranda
    Savvy April 2022
    Miranda ·
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    I am not working currently but when I was I was going to take off Wednesday thrusday Friday and Monday. Before our wedding on 4/23/2022 my fiancé will be taking off Friday Saturday Sunday Monday since she works weekends
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  • Liz
    Devoted June 2022
    Liz ·
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    We’re taking off the week before and after our Friday wedding and then honeymoon the week after. But we also own our own business and can make our own schedule. The flip side is if we don’t take off that amount of time we won’t have time to do things we need to do together like go get our marriage license. We also have our rehearsal dinner on Thursday night.
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  • Ashlee
    Super September 2022
    Ashlee ·
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    I'll be working Monday/Tuesday of our wedding week, with the rest of the week (and the entire following week) off work. My FH can only take off Friday/Saturday of the wedding week and has a vacation week the week after.

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  • Grace
    Super February 2022
    Grace ·
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    My wedding was a Tuesday so I worked the full week beforehand and then had Saturday-Monday to prepare. 3 days felt like the right amount of time to me since I had lots of help and support from my family.
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  • Sloane
    Super May 2022
    Sloane ·
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    Wedding is 5/28/22. Taking off a week prior and a week thereafter.
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  • S
    Devoted September 2022
    Sara ·
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    I’m taking the whole week before and after off, but our wedding is 9/10/22 so the Saturday after Labor Day so it is really only 4 work days off that first week and 5 the following week. I don’t really know what I’m going to do with myself, but I’m sure I’ll find stuff to do plus with so many people in town, it will be nice to just relax!
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  • C
    Dedicated July 2024
    C.o.w. ·
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    I was thinking of taking off 1 week before the wedding. I currently live in Ohio and we are getting married in GA where he's from. Then we relocate to GA
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  • Allison
    Devoted May 2022
    Allison ·
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    I took Wednesday-Friday off before my Saturday wedding and I thought it was the perfect amount of time!

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