Pros/Cons of having a weekday wedding.

We chose labor day weekend for that reason.

I dont believe it's selfish. It's literally one day and we'll go on our honey moon that night. Most people are in state like i said previously

I agree with most posters. You just need to know your crowd. If most of your guests are in town and don't mind taking that Friday off, or you don't mind the party ending earlier, then a Thuraday is fine.

I'm personally not a huge fan of Thursdays or Sundays for the same reasons. Depending on the type of wedding and where it is, I'm more than likely going to be taking at least one day off of work, or I'm going to party less and leave early because I'll have to be at work the next morning.

The major pro of a Thursday or Sunday is definitely less money spent on your part. The negative is that it's more inconvenient for guests, or it could be less of a party atmosphere than you're hoping for. I honestly think the only great days are Fridays and Saturdays.

Re PP...I also work Saturdays but the majority of people do not. So I am having a Saturday wedding for the convenience of my guests.

Our venues are are selling Thursdays like mad. The decline rate is not really as huge as you think, and the pricing is tremendous.

Not everyone works 'regular' hours.....unless I'm marrying you, I can't come to your Saturday wedding....

Not sure if you are responding to me but everybody I know has weekends off except myself(I work in healthcare) and 3 of my friends who are air traffic controllers. They were notified months in advance so that they could request off during their bidding week. So out of 150 people 2% have abnormal work weeks. I would say that unless the majority of your friends are in a similar field as you...weddings, events, air traffic controllers, service(restaurants/hotel), healthcare with weekends on...then with the average population you are looking at maybe max 10-15% of wedding guests work weekends. So for me, I want to make my wedding the least inconvenient day for the majority of my guests. My personal choice, obviously others make different decisions.

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Also I vote for Sunday over Thursday for this reason...most people will have Sundays off versus Thursday. They will only have to take one day off if they are out of town instead of two(only Monday versus Thursday and Friday).

@StPaulGirl I don't think it's at all selfish, but along the lines of knowing your guests. Saturday weddings are TERRIBLE for me with my work schedule, and I would be more inclined to do literally any other day of the week as a guest.

If OP's guest list in compromised almost entirely of 9-5ers then I could see how that can be a kick in the ass, but it all depends on the crowd, and the degree to which they want to attend. ETA: The price difference could also very well mean being able to host a wedding or not, and if it's selfish to want a wedding within the confines of one's budget, so be it.

As a guest, I'd prefer a late day wedding/short reception on Mon-Thurs. For a Sun, it would be nice to have a brunch instead of later in the day....

ETA I do NOT think it's selfish to have a wedding...any damn day of the week! It's the couple's choice (special date, vendor/venue availability, costs, etc). If it's inconvenient for the guests...they will make a personal decision to attend or decline the invite (invite does not mean a requirement). The couple just has to realize that the attendance will be lower & just accept that.

I think you just have to consider your guest list. You'll know best who can make it or can't, what kind of jobs they have, etc.

I'm having a Friday wedding (not sure if you consider this a weekday wedding) and I'm starting later in the evening (6:45) and we only had 12 people decline for our wedding (2 are from out of state, 2 live in South America so that was sort of expected). It depends on your crowd. I knew a majority of my crowd could probably duck out early on a Friday so I chose that option. Maybe if you give them a good head start they could put in for time off.

I've never been to a wedding on a weekday, nor have I been invited to one. In all honesty, I probably wouldn't go. Can you invite less people and have it on a Saturday? Feels like a major inconvenience for guests. I'd rather go to a cake and punch reception on the weekend than anything on a weekday!

Depends on vendor, but discounts.

I'm having mine on a Friday. I was shocked with how many people are taking off/leaving work early. Those people think we are important so they are finding a way to get there. Mind you I'm having a 2:30 start time. You choose what you want and people who really want to be there will be.

Just yesterday I attended a Friday wedding and it turned out great! Locals just came after work since it was at 5:30 and OOT guests just came in a day earlier. I feel like OOT guests usually take a day or two off of work anyway so in this case they took off Sunday but will definitely be back for Monday.

My wedding is on a Thursday evening. We are starting our wedding at 5pm and it should end around 11. We gave our guest a year and a half advanced notice (we've been engaged for 2 years now) that it would be on a Thursday. I say, know your guest and give them plenty of notice of the date so that they can work out work schedules.

We had that same problem we decided to just switch it to Saturday . I also thought if they WANT to be there they'll be there point blank.

There isn't even a question in my mind. I would attend a Sunday wedding without a hesitation. A Thursday wedding? Yeah, hesitation, and probably a decline...unless you were my immediate family or best friend.

Sunday is a day off for most people. Thursday is not a day off for most people.

My FH and I are having our wedding on a Monday afternoon. Originally we wanted to have it on our dating anniversary which is on a Monday however, the venue we chose didn't have that date available. When we chose the new date we decided to keep the wedding on a Monday for budgetary reasons.

Most of our family and some of our friends are coming in from out of town and would be taking time off from work anyway so that wasn't really a huge concern for us. Additionally we have sent out save the dates well in advance and the invitations closer to the wedding so our guests will have plenty of time to take off from work.

I got married on a Thursday wedding and i was great! Saved us a ton of money! Like many have said - know your guests. We had many from OOT. Had about 4 or 5 people decline and had 106 in attendence. Ceremony was at 7pm and those traveling made a long weekend out of it! Befofe booking we made sure it would work for our VIPs and once they agreed we went ahead with the planning.