Sunday evening receptions

Both weddings I've been to recently have been Sunday weddings. I would recommend having everything wrapped up by maybe 10 or 11. I left early both times, but I'm not much for the drinking/dancing part. A lot of people did stay though.

I've never had a problem turning up to work hungover on a Monday.

I've never been to one, and I wouldn't decline because it's a Sunday-- but, to be honest, I'd leave around 8 PM because I have to wake up really early for work and I get anxiety over work on Sunday nights. If I had off the next day (holiday weekend) it wouldn't be a problem. I think if it started a little earlier and ended at 9 it would solve that for a lot of people

I have done a Sunday morning wedding and had a blast. I loved the food (brunch), it started around 11 which gave me enough time to get my makeup done and it ended early enough I could go home and still prep for work.

Sunday evening though I would be leaving early to get a goodnight's rest for work the next day unless I happened to be off.

I'm having a Sunday afternoon/early evening wedding. (2-7 reception) I'm not having it early because it's a Sunday but because I'm not a night person. I've always heard on here that if people show up at all to a Sunday evening reception then they'll leave after dinner, will barely drink or dance. However, irl the Sunday weddings I've been to haven't been any different than the Saturday weddings I've been to. There was no mass exit of guests after dinner. Most everyone stayed to the end (between midnight-1am) The dance floor was full and people took advantage of the open bar. Now, I'm sure there are people out there that will leave early but for the most part I think that it's not as common as ww will have you believe.

We will be having ours on a Sunday, but it is a long weekend, and the reception will end by 5, so it is really afternoon. I think it depends a lot on your crowd, if they are traveling, have a family, etc. Lots of people on my team at work have Monday off, so for them it wouldn't matter. For most people I think it would be tough to celebrate into late evening and still get everything done (including sleep) before the next day).

We do them every week, generally starting between 3 and 6 PM. No gaps please.

On a side note, my colleague, who is a rabbi, does weddings pretty much every Friday and Saturday. It depends on how strict your rabbi is and whether they are marrying you at the venue or in a temple.

I went to a Sunday wedding a couple of weeks ago. The ceremony started at 4:30 followed by cocktail hour, followed by dinner. Everything was over by 9:00. I enjoyed it as a guest. My wedding will be on a Sunday as well, so I'm expecting the same thing as far as it being over by 9:00. I think I have my venue until 9:30. I would say just be prepared to have people leave early because it would be considered a work night.

Same with our wedding! It's on a Sunday and over an hour drive. Means some people will leave earlier and will drink less. We were expecting 125 and going to have about 105. Saturday was taken at our venue over a year in advance so we chose Sunday. It saves money and may mean not as many people may come. If you're ok with that then it will be wonderful!

I am not having a Sunday wedding, but I am doing a Thursday night wedding next summer. We fell in love with our venue and worked around what we could afford. I know people will not be able to make it due to work commitments and that's okay to us. People will make it work if they want to celebrate the day with you.

I work in the theatre industry where most every one of my colleagues is off on monday so Sunday evening is convenient for us.

We planned it over labor day weekend to accommodate our family and other guest not in the industry with travel, so they would have to take less time off work.

I honestly don't think its a big deal. If its not a holiday weekend I would end closer to 10pm so people who have to work in the morning have enough time to go home and get decent sleep.

Thanks, everyone! I was actually debating whether to pay extra for an extra hour at the end but it sounds like that won't be necessary.

To be honest, I'm usually annoyed by them. Very rarely is anyone in the mood to party and celebrate unless there is a monday holiday. Sunday weddings are just more laid back.

We had a Sunday evening wedding. Nobody left before 11.

I just went to my friends wedding last weekend that was Sunday, ceremony at 4:30pm, reception was 6-11pm. I took off Monday since they did a brunch the next morning at 12:30pm and me and my FW wanted to be able to attend. (She was also a BM).

Our wedding is on a Sunday Ceremony starts at 4pm Receptions ends at 9pm both at same venue.

I never turn Sunday weddings down, but I definitely don't get as rowdy at them. Unless I'm in the BP or have to travel out of state to it I won't take off on Monday. I have very little vacation time and I like to save it where possible. And I cannot function at work hungover as much as I wish I could. I've seen Sunday receptions that clear our an hour before they end and always feel bad for the couple, since they put so much time and money into one night just to have a ton of guests bounce.

9-5s are slowly being phased out, my FH had to take more than one vacation days on Saturdays to go to weddings, because he or me don't work Monday-Friday 9-5 or a variation of that. This world is slowly becoming less of regular weekends, so although the majority of your guests might find it helpful to have a wedding on a Saturday, I'd be better off taking off a Sunday personally. I also find that SO many jobs don't stop for the weekend and would actually prefer a Sunday! But UO. Mine is on a Saturday though too so I feel your pain.