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Savvy October 2019

Sunday Wedding?

on July 27, 2019 at 10:53 PM Posted in Planning 0 15

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Hi hi! Our wedding is on a Sunday in Lexington, VA (aside from it being WAY cheaper, it also allowed ya to have access to both venues on the property). I’ve been to a couple Sunday weddings, and it’s never been a thing for me. Buuuut should I be expecting majority of the people we’ve invited to not come? FH’s family lives in Vermont, and my family is in VA. We also have friends and family all over the country.

I don’t mind if it’s a small wedding (and it’ll be cheaper for us, for sure!), but my FH fears that no one from his side will come because of the distance, and it being on a Sunday. Which I understand, but we’ve gotten room blocks at a super discounted rate, and even get several cheap Airbnb options as well, because we knew everyone would be traveling.

For those of you who are having your wedding on a Sunday, how many people are you anticipating? And for those who have had Sunday weddings, what was the turnout?

thank you!!

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Latest activity by Cristina, on July 29, 2019 at 1:20 PM

Devoted October 2019
Carol · on July 27, 2019 at 11:04 PM
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We're having a Sunday wedding, too, and inviting about 80 people. The only ones I'm worried about are the ones with school-age kids, but we're ending the reception at 9pm. I can't imagine more than half a dozen people declining because it's a Sunday.
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Gen · on July 27, 2019 at 11:30 PM
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We had a Sunday wedding too, with a lot of out of town people... literally NO ONE complained about it being on a Sunday (actually several people said they preferred it!) I don’t think our decline rate would’ve been any lower if it was on Saturday.
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Cher Horowitz · on July 28, 2019 at 12:33 AM
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If someone who meant the world to me was getting married on a Sunday, I would do anything in my power to be there! Regardless of distance, most will make it work if they truly want to attend the wedding
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Colleen · on July 28, 2019 at 12:38 AM
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I agree and if they can sometimes you can’t get the day off depending on your job. But I agree most will be able to. Maybe if you can make it earlier depending on how far guest have to travel they may be able to make it in Monday.
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Devin · on July 28, 2019 at 8:34 AM
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We are having a Sunday wedding in October in Ga where I live and every single person from FH side is having to drive from FL. We just sent invites 2 weeks ago but so far we haven’t had any declines from the 135 we invited.
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Jennifer · on July 28, 2019 at 8:46 AM
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We are inviting 90 and I expect 80 to 85 to come. We checked with the VIPs first before booking on a Sunday and no one had an issue. The only problem I think we could encounter is with my out of state family. But that would be an issue regardless of the day. Our list is tight knit, so I don't expect any issues. Everything ends at 9pm and most of our guests are local. We also sent out save the dates super early to make sure everyone knows it's a Sunday well in advance.
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Bohobride19 · on July 28, 2019 at 9:14 AM
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I am getting married on a Monday, but it is a destination wedding so I didn’t worry too much about people not coming because it isn’t on a weekend. I think that if people have to travel to get to the wedding having it on a Sunday shouldn’t be a problem, as they would have to take a few days to travel anyway.
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Meghan · on July 28, 2019 at 9:19 AM
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I am not getting married in a Sunday, but speaking from a guests point of view, I think it depends on the time of your wedding. I don’t think you will have less people attend, they may just leave a little earlier than normal so they can head home to get ready for work the next day.
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Megan · on July 28, 2019 at 9:34 AM
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I went to a Sunday wedding and I get that it can be cheaper and I enjoyed myself, it was a wedding I had to travel for but, we made a vacation out of it rather than just going to the wedding. We arrived in Colorado from Ohio on Wednesday and left Monday morning.

I know this is extra money, but have you considered doing some kind of laid back welcome lunch or dinner on Friday or Saturday, to give everyone an opportunity to see and catch up with you? Maybe if they know there will be more than one event or have multiple opportunities to see you guys they will be more likely to turn it into a weekend trip or few day trip?

I think the biggest thing is just giving people enough time to know so they can prepare, request off work, if kids are invited- request school work if missing days of school, find babysitters if kids not invited.
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Btbride · on July 28, 2019 at 10:51 AM
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I’m getting married this upcoming Sunday and we had almost 100% of our guests RSVP, including a few out of state folks. Hopefully we don’t have a ton of no shows on the day of, but I obviously can’t speak to that yet. We are doing an evening wedding, but it will end at 9pm so as not to go too late on a Sunday. We might have some people leave earlier than that and that’s fine with us, we aren’t party all night types! I liked the idea of a brunch or lunch wedding, but it didn’t really work with our venue’s opening hours, since it’s an active tourist destination and I didn’t want to have our wedding when it was open.
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Btbride · on July 28, 2019 at 10:53 AM
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I’ll add that I haven’t had anyone complain about it being on a Sunday!
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Lex · on July 28, 2019 at 11:02 AM
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We are having our wedding on Sunday and other than a few complaints about moving their bookings (wedding was originally Saturday, but the venue changed as did our day) we haven’t had any complaints. It’s also a 3 day weekend so most people would be off anyway. We have 40 of our 50 guests coming.
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Cristina · on July 28, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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I'm planning a Sunday wedding also. Essentially 95% of our guest list lives out of state. We don't anticipate more than 100 to show. (Immediate family alone makes up 25% of the guest list).
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Alisha · on July 28, 2019 at 8:29 PM
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We are having a Sunday wedding and we are inviting about 100 guests. I am anticipating that we will most of our guests coming to the wedding. We do not have any complaints.
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Cristina · on July 29, 2019 at 1:20 PM
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We are also having a Sunday wedding from 4-10 and anticipate 110 people but think it'll be more like 95. We chose Sunday because it was much cheaper and thought many people could take that Monday off if they choose. Either way even if we don't have that many people we are okay with it being small and that's more money saved for us lol.
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