Trying to decide... Monday/Thursday wedding & reception.

If I had to choose between The 2 I would say Thursday. If you do Monday people are still going to have a whole week of work ahead of them. A friend of mine recently had a Thursday wedding and it worked out fine. I took off of work for Thursday and Friday and then you still have the weekend afterwards.

To get my venue, I ended up with Friday as my wedding day and Thursday as rehearsal, etc. At first I wasn't sure....but now I'm loving it. It opened up all sorts of venues that were booked on Saturdays AND I saved thousands on my venue! And my guests love it cause the hotel is discounted as well

Thursday is very, very common here. People go out on Thursdays all the time!

Okay just an idea... What if you had the ceremony on a Sunday and the reception that Monday? Would your family attend the wedding that way? Budget wise, this would really only ale sense if ceremony and reception are at different locations. I know a two day wedding isn't ideal, but you shouldn't have to cut out your whole family just because his side expects a traditional reception.

Thank you everyone for the input... sounds like Thursday would be the better option. And Teagan, it is something to think about. Thank you! My family is attending the wedding, some just don't want to attend the reception.

Definitely Thursday between the two

Definitely Thursday!! Its a day before Friday and you have the weekend right after. Monday is horrible don't do it Monday its the beginning of the week yuck! People will appreciate the Thursday wedding trust me.

I would pick Thursday. People can take Friday off and have a long weekend if they want to. Thursday is closer to the weekend, more people would feel like celebrating with a weekend coming up, IMO.

The majority of our families don't drink, so after our afternoon ceremony we are having an "afternoon tea" - light food (tortilla wraps, bruschetta, veggies, fruit, cheese), punch, cake, no alcohol). Then after, we're going to dinner, then meeting up with our friends at a club/bar for the "after party" to ring in the New Year where we can then drink!

Heidi, ask your family to come to the reception for the dinner and tell them you understand if they want to leave before the dancing starts.

Wondering -- will you have a daddy/daughter dance?

I would pick Thursday between the two.

Nancy T- We are skipping straight to the mother/son dance, and then me and my FH will have our first dance. Most of my friends know the situation though, which helps. And Emilie- I absolutely love that idea!! Very creative

I would choose Thursday. As a guest, I would just give myself a long weekend at work and skip Friday. For a Monday wedding, I'd probably have to be up at 445 for work so that would really put a damper on my evening.

I say.. go for Thursday!!

We have hosted Thursday weddings many of times...I honestly can not remember ever having a event on a Monday. I would go with Thursday

As a guest I would rather go to a Thursday wedding .

Thursday gets my vote too. I have every other Friday off anyway, so it would really work for me.

Thursday