Wedding Date

They’re rare but they’re not unusual. I’ve definitely heard more of a Thursday wedding than Wednesday. However, it’s possible. I think it depends on the guest count, decor and intimacy of the wedding to really pull off a Wednesday wedding. Also, I would consider keeping everything at one location especially, since it’s not the weekend.

They are cheaper for the couple, but they can be more difficult for guests if they have to take time off of work, especially if traveling is involved.

I’m not a fan.... but some people do it. However, expect a smaller crowd and for guests to leave early.

If I had a weekday wedding, I would make it very small and intimate.., have a dinner reception and call it a night.

My wedding is on a Thursday! It was thousands cheaper and we liked the date more. Plus, since most of our guests are from out of town, they will have to take a few days off to travel anyway.

A little weird yes. I went to a Thursday wedding a couple of years ago, and the bride ended up pretty hurt because many didn't show, and many who did left early because of work and kids' school the next day.

I've been to a Wednesday wedding, it was great. In this case vast majority of attendees were either small business owners or freelancers or students or people who came from overseas just to be at the wedding. It was fun, everyone danced all night etc. But if people had to be up to go to work the next day I wouldn't expect the guests to drink a lot or let loose or dance and prob leave a little early. I'd just expectations on that.

Just expect less people to stay late or come in general. I have a monday wedding ending at 9pm and I know not all will even stay that latdd

We had a Wednesday wedding and invited 120 and 110 showed. We saved thousands plus we had a no kids wedding. Because we had a wide range of ages in attendance and didn't want the reception long, we cut out some things like bouquet/garter toss as we are super mature...(55/65 widow/widower) and those effects weren't important to us. Everything was held at our church of which we are regular members, and the reception was held in our dining hall. We purposely had a Wednesday wedding to keep the whole event at 3 hours. We started at 6p and the send off was at 9p. Of course we didn't do alcohol nor dancing because it's church and it wasn't an aspect that was important to us. (We dance a lot at home...haha) Everyone was served a delicious meal with dessert. We had a full slate of vendors and my coordinator was worth every cent. We also rented a decorator along with servers, a breakdown and clean up crew , so all we had to do was show up and leave at the end. Our budget was 5k and we only went over by about 1k. Wednesdays may not be for everyone but it's doable.

It would be difficult for me to attend a Tuesday/Wednesday wedding.

Are your guest mostly in town and driving distance? They would likely have to take off at least a half-day of work to get ready for a wedding.

I understand the savings aspect, but I would still have a wedding on a weekend, even Sunday.

If you can accept that a good amount of your guests won't be able to attend, then by all means go for it. It does definitely save the couple money. I'm actually attending a Wednesday wedding at 6:30PM this week. It's pretty inconvenient if I'm being honest. I have to leave work an hour early and the venue is 45 minutes away from where almost all of the guests live, so I'm just hoping to stay long enough to not be rude but still get home by 10:00. The bride is under the impression that everyone is going to stay and "party" all night long, but the vast majority of people invited are people we work with who have to work the next day so I already know that won't happen.

I planned on having our wedding on a Saturday but the dates I wanted weren't available and I didn't want to wait until next fall to get married. So we decided on a Sunday afternoon wedding. Of course some folks still won't come, but the whole thing will be wrapped up by 8PM so everyone who does come will have plenty of time to get back home and get ready for work the next day (if they don't take off and make it a long weekend).

I do think it's odd. Buuuut it's a party ppl will come.

Its not odd, my wedding is on a Thursday and in my case Im not saving money on the venue but its the only date they had. My wedding is super small 62 ppl its mostly family and a couple of close friends... but I anticipate them being elated about being present at our wedding and it being on a Thursday shouldn't be a problem at all. In short do whats best for you, those that matter will be there.

I would prefer to do Friday if it has to be weekday

If you are having local people, it has to be late enough so they are off work, and short enough so that they can get to bed in time to get up the next morning. So the question is whether that is the type of wedding you want.

If you are having people from out of town, they would likely have to take three days off from work--Wednesday to travel there, Thursday for the wedding, and Friday to travel home. This will limit the number of people who will attend.

So no, it's not weird. But you do have to understand that it will severely limit the kind of wedding you can have, and your guest list.