Wedding on a Thursday ?

Put paging Gymmie in your title. She had a kick-ass Thursday wedding

Why don't you move from Miami to Broward? Or west palm?

I've tried all the way up until Orlando and it's either not our taste or it goes over budget. This venue is charging $950 for the whole day. :o

Ahhh okies. As for a Thursday wedding, expect a bunch of No responses. But for everything else I don't know.

Check with your VIPs. If people are coming from out of town (or even in town, really), they may have to take several days off of work, which most folks can't do.

Try the Bamboo Gallery in Davie. My brother was on a strict budget. They did well for him.

Check with your VIPs. It can be done, but you may get more declines than you would for a Saturday.

I'd rather cut down my guest list before having a Thursday wedding. If people want to enjoy themselves they'll have to take off work Thursday and Friday probably. That's a lot of ask of people.

I had a Thursday night wedding this May - during Memorial Day weekend, to boot.

190 invited, 146 adults RSVPd, with 4 children and 7 no-shows.

7pm ceremony, 7:30pm cocktail hour, reception from 8:30pm-12:30am.

Our decline rate was the average for the U.S. I know people who had a higher decline rate for a local wedding on a Saturday night.

Gotta know your crowd, yo. LOL

Here are some pics (and advice) for your viewing pleasure. lol

Non-Pro BAM:

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/gymrats-thursday-night-long-island-bam-non-pro/f28c0a9f67b65e92.html

Pro BAM:

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/pro-bam-video-gymrats-thursday-night-long-island-wedding/22593481f6e41b4a.html?page=1

eta: my photographer and H/MUA are in your area - check them out. Also, most of my guests stayed until 12:30am and went to work the next day. One of my friends and her husband flew out to Aruba at 6am the next day. My cousins and brother took their children out of school for the day. We had a good amount of people who were from out of town as well. Lastly, we had an adult only wedding (the 4 kids were in the wedding party). Couples either found a babysitter, or one parent stayed home. Newborns? H's cousin had a 9 month old and both her and her husband attended, so there's that.

eta: more clarity

We do Thursdays pretty much every week in season, and I have to tell you, none of the ones I can remember have had any more declines than a Saturday or Sunday....

The people who aren't "vips' might decline, but maybe they shouldn't have been on the list to begin with. And not everyone works 9-5, Monday thru Friday. No matter what date you pick, there will be people who can't come and people who don't find it worth their time/money/effort. That is just life.....

I got married on a Thursday! At the Addison in Boca! Before we booked we made sure all our VIPs could attend. Once they were on board we went on with the planning. Out of the 115 people invited we had 106 attend. The ones who declined were ones that we knew were not going to be able to come anyway. A lof of our guest were from OOT but made a whole weekend out of it. I seriously saw no difference. I didn't have a lot of declines, the party didn't end earlier. The "vibe" wasn't any different people were having a great time and a lot even came back to the hotel after midnight to keep hanging out. Honestly the people who WANT to be there will make the effort. Also a lot of my guest don't have your typical Mon-Fr/9-5 schedule so it worked out great.

@gymrat your pics are beautiful! Thanks for sharing! this makes me feel a whole lot better lol.

I am inviting very close people and I know they will make it rain or shine so you helped put my mind at ease by knowing my peeps lol

I had a Thursday wedding had very few declines and we kind of knew most of those wouldn't go anyway but we're invited out of politeness. We did pick the Thursday after easter so families with kids and many of my teacher friends were off anyway.ETD, my wedding was also a 2pm start, and all our relative on both side were out of town 2-5 hr drive, some were from abroad. There was only a handful who were local. Everyone we wanted was there. Many even choose to stay for three nights! Actually at the time one of my two jobs was in a restaurant up the road from the venue, we had invited the owners and half the staff as that was where we met ( DH worked there at one point) . The owners actually closed the restaurant early that day as we invited all the staff who were there long enough able to close up and they were good enough not to deny any of the staff the day

off to go!

If you have a lot of OOT guests, it would make things more difficult for them (I attended a Thursday night wedding last fall and had to travel across the country for it. I was gone from Tuesday-Saturday). But, check with the people you absolutely want there (immediate family, friends you plan to ask to be in your wedding) and make sure they're on board with a Thursday. If so, you'll be fine.

I've also attended a Thursday night wedding as a "local" guest. The only downside was they chose a venue 45 minutes outside of the city, which wasn't fun in rush hour traffic. It wasn't terrible, but it would have been easier for guests with weekday jobs to not have to drive so far to get to a wedding that started so close to 5pm and not have to drive so far to get home before needing to be back at work in the morning.

I would just say to be really conscious of your choices and how they will impact your guests with work and school schedules (Is your venue conveniently located? Quick to get to for most and a quick drive home so guests can stay later and get home at a somewhat reasonable time? Is your wedding starting so early that everyone with a job will have to take half a day or a full day off to make it?)

You're very welcome, Sasha!

It depends on a lot of things. How large is your wedding? Are you guests mostly local? How would you feel if people didn't go because of work? Ask the people you have to have there how they would feel about it.

My wedding is scheduled to take place on a Thursday also. We decided to give everyone a year notice so that they could plan according. I would love for everyone to come but it's not expected. I figure the people that have being waiting forever for this moment will make it, regardless of the date.

@rosered It's about 95 guests, all but my mother & uncle live in state

P.s I love your icon pic ( i'm assuming its from sleeping beauty ? )

As long as your VIPs can make it, and you don't "feel" like you have to have a wedding of a certain size, then a Thursday weddings sounds delightful. But like others have pointed out, expect a decline rate for OOT guests or people that have a 9 to 5 and a/or a strict weekday schedule. Maybe people on here have nontraditional jobs or are very flexible schedule-wise, but I know many people that won't upset their kid's weekly schedule because the family's sleep schedule will be off for days.

Mine is on a Wednesday but it's a DW so people planned to come for a whole week or so anyway so it's not a big deal. It depends on the nature of your wedding though