Which day is the question....

View Quoted Comment Yes, I know that Monday off will be a plus for a lot of people if we pick that day! 😊

I agree with you. I would recommend a Sunday brunch wedding or late Friday evening.

I guess that depends on what type of wedding you're wanting.
I know that for my friends (who are mostly teachers), they dont like to do things Friday evening.
But if you want to have a traditional reception (dinner, drinks and dancing) Friday is your best option.
If you're looking for a Sunday brunch/lunch/cake and punch reception vibe, go with Sunday. As people probably won't stay late unless Monday is a holiday.
So really you're choosing between late night party and afternoon shindig.
You might get fewer declines for a Sunday afternoon but theres no proof to back that statement up.

I too have had multiple discussions with my fiance about things where he finally accepted them in black and white. Even though I told him 14 times already.

We originally planned on a Friday or even Thursday because of the HUGE price differences. We had some people very up front saying that if it was out of town for them, they wouldn’t make it. So we contemplated some sort of live feed for family out of town to see! In the end we had to move the date up because of my fiancé’s deployment and now we have a Saturday but will still be streaming the ceremony because we have a lot of friends and family who can’t come

I agree with you that the budget is everything. I found our myself that it is cheaper on a Thursday, Friday or Sunday. We decided to do Sunday because it was a few thousand cheaper. Our wedding is early enough that people can leave early enough to go make it home and for those guests who are out of town have an option to take off Monday. Most of our guests are from the surrounding areas of our wedding (within two hours of it). We don’t have that many out of towners. Now if you have a lot of guests who are traveling from afar then a Friday wedding would be best. Which ever day that you choose Friday or Sunday you will come cheaper than a Saturday.

We are planning a Friday evening wedding. We know our family and friends will not mind leaving work early (if they need to) to get to our wedding and we did this to keep within budget as well and still have the party atmosphere we wanted. Our wedding is not until Nov 2020 so we are sure that the people who want to be there will make it happen with all the notice they have and if they can't make it then that's ok too.

Go for it!!! Friday evening may be nice or even a Sunday brunch idea could be fun!

If you have a lot of out-of-town guests and friends who love to party/dance, I’d vote for Friday. In our city, Friday night traffic would be terrible (1-2 hours). If that’s the same in your city and a lot of guests are local, I’d vote for Sunday brunch or Sunday early evening (done by 8 pm).

You could do a Sunday afternoon wedding! Both of my brothers got married on Sunday afternoons (around 3pm) so that people could still go to church beforehand. It worked out well, and I considered Sunday but found a venue that was inexpensive for Saturday's.

I'm getting married on a Friday evening just simply because it's so much cheaper! Pretty much all of our guests are local, so it didn't affect much. But as a guest, I would much rather take a half day Friday and have the rest of the weekend to recover from the wedding day and travel.

My husband and I had a Friday wedding because of price! We actually have A LOT of teachers in our families so we had our wedding in the summer to make it easier! Also, due to our families being so spread out we sent Save the Dates 11 months in advance so that anyone that would need to take off that Friday to travel could. The turnout was great! None of the declines were because of it being on a Friday.

Lol at your fiancé. That tends to happen often. I wouldn’t mind going to a Friday wedding for my family or friend. I think it’s about knowing your crowd. Also honestly you will NOT be able to please everyone. Those same people you’d be upping your budget for to pay for a Saturday wedding because it’s better for them may still not attend on a Saturday, or they will hate the food or they will hate the flowers or they will hate everything lol. Yes try to please your guest so they can have a pleasurable experience but it has to be based on things that please you and your fiancé (emotionally and financially lol)

These are all awesome reasons! We found a venue we absolutely love and they are very professional!! So we ended up going with them. The good thing is the price is the same regardless of the day and you get all day venue usage instead of a time block. Definitely a help with the budget!! So now it’s a Saturday to help everyone attend!

View Quoted Comment I couldn’t have said it better myself!!! ❤️❤️❤️

View Quoted Comment I see everything worked out for you and you were able to stay within budget and get a Saturday wedding. So happy you found a venue you loved!

View Quoted Comment Thanks so much! Yes, we are really happy we were able to find something that worked! ❤️❤️❤️

I completely understand the struggle. I think it really depends on what your priorities are. My fiancé and I literally listed them out because this was a difficulty for us as well.

If you end up having the wedding on a Friday, you’ll save a boatload of money, but it will inconvenience people. But that’s another way to cut down the guest count. Those who really matter to you will make the time to come.

Also consider that the rehearsal would be on Thursday probably, so that could be inconvenient for the bridal party. But we did it for a friend’s wedding and made it work. It saved them
a considerable amount of money and they don’t regret it.

It was important to me to have it on a more convenient date so we decided to splurge and have it on a Saturday, but in the off-season.

Good luck on whatever you decide!