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We are getting married on a Sunday in the UK. I can honestly say NOTHING is cheaper. The only difference is that our venue has minumum numbers of 70 on a Sunday as opposed to 80 on a Saturday. Apart from that nothing at all is cheaper. Flowers, photographer etc are all just as expensive. In fact, some of them were already booked up for the day of our wedding when we tried booking 15 months in advance.
We considered Sunday but nothing was cheaper for us either - our church would actually be a butt load more expensive. I do think some places are cheaper though, or else why would all my books keep harping on Sundays?
However, you may come across holiday weekend cost increases with July 3rd which might cancel out any cost savings you would otherwise get with a Sunday - so keep an eye out for that.
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A lot of it depends on your venue, some really do not offer that much of a discount on a non Saturday wedding. If your venue requires a site fee that's probably where you will see the greatest savings. IE at my venue it's a difference of 1K.
But. It all changes when it's a holiday weekend. Holiday weekends are very popular so for a lot of venues doing a Sunday on a holiday weekend really saves you no money because it's in such high demand.
Do you know if July 3 is available at your venue for next year? Holiday weekends tend to get snatched up pretty fast as well.
I would ask your venue's coordinator directly what the savings are for site fee if any, food charges, alcohol charges etc.
The other thing is if your wedding will be a destination for most airfare and hotel rates are generally more expensive on a holiday weekend as well.
GL!
I went to a wedding this summer at a golf course. They had it on a Friday; the minimum they had to spend was $8000 at the venue. If they had it on a Saturday, it was $20,000!! I agree with the ladies above, you need to shop around, and venue is where you hold the greatest chances of saving money.
I'm not sure if this would be a problem for you, but where I live, the town is practically shut down on Sundays. All of the businesses, besides restaurants, downtown are closed, and the shop I work at (family owned flower shop) is closed Sundays. As a matter of fact, I don't think any of the flower shops here are open Sundays. You might want to check with ALL of your vendors. If anything, I would think Sunday's would be a bit more expensive, just because people would be working for your wedding on days their shop wouldn't typically be open.
Then again, I've just started planning so I'm not really experienced with wedding stuff yet. :)
Our site fee was $1500 cheaper on a Sunday than it would have been on a Saturday. We also had a lot more negotiating power with our vendors, since no one was booked on our date!
I'm planning a Sunday wedding and we've gotten some discounts. Our venue was cheaper and we were offered a few hundred dollars off a photobooth "because it's Sunday." We also got a deal on our photographer who said she figured she wouldn't be working on a Sunday so she'd help us out a bit. But, one rental company wanted to charge extra for delivery because it was Sunday, so it's not across the board. I think Gerbera is right, in your situation it all has to do with it being a holiday weekend. We were considering July 4 weekend until we heard that our caterer would charge time and a half for all the staff. That would have immediately swamped any discounts we got for being a Sunday.
Another thing that has saved us money is also changing the time of day. We're having our ceremony at 11 am and then going for a brunch reception. Less expensive food, more casual atmosphere and less booze consumption. It's not totally ideal since I think we'll have to DRAG people onto the dance floor in the middle of the day, but everything else works for us and I think it will be just what we want.
Good luck!
We are getting married on a Sunday in February. So, there should be two discounts at work here...off-season and not Saturday. Unfortunately, we haven't really been finding any discounts because of the date. Our venue was so generous and shaved off a whopping, wait for it....$250 from the reception costs. See. No huge savings to speak of.
We found nothing to be cheaper for a Friday wedding. However we are getting married on New Years Eve, so it could be because of that.
We did find that our photography package was $500 cheaper because we were getting married in an "off season" though.
For us, the price was less than half for a Friday or Sunday wedding than for a Saturday!
totally depends on the venue.
our sunday wedding is not cheaper in any way than it would have been on a saturday. we liked the sunday date because it's a holiday weekend and our guests have more time to travel to get here.
we came very close to choosing july 4th, too! but in the end labor day won out, for various reasons.
good luck picking your date!
It depends on the venue, but we are doing a Friday wedding and saving about $25 a person by not having it on a Saturday. With about 120 people, that's $3,000.
We debated whether $3,000 was worth not having a Saturday wedding. It's easy to think in the grand scheme of weddings that 3k isn't that much money...but in reality it is a lot of money. Plus, our wedding doesn't start until 6:30 pm on Friday, so I think it makes it easier for people since it starts later in the day.
It was also easier to find great vendors that were available for my date. Hair, makeup, photographer, etc. I got a small discount from my photographer since my wedding wasn't on a Saturday.
Also, I agree with what others said about the holiday weekend. We found that most places do not offer discounts if it's a holiday weekend.
The difference in my venue was $10K between Saturday vs. Sunday. We are having Sunday for that reason!
A LOT. I had mine on a Friday, and was able to save at least 20% on just about everything. I also had an awesome planner, Christine Viola, who helped me negotiate everything in strange territory, so I can't rightfully take credit for it.
But not only did I get discount at the venue, I also got cheaper prices with other vendors for hair, makeup, etc. just because it's a Friday.
Our wedding also started at 7 PM on Friday evening, which is actually not that late in terms of NYC time, but late enough that people could get out of work and attend without any problem. Out of town guests were glad to have a long weekend in the big apple as well.
ours was on a sunday and nothing was cheaper. we got married in a b&b, and since it's such a small venue they pretty much give you the space for the whole weekend, so day doesn't make a difference. our flowers were the same, only less convenient because the shop is closed sunday so we had to pick them up a day early. we didn't have a dj so i don't know if there's a difference with that. we did save a lot because less people come to sunday weddings, so the guest list went way down.
Our DJ was cheaper on a Friday. Our venue doesn't negotiate - it's a flat rate no matter what kind of event your hosting on any day of the week. The best thing I've discovered about a non-Saturday wedding is that all my preferred vendors were still available, since not many people do Friday weddings.
Ours is on a Sunday. Our venue is normally $1450 for a Saturday, but we're paying $700. The catering is also $5 less/plate. The DJ which normally charges $895 is charging us $595.
The cake, limo, and flowers were not discounted. So in total, we're saving around $2,000.
We saved 10% by planning our wedding on a Sunday, and had a minimum of 100 people instead of 150. What a difference! Our venue has also been a little more flexible with the cost of some of the extras since we aren't having the cash cow Saturday wedding. (by the way, our hotel venue has many, many weddings, but gets most of its revenue through business travelers on the weekdays. Not sure if that makes a difference)
We're having a Sunday wedding (didn't plan it that way, but the venue was booked for Saturday). It worked out better for us because it was A LOT cheaper than Saturday wedding. Like the ladies said, you do have to shop around because it depends on the venue. We shopped around like 20 venues, and Sunday weddings were cheaper on average, especially nice hotels (b/c it's either them making extra $$$ on Sunday or just blowing it). For us, the minimum for our Sunday wedding was $7,000 less than the Saturday wedding. The vendors are also more flexible and are willing to work with your budget.
For us an the places we looked at nothing was cheaper. The only thing that I noticed is that the minimums were less on Friday and Sunday, but the meal prices were exactly the same. So if I had the same number of people and offered the same meal there would be no change in price.
Littlemissmango, in what we looked at, we would have saved significantly by having a Friday or Sunday wedding. Our venue would be $2000 cheaper, our photography would be $500 cheaper, and our videography would be $300 cheaper.
Kind of depends on your vendor, but we're having a February wedding and a lot of places we looked at had a friday/sunday/off season price and then an in-season price. For us, it was about 1200 difference in the venue fee + some extras thrown in. The most common thing I saw was reduced or eliminated venue fees for these times.
Also, keep in mind some religions require Sunday weddings (my friends are Jewish and the options are either very late Saturday, or Sunday) so if you book with vendors that have any expertise with these types of weddings it probably won't make a difference. Just in case you're in a multi-cultural area!
my wedding is on a Friday..venue was about a $1000 cheaper and as someone else mentioned, you usually can get discounts here and there with vendors if it on an offday.
Ours is a Sunday, and nothing was cheaper :( Although that could be because it is the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, which is still a popular time.
We got married on a Friday, but our venue's discount was the same for Friday and Sunday....and it was only about a 5-10% discount when all said and done. I didn't get married on a Friday to save money, and I'm glad, because I would have been disappointed if I had, and ended up spending almost as much!
Every venue is different, though. I got married at a country club which can easily stay booked every day of the week.
we've found nothing cheaper - all the books and people say save money by having it on an off day but has ANYONE experienced a discount? Maybe I haven't asked but another (unmentioned) benefit is that most vendors won't book up for Sundays. I've put off booking my stylist for a long time but haven't had any trouble finding one for my Sunday June wedding.
Darn. The holiday weekend thing crossed my mind... but would it make any difference since even though next year it is, the 4th is not always a *weekend* holiday? (i.e., is not always on a Monday, creating a 3-day weekend like Memorial day, etc.) It just so happens to make a nice little long weekend for my OOT's to comfortably come. (Wedding will be in Portland, OR, and I have family in Seattle.)
I haven't really done much digging around for venues. I'm just trying to do a little pre-planning as I'm still "in waiting." ;-D
My venue charges a different rate for the venue & chairs for a Fri-Sun &/ Mon-Thurs. event
F-Su ----- M-TH
Venue $1,150 ----- $650
Chairs $1.25 ----- $0.50
additional hours $150 ----- $75
everything else is the same [tables ($9.00)]
@littlemissmango,
Hahah good try on the date. I really don't think it will make a difference because a)the 4th in 2011 is on a Monday and b)most employers despite what day the 4th is will usually lump a Friday or Monday into that preceding or coming weekend to give everyone a 3 day weekend. And that weekend inevitably being the holiday weekend all travel and hotel generally skyrockets.
And I hate to say it but if you are not engaged yet with the wedding season of 2010 quickly approaching us most brides get antsy and fearful and start booking venues. In a big city like Portland you will have to get pretty lucky to have your dream venue (if it's a popular one) available on a popular weekend next year.
You can plan on Sunday but I wouldn't tie yourself to a specific date just yet unless there was some significant history to it for you & FI.
GL!
While some vendors did cut prices - a lot of other vendors actually marked up their prices for a Sunday wedding, because they wouldn't otherwise be open and have to pay their employees (legally) time and a half to work on Sundays. So, in the end, we saved no money. Definitely check with your vendors - holiday weekends also tend to mark up vendor prices as a lot of employees want to take off holiday weekends so vendors sometimes need to find additional help. The vendors that marked up delivery/labor prices for us were: wait staff (our caterer is contracted outside of the venue); delivery and set-up of tent (our reception is tented); delivery and set-up of flowers; and delivery and set-up of rented chairs/linens.
ours was $2000 cheaper just to have it on a weekday... for us it was totally worth it. i couldnt wrap my head around having it on a weekend day when i could have a $2000 discount just to make it the day after, on a monday. plus it gave me more options for vendors such as a photographer because they were getting booked fast for the weekends especially for summer. All in all i think it was a great desicion... plus our out of town guests get a 3 day weekend! :)
Sunday wedding here - We got 15% off food at our venue and cheaper DJ rate. Also more vendors are available and the wedding won't drag on forever because people need to go to work the next day!
It really depends on where you are looking for the reception and food. Where I work, we offer $5 off per person for the food and $5 off per person for the site tour.
o wow....ours was over $2000 cheaper for a sunday wedding
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I am considering July 3rd of next year for our date, partially because I love the 4th of July (but wouldn't want people to give up their holiday traditions to come) and partly because it's a Sunday, which means savings on the venue.
Can anyone who's looked into it, or done it, give me an idea of what kind of discounts you've seen (or gotten) for a Sunday vs. a Saturday booking?