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I personally don't think a friday wedding is a big deal. Especially for family I would definitely take the day off to come especially since it's only 20mins away.
But not everyone has the time off or maybe they already have a big family vacation planned that's taking up all their time off. I know we usually plan vacations a year in advance.
ETA: And I think with your 8pm start time that is more considerate that most Friday weddings! I will have more than enough time to leave work at 5pm, go home shower, change and make it to the wedding with time to spare!
wow, you are giving them PLENTY of time...don't worry about this. Have it on Friday, those who plan on attending will make time for it.
So, what's the alternative? I always hear brides say that weddings should be on the weekend so people are off work....ummm...I work on weekends, what about people who do not work Mon-Fri jobs?
Friday night, 8pm... what else are people gonna do? A wedding sounds like a wonderful way to spend the evening to me! and if they can't appreciate that... well thats just sad.
A friday wedding is absolutely fine. If majoirty of your guests will not have to travel far, then there is no issue. An 8 o'clock evening ceremony will not cause a burden to your guests. The guests who truly want to celebrate your nupitals will be there.
A friday wedding is absolutely fine. If majoirty of your guests will not have to travel far, then there is no issue. An 8 o'clock evening ceremony will not cause a burden to your guests. The guests who truly want to celebrate your nupitals will be there.
I think Friday weddings are great...TGIF, right? Its the best day out of the week so why not :)
I would be pretty upset if my family (I'm guessing extended family) told me they might have to work...a year beforehand! Don't worry about them, they can figure out their schedules. Plan your wedding when its best for you and your FH.
Our wedding is on a Friday and I have yet to hear one complaint about it. 98% of our guests are local (between 15-45 minutes from the venue) and those who aren't are close family who will be coming regardless of when it was.
Having our wedding on a Friday has allowed us to book my dream venue within our budget. Would we have preferred a Saturday? Sure, but I really don't have a problem with it being on a Friday. As long as you start your ceremony later in the day (ours starts at 5:30) there won't be any issues. Some guests will have to leave work early or take the day off but thats just something they'll have to deal with if they want to be there.
Friday weddings are becoming more and more common so they are definitely not a bad idea.
Friday weddings are perfectly fine. I loved my friends bc honestly...I still was able to have my whole weekend. You have over a year in advance notice and really people will take off work if need be for it. Some people are just so uptight whenever they hear something they are not used to. So I always say, who gives a damn what anyone else think? Are they paying for your wedding? NO.
If the guest list is mostly local, it's fine, even if they have to take off work an hour or so early. People from out of state, though, would have to take an extra day off work, regardless of whether they are 6 hours or 20 hours away. (3/4s of my guest list from out of state, and 1/4 of the people who are coming wouldn't have made it if it were any earlier in the day.)
we're doing a friday night wedding. 90% of guests are out of town so they can come for the wedding and enjoy the weekend. i dont really feel bad.
I think if they're local it's not a problem.
8pm is super late too. Why so late? Are you not feeding people? We had tons of out of staters and we knew it would be an issue for us.
We're getting married on a Thursday evening in Las Vegas, but we aren't having any guests at the wedding so it works for us.
I think a Friday wedding is a great idea and yes, 1 year notice is plenty! Try not to worry whether or not people are going to show up. It's rude of them not to at least try to get out of work that day so maybe they will see that and change their minds. They have plenty of time to do so if you just stick to your guns and keep the wedding on Friday. It's your decision, not theirs.
If most of your guests are in the area, a Friday wedding isn't a big deal at all! Especially if you make it an evening wedding. The only time I think its hard if if you ahev a lot of people otu of town so they will have to take 2 days off of work. But takign 1 day or not even a fews hrs or possible NONE AT ALL... isn't a big deal. If a lot of people complained to me, I'd just say GREAT! I can now invite B list people.
I got married on a Friday and only 2 people couldn't get the day off, but that's because they used up all their leave time at work, if they hadn't abused their leave time though they could have made it. Go for it!! When you get your makeup and hair done it's less crowded and appointments are easier to make.
Thanks everyone! We decided to stick with the friday, late in the evening. Some of my family are driving from a couple of hours away, but they don't seem to be worried about it. My guests from out of state were already planning on taking a few days off anyway, so they're not worried about it. We're glad that we'll be able to get the venue and vendors that we want for a price we can afford!
@ORella2012: Good for you for sticking to your guns! I got married on a Friday - at 5 p.m. - a good two hours away from where most of my guests live. (It was a semi-destination wedding, so they took the day or afternoon off and then stayed over at least one night.) Like you, I made sure that all of our "must-have" guests (family, wedding party, and closest friends) would be okay with that, and then I didn't worry about it. It's not a bad way to keep your guest list in check :).
Friday is the new Saturday :) My FI and I are getting married on a Friday in the spring of next year. We want to do the brunch on Saturday morning then go to Disney or some other theme park with our guests, and actually have time to spend with them, so this is ideal for us.
We are having our wedding on a Friday as well. I had a couple of people complain, but since I set it in the evening and not the afternoon then there shouldn't be too much of a problem other than the likelihood of rush hour traffic
We are getting married on a Friday at 4pm, and it's a destination wedding. Nobody has had any complaints about the day and the only people who have declined are people who couldn't make it regardless. We would have rather had it on a Saturday but it was a lot more and we are already paying so much for the venue, thank goodness it has worked out for us anyway!
I agree, surely most 9-5'ers have more than enough time to get home, get changed and get to your wedding - sounds like a great ideas to save a bit of money and have something a bit different!
@Miss Godiva: That's exactly why I chose Friday. It wasn't any cheaper in our case, but when I thought about all the people who were planning to come for the entire weekend, I wanted to maximize the time we had to spend with them after all the wedding day craziness was over. Instead of a big rehearsal dinner, we had a "recovery dinner" on Saturday night, instead, for all the people who stayed through the weekend. It worked out perfectly!
We had a Friday wedding, and it only caused a few people not to be able to come, and none of them were major VIPs (hope that doesn't sound rude, we WERE happy to see everybody who made it).
I voted "only if people aren't going to come", because I woudn't have done it if there was absolutely no way about 10 specific people couldn't make it that we cleared it in advance with.
I used to work for a caterer when I was in college, and there were always Friday weddings every week! It's not a big deal at all.
We actually will have several out of town guests, but we're doing ours on a Friday still because our venue is HALF OFF on Fridays. We have such a limited budget and couldn't pass that up. We don't want it to be a hardship on anyone, so we figured if they come, they come, and if not, we totally understand how hard it is for people to take time off work.
we're having a friday wedding!! i think if you tell them enough in advance they ought to make an effort to be there (well if they are that close to you- i.e. family and close firends) but some people dont see it that way unfortunately
I think you're being very considerate! It's good that it's starting later and isn't far away. We went to one that as close to an hour away that started at 5...So we had to take the day off/leave early and then we sat in traffic for an hour and then drove another half hour and ended up being late for the ceremony (which I HATE!) You're giving tons of notice...if people are upset about it, then you don't want them there.
Just going to chime in and say that as long as you give your guests plenty of notice they should be able to make arrangements to attend. Besides, it's my experience that jobs where you work on Saturdays are harder to get time off from anyway than M-F jobs, so hopefully it's more convenient for both groups.
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And now I can't get "Friday" by Rebecca Black out of my head. Apparently Friday is the best day for everything if you ask her. :p
We are having our wedding on a friday. If you do it this would be my advice send out save the dates for sure. That way people have a heads up to take off work early get out of school something to that nature. I havent experienced any problems with our date being on a friday.
I'm getting married on a Friday and I think it'll (1) eliminate those who were only coming to be nosy leaving my friends and family who are TRULY happy for us (because they WILL have to take off work to attend) and (2) lessen my cost dramatically because fewer people = lower catering bill 
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My finace and I picked the date of June 1st, 2012. It's a friday, which is fine with us because it's a lot cheaper and we were planning on a small evening affair anyway. Now a lot of family members are telling us that they may have to work and so may not come. Does anyone else think that's kind of flaky? I mean, they have over a year to plan, and since the event wouldn't take place until 8pm, they should have plenty of time to get off work, change and come? (Most of them may only have a 20 minute drive, although a few are coming from out of town). Has anyone else had a friday wedding? How did it turn out?