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I have a Memorial Day Monday wedding, does that count? :)
I've invited 70 people due to budget constraints, expecting the majority to show. For anyone who declines we have a B-list who could take their places. I'm still worried people will leave early though, we also have had people complaining about having to take the next day off.
Me! Except it doesn't really count because it's the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend and most people will have off the next day.
Only one person complained that I was "ruining" her holiday weekend.
Me!
The Sunday before Easter, next year. Our guest list is at about 85-90, as of now.
I took an informal poll, and most people would rather attend a Sunday wedding over Friday evening. Saturday was toooo expensive at our venue and we didn't want to have to meet the 175 guest minimum.
I like the idea of a Sunday afternoon/early evening weddding; very romantic, sweet. But that's because I'm having one! :)
i'm having a sunday wedding! the cheapest day by far...and it's 10-10-10 ;)
My Canadian wedding! We're inviting about 90 and expect 80. Almost everyone is day long trip or plane trip out of town though, so most are making a week of it.
We are getting married on a Sunday too. It shaved a good $8000 off of our venue's catering minimum. That's a good chunk of change! Plus, our families are Jewish and most Jewish weddings take place on Sunday, so while we don't practice ourselves, our families won't think anything of it :)
We plan on inviting around 175 and hope for about 110-130 to show. Our wedding is in Chicago, and we moved here one year ago so almost all of our guests are coming from out of town. I am American, but my fiance is English/Swiss so we have a lot of guests coming from out of the country as well so we plan to treat it as a destination wedding when sending STDs and Invites out.
Glad to see there are more Sunday weddings out there!
Halloween wedding here. We are inviting 50, I don't know how many people are actually coming (haven't even sent out STDs yet, yikes!) but nobody has complained so far. I don't think it has clicked for most people that Halloween=Sunday this year. Maybe when we get them out we will start hearing some grumbles. Although 80% of our guests will be very local, 10% are pond-hoppers that are taking tons of time off work anyway. I suspect most of my college friends from SF won't be able to come or complain because of having to take Monday off. Tough cookies!
Yup, having a Sunday wedding too! And with a lunch reception. Haven't settled on the guest list, yet, but we're aiming for 200 yeses.
i'm a sunday bride; the sunday before labor day (september 5, 2010). we're inviting 190 and hoping that about 150 come.
Why would your guests complain about having to take Monday off work? Either they should shut their mouths and accept your invite, or shut their mouths and decline. LOL
Besides, destination weddings double as a mini vacation for all the guests. :)
We are getting married on a Sunday, also. We are inviting around 150, expecting 125 to show. Most of our extended families and some of the wedding party are coming from out of state, so I don't think anyone will mind taking a Monday off of work. We got a great rate on the hotel- $89/night (with indoor pool!) and will be planning a brunch the day after.
Oh- and we got a 10% discount off of the per person rate for the reception. The venue is also more willing to work with us on pricing of extras because it is harder for them to book Sundays.
jenbrandner -- I agree! Most of our guests are taking advantage of our destination wedding and taking a long weekend. Unfortunately, only have my coworkers can come, someone has to stay in the office!! Thats pretty much the only complaint I've gotten, that people from my work won't be able to come... it's just annoying because I hear it every.single.day.at.work...
Well I guess it's good to know that all your coworkers want to go to your wedding so bad. :)
My FI's godfather owns a restaurant with his brother, and they're debating whether they should trust the restaurant to the "junior" manager for a day so they can both come to our wedding.
Ours is the Sunday of labour day weekend (Sept. 5, 2010). All of our guests are from out of town - we invited 100 and expect about 50.
How are people handling officiants? I just realized the other day that since we're getting married on a Sunday morning, your typical religious officiants won't be available!
@missypoytress: If you haven't found an officiant yet for your September wedding, you should get on that pronto! I'm not sure how it is with other religious officiants, but Catholic priests get booked with the church in kind of a package deal, and they require us to reserve the date at least six months in advance. As far as the Sunday morning availability goes, maybe you can push your ceremony back to 11am or noon.
We are getting married Sunday 10-10-10 Columbus weekend ... were inviting a 110 or so hoping 80 or less will go haha
We had originally chosen a Sunday wedding, September 26, because of the prices being much lower.
We had to change our date to May for fi's job, and had picked May 30 - the day before Memorial Day, because of the holiday and for the Sunday. But then the church where we're having the ceremony has an afternoon service from 2-4 which would have messed up our schedule. So we had to change it to that Saturday - which actually ended up working out better, we found a venue that has a stable price, no matter which day you choose!
Yuppers...Another Sunday bride, and another 10-10-10 bride as well! We picked the date for the numbers and then found out last month that it's Columbus day weekend...another federal holiday! That means a ton of our guests will have that Monday off and can travel home without taking additional days! We're inviting around 300 people and expecting 200 to attend
We are having a Sunday wedding - the Sunday before Labor Day (9/5/10). It helped us save a lot of money. All our guests are from out of town (we're getting married 1.5 hrs from where we live) and some from out of state. We chose the holiday weekend so people had an extra day to travel.
I've read a bunch where people complain about this, but none of our guests have said anything, in fact, most of them think it was a great idea to use the holiday weekend. The bridal party preferred a Sunday (holiday or not) over a Friday wedding because if needed, they would only have to take one day off work (Monday after wedding), rather than two days (thurs for rehearsal and fri for wedding).
We have invited 202 people, expecting about 160 or so. We've already gotten a lot of 'yes' from the save the dates from people we didn't expect would be able to come.
@OurFuture - you are not only my "date" twin, but my "state" twin as well! :)
9.5.10
Guest list is 154 and I hope 100 come, lol.
A lot of ppl are from out of town.
@jenbrandner -- My sister's husbands family owns a restaurant and you would have thought someone would have to die before they close that place! They did end up closing it for her wedding -- because they DIDN'T trust anyone else with the responsibility.
9.5.10 for us too! I like that it's over a holiday so people don't feel pressed for time to get home.
We are doing an afternoon wedding so Sunday seemed best - family and close friends probably around 80 (inviting 110).
My dad is officiating (retired minister) so we avoided the whole church scheduling conflict thing.
I am having a Sunday wedding but not until 6-5-10. I was kind of concerned about this because the majority of my family lives out of town and I was unsure if they would be willing or able to take off work that Monday. Anyone experiencing issues with this?
We are getting married Sunday 6/27/10. It was way less expensive and we figured if people complained about going to a wedding on Sunday, then they don't have to go. (less people for us to pay for) Most of the guests are from out of town so they will have to take a day off anyway. Some are flying in on Saturday and leaving Monday so they are only taking one day off. We live in LA so Friday wedding was not an option since it would take guest hours to get to our venue or not get there at all due to traffic.
Plus, who doesn't want to take a Monday off from work??
I'm a Sunday Bride, too! Getting married on 08-08-10. Yes, Sundays are waaaay less expensive and the vendors give you really good deals on all kinds of stuff. We're inviting about 150, targeting 115 or less to RSVP. If you're doing a desitnation wedding, your friends would probably have had to take a Friday off anyway if you had your weddidng on Saturday. So tell them to just fly in on Saturday and take Monday off. That usually does the trick. I pointed it out to couple of my friends who are coming from out of town and they were like, 'oh yeahhh you're right. didn't think of it that way.' :)
@morgobride -- I've had a few complain about taking off Monday, but to be completely honest, everyone we hoped would be able to come, is. Everyone we pretty much knew wouldn't, isnt. Except, I'm having a destination wedding, so for people having to drive to the beach adds another hurdle. We'll still have a pretty big crowd though, so I'm happy!
Your guests really shouldn't be complaining about having to take Monday off from work. If you were having a Saturday wedding, then they would most likely have to take Friday off, so it really shouldn't make a difference, at the beginning or the end of the week.
We are having a Sunday wedding too!! Cheaper at out venue and something about a Sunday wedding just appealed to me.
Sunday wedding, in just over a week! We invited 360, are getting 190. It's saving us lots of money, not just with the lower response rate, but also with discounts offered by the photographer, etc.
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Any other Sunday brides out there? If so, how big is your wedding?
We invited 320 for our destination wedding, expecting only 80 to show. Now I have 120 rsvp yeses!! I'm excited but still have friends complaining they have to take off that monday! Ugh.