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I'm a Sunday bride! I had originally planned to be on a Saturday, but the cost savings at our venue were huge AND we got the venue to ourselves the entire day - vs. on a Saturday we had a choice of 12PM - 5PM or 7PM - midnight.
So far It hasn't been that much different than being on a Saturday. Our ceremony will start at 4:30PM, cocktail hour will start at 5PM and run til around 5:30 - 5:45, then the reception (buffet) goes on til 9, though our venue has our departure planned for 8:30PM. We have the space from 4PM - 9PM, and the ceremony and reception are both in the same historic house.
I did find that we got some discounts from vendors - such as our photographer, not to mention we saved about 3K off our venue. Most of our guests have been fine with it being a Sunday, with only one person declining b/c of it being a Sunday (and that only being b/c they planned a vacation the week before, despite my sending a save the date 8 months out).
For an officiant, I honestly googled and looked at everyone available on weddingwire, etc. and emailed them asking if they were free on our date. Everyone was, and I met with two before falling in love with the second one and that is who we are going with. She is a sweetheart!
Another Sunday Bride! I thought it was a little different for a destination wedding. At first I was a bit worried about it, but the 10-10-10 date was too good to pass up.
After we picked our date we found out that we would be saving on the wedding and reception site and are not locked in to paying the difference if we happen not to meet the mimimum on the block of rooms. Not the case if we had chosen Saturday! Plus it's Columbus Day weekend so a lot of people have Monday off to travel home.
Our officiant is my uncle so we didn't have a problem there. Maybe if your ceremony is in the afternoon (ours is 4:30 pm) you would be able to find someone that is available? Maybe all those festival goers will stick around for your special day!
Also a Sunday bride and for the same reason (10/10/10). Our ceremony starts at 5:45pm at a chapel with the reception starting at 6:30pm. Had no problem with finding an officiant!
Me too! Go 10-10-10 girls :)
Yeah, the date was king. But it will hopefully be a boon for other things as well. My brother in law is likely officiating, so no trouble there. We're having a 5:00 PM ceremony with reception starting at 6:30 or so, I think. Sun sets at 6:21 that day.
Most of the important folk will take Monday off anyway, or have it off regardless, and our venue doesn't allow people on-site past 10 so I'm not too worried about it being a terribly late night.
I'm a sunday bride too...8/8/10. NOt actually much cheaper, I must say!
Sunday bride here! June 6,2010! yay! we are having a sunday wedding bc of our religion. so for us the perfect day for a wedding! :D
did you know that it is said that saturday weddings are really bad luck. no wonder the large divorce rate! (kind funny but not really i guess :D)
pretty interesting...
Also a Sunday bride...on purpose. We're actually having two weddings (mass on Friday, outdoor dream wedding on Sunday), so our friends and family are making a mini-vacay out of it. It helps that we're in LA & the Sunday outdoor wedding is at Disneyland Hotel - very vacation worthy spot.
Things aren't any cheaper for us (Disney doesn't really change their prices), but we like that people are really setting aside the WHOLE weekend to join us. And our officiant on Sunday is FI's childhood friend, who's getting certified specifically so he can officiate. If that's an option for you, I'd really recommend it - VERY personal & helps build your reationship w/ whomever you choose even more.
But we're embracing Sunday - having an early ceremony, brunch food (omelette & waffle stations), garden setting, & forgoing dancing for an afternoon in the theme park (tix are our favors). I think all that makes our wedding unique.
Sunday bride here too. And we have saved $ all over the place. Well that, and being off season. We are starting the ceremony at 3pm so we have time to take pictures in the last bit of daylight and plan the reception to be over at 9pm.
Although I think the closest of friends would've stayed till all hours of the night, I think most will be appreciative they can be tucked in with plenty of time for sleep for the work day. Our officiant is a close friend we will get ordained so no issues there.
I am so glad to know i am not along on the sunday wedding :)
I'm a Sunday bride!! We were looking at a Sat in May, but then found out that was during the high season at the resort we're getting married at... So April it was and a Sunday date was cheaper, which we liked :) Turns out that bc we picked Sunday we also got a cheaper rate with our DJ! It's really nice hearing all these other Sunday brides chime in :) Congrats Ladies!!
Sunday bride here too! And totally planned for it from the first second. FH works Mon - Sat and he wanted to invite all his department to the wedding so Sunday was the only choice! :) We're having an early morning ceremony at 10:30 and then a cocktails and canapés reception from 1-5:30. Not loads cheaper but I've been finding a few deals here and there and having not a very traditional wedding helps.
Here too! Our Canadian wedding is on a Sunday because of problems we were having with coordinating flights. We didn't save that much (50% on the venue, but it wasn't as big of a savings as some of you) - but we weren't going to have a dance, so I think that people are usually happier sans dance if it's a Sunday. We are starting our ceremony at 3, having lawn games for about 2 hours, and then having a reception from about 630-9. Then, people who need to commute home can leave, and those staying over can stay for what I hope will turn into a small jam session.
we're on sunday! we're jewish so we can't get married on shabbat, it's either very late after sundown on sat. or sunday. no problem finding an officiant because it's normal for us jews to have it on a sunday. we're having our ceremony at 4:30, both because it's on purim and our rabbi needs to get back to temple, and we wanted a big gap between the ceremony and dinner because it's a private ceremony and we didn't want crashers. we didn't have anything cheaper, but it's a small venue and a lot of things are diy. i think a lot of guests declined because of the day, that and because my family was pissed that they weren't invited to our ceremony. oh well.
I'm not but went to a coworkers' wedding last May and it was on Sunday. Beautiful afternoon outdoor wedding with reception inside after.
It was so fun and such a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Congrats to all Sunday brides.
Sunday bride here! It was the date my FH wanted, but as we have been planning it everything is cheaper - photog, venue, limo, DJ etc etc - what a good perk!
I am a Sunday bride too, 8-29-10! Its nice to see so many Sunday brides:) I was bummed at first to haver to have it on a Sunday (the next avail. Saturday at my location wasn't until November 20 - which is my Birthday, ha). I just feel bad b/c a lot of guests are coming up from NY. The ceremony will start around 3/3:30 (not sure yet). We have the venue from 1pm till 10pm.
Sunday of Labor Day weekend! It's kind of like a Saturday, though, because of the holiday. I did save some money on the venue, but the date was chosen mostly to allow for travel time the day before and after the wedding day.
Yay Sunday brides! Our venue was $7,500 for Saturday vs. $2,000 for Sunday, so there was really no question. I know it's a bit of a pain for guests, and I feel bad about that, but as was pointed out to me, most out-of-towners take Friday off to travel anyway, so this is just a difference of taking Monday off instead. We're hosting a send-off brunch on Monday. I'll understand if some people can't make it.
I'm finding that vendors are generally still available, even though I have a short planning window. My photographer offered a discount. Honestly, I don't know why more people don't get married on Sunday.
i'm a sunday bride! i got engaged in november and we basically had a choice of friday or sunday - all the saturdays were already booked for this coming august. my fiance and i have been together almost 6 years now and we just wanted to get this over with.
most of the things have been a piece of cake to get. we're getting married in a church that has only one service on sundays and it's at 10:30 am. it was also much easier to find a photog for a sunday wedding. the only thing that i'm actually quite pissed about is the fact that hair places aren't open on sundays and they want to charge you an arm and a leg to either open the store for that day or to come to you. i finally found a company who will come to us and because they're partnered with the hotel we're staying at they won't charge for travel. yay!
our reception venue has cake included, so we don't need to find a baker and they also don't have a minimum amount of guests for sundays. saturday would have to be 150 people.
so far nobody has complained about it being on a sunday, i think because it's the summer and most people are making a vacation out of it.
Also another Sunday bride for the Jewish wedding reason. We are being even more annoying as its Sunday night. Our venue doesn't close until 5, so my guess is the ceremony won't be until 6:30 or 7:00 since we want to do pictures first. Its MLK weekend so schools and wall street are closed the following day which is why I didn't feel bad about it.
10.10.10 Sunday Bride here to say "Hey!"
and aren't we lucky Monday is Columbus Day!?! Hello 3-day wedding weekend! :)
another Jewish Sunday bride here (and 6-6-10 too!) We are calling it for 11:30 actually and it is set to go until 4:30 pm. We did this intentionally so people could leave and get back for work on Monday without it being very late. I'm looking forward to all the sunshine (cross your fingers) and the uniqueness of a Sunday! (Though I can't say I actually got that many deals because of it)
Hey! I'm a Sunday bride!
Our wedding is Sunday of Labor day weekend so most people will have the following day off. FI and I thought Labor Day weekend would be a good time of year to get married so when our venue offered us a Sunday discount we went for it!
I think other advantages of a Sunday wedding are that you can have the rehearsal dinner on Saturday night which is generally more convenient for people.
FI's childhood pastor and close family friend will be marrying us outdoors in a maple grove at 5:15pm. He had no problem with officiating because he will be done with his church duties that morning.
Glad to see other Sunday brides chatting on weddingbee!
iggies- Glad you found a solution for the hair and makeup issues! Other Sunday brides, don't let salons charge you a ton of money for Sunday services! I did a bit of research and found that bigger salons in my area and salons around malls (think Dino Palmeri types) ARE open on Sundays. I think I am going to end up with a local salon that is closed on Sundays, but is willing to open for a bridal party on a Sunday if enough salon staff can work.
Just suggesting that you do your research because options are out there! I personally was not willing to give the salons who wanted double pay for Sunday services!
@jaylii9 - oh i'm definitely going to write a blog post specifically about how outrageous some of the salons were and how you really need to do your homework, like you said. i tried to see if there were any salons around malls that were open on sundays, but most were almost an hour away! i kind of lucked out finding mine, i googled "wedding hair" in the town that we are having the wedding in and this mobile salon unit popped up. then i read further and found out that they are partnered with the hotel that i am staying at that weekend. it was so perfect!
i just wrote a blog post on how i became a sunday bride this morning!
I was a Sunday bride, it was a little less expensive than Saturday night. A few people complained about it being a Sunday but I've been to Friday night weddings, so whatever! Ours started at 3 and ended around 9:30. Worked out perfectly and had no problems with officiants...
I picked a Sunday too.
The venue was half the price and this way we can spend time with the few sets of guests that are coming on from out of town before the wedding.
The majority of my family only lives an hour or two away, so having a Sunday afternoon ceremony with a reception that ends at 6 means they won't have to pay extra for a hotel room if they don't want to.
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Is there another Sunday bride out there? I originally planned to be a Sat bride but when we had to change our venue & we had to switch days... and then we realized that Sat night was the last night of one of the biggest festivals we have in our town which thousands of people attend. So sunday it was :)
How are you handling being a Sunday bride? What time did you plan? How are you dealing with officiants?