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Just curious what day of the week everyone's weddings fall on. We're working with a Friday since our venue wasn't available that weekend, but maybe it's not such a bad thing. What day did you all get married?
We will be getting married on a Saturday. We are having a semi-destination wedding so we wanted to make sure people had time to travel (and we will be having events Friday & Sunday as well for those who want to make a vacation out of it).
We're getting married on a Sunday. We're having a semi-destination wedding that's very small so we made sure everyone was good with the Sunday (it's within driving distance back if they need to do that but most said a day off work on Monday is fine whether they stay the night or not). Also, Sunday was generally cheaper and more available since we were planning on a short time frame. Plus we wouldn't be able to arrive until Friday night because it's the beginning of my fiance's spring break so it gives us an extra day to get everything ready and done.
We had a Wednesday! It was a DW and everyone was on vacation and available to come on a Wed. afternoon/evening. ;)
We got married on a Friday because we had a DW wedding and the beach house we rented was a Sunday-Sunday rental. We didn't want to have the wedding and then turn around and have to leave the next morning.
@sleepyrebel: I know a lot of venues/vendors will offer a cheaper rate for a Friday wedding. My brother's was on a Friday and they paid half the price at the same venue compared to if it would have been Saturday.
I've gone for a Sunday as I like the relaxed feel a Sunday has, yet formal.
Friday, but New Year's Eve, so kind of a special Friday :)
I had a Friday weddng. It worked well enough for us. I just wrote about it here.
I got married on Saturday, and wanted to have it that day because nearly everyone would be traveling from out of town and Saturday would be the most convenient to the largest number of people.
If I were going to an out-of-town wedding, I would prefer a Sunday to a Friday. Either way I would have to take a day off of work, and I’d rather have the extra time be before than after. If there were pre-wedding events I was expected to go to (such as the rehearsal dinner), I would even more strongly prefer a Sunday night to a Friday night.
Same goes for if the wedding was held earlier in the day. For weddings that are held at 2PM on a Saturday, for example, I typically take some time off on Friday and travel on Friday evening if I don't want to take a 6AM flight on Saturday. If a wedding were at 2PM on Friday, I may have to take off some of Thursday and all of Friday. Other things that figure into this equation for OOT guests is how far your venue is from the nearest airport, and how far the hotels are from the venue/airport.
My wedding falls on a Friday, 11/11/11... which is also Veteran's Day in the US. None of the Friday discounts applied to us, as vendors told us this was a high demand date. Still working out the timeline of events, but I'm thinking: pictures before, ceremony at 4:30, reception at 6:30. Even though it's a holiday, some people still have to work and/or travel from out of town on a weekday.
It's a Friday for us. I always had a thing for Friday evenings so the 11.11.11 date is perfect.
We got married on a Saturday. We originally were going for 10-10-10 (sunday) but the date wasnt available at our venue!
We're Jewish, so we can't get married on Shabbas. We got married on a Sunday. I liked it b/c I wanted a small wedding, and a lot of people couldn't make it.
WE felt lucky to get a saturday, but I'm kind of miffed about it now, to be honest.... It's the most in demand day, obv, and our venue, like nearly all others, has a 150 minimum head count for dinner... It's proving to be a great big immovable obstacle in our quest to reduce the budget. Half the feckin thing. Bah.
We're getting married on a Wednesday. We didn't have to take anyone into consideration except the two of us. I wanted to make sure we chose a day that would be easy for Jim to remember. Well, how much easier can you get than the first day of the month?
I would have loved to get married on a weekday or Sunday and have a super casual wedding, but the boy's mom would have had a fit.... so we're having a somewhat casual Saturday afternoon wedding instead. At least all of our friends/family can be there on a Saturday.
We're getting married on a Friday (9/16/11). In terms of our budget it was a good idea and so far we've been able to get every vendor that we wanted without any worry that they were already booked for that date.
We got married on a Saturday because it was the same day of the month as our dating anniversary and because we had a lot of OOTs who needed those extra days for travel.
We're getting married on a Friday. We couldn't have afforded our dream venue if we went with a Saturday.
I'm cool with having it on a Friday. Everyone who is important will be there no matter what day of the week it is.
We'll be getting married on a Thursday evening. It's a small wedding, with just our families; in DC, though (or at least at the places I contacted), I couldn't get a discount for a Friday or Sunday evening event, and we didn't want to pay the outrageous food & beverage minimums for a Saturday evening reception for only 40 people. An evening reception was a "must-have" for us, so Thursday it is! And we're getting a great deal with all our vendors, including the photographer. I'm kind of excited about it being on a Thursday evening, actually!
I'm getting married on a Thursday too! I'm getting my dream wedding for more than half off. By getting married during the week, I'm able to use the dinner menu instead of the "wedding" menu. Same food, same chef, more than half off.
Seriously though, is a Saturday night steak for $124 prepared any different than the Thursday night steak for $41?
@anwenning: Really? I've never heard that. I photographed my friend's Catholic wedding, and that was on a Friday. Must just be your church!
Sunday - it was the most avaliable day the venue had for options on July, it is cheaper, the min. amount of people required is less, and I'm trying to have a Jewish wedding so that can only be on Saturday nights or Sundays.
@tarheelgrad98: Not that your Thursday wedding for your families does not sound lovely, but FYI for other DC brides: I was able to have a wedding for 35 on a Saturday night in DC without having to pay any crazy minimums. The place where I had my wedding was a restaurant with a set of small private rooms that could fit a max of 60 people. For our particular space, we only would have saved $200 in room fees if we held it on a Sunday-Thursday, and nothing else on the food charges. If having a Saturday night wedding is important to you (which it isn't for many people!), it is possible to do in DC for a small crowd by targeting smaller venues.
We're having a semi-destination wedding (about a two-hour drive and a hotel stay for most guests) on a Friday. Most of my guests are staying for the weekend, and a few old friends are flying in from out of town, and I didn't want to spend all day Saturday behind closed doors and then everyone leaves Sunday morning. So we chose to have the ceremony on Friday, and then we can relax and enjoy all day Saturday with our guests.
The ceremony will be at 5 p.m., so most people will take Friday off and come that morning. We're skipping the rehearsal dinner (not too many people will be there Thursday) and hosting a casual "recovery dinner" on Saturday for everyone who stays a second night.
I agree with @CaitMarae: We're planning an intimate wedding, and everyone who matters will be there no matter what day we have the ceremony.
Thursday here. We picked it because it will be our 7 year anny. Seven is a kind of a joke to me and FH, because we had been seeing each other for months without labels so when we finally called each other BF & GF we never new when our real anny was so I would ask him and he would say seven, nothing else. So we went half way from when we were seeing each other to when the labels happened 4/7 it was. He always gets it wrong so I got jewelry in July (7th month) lol. He proposed 7/7/10 and now we will be married on our 7th anny 4/7/11. Our little inside joke kind of. AND it worked out great because I have gotten many discounts because it is during the week :) Great for our small budget. And most guests live out of state and would not be able to come anyway so didn't really matter that it was during the week.
We are getting married on a Sunday and I wouldn't have it any other way. It was not only cheaper for us to do it that way but also with FI being Jewish and his rabbi unable to officiate on Friday or Saturday we didn't have much of a choice. Even if we did I would still want a Sunday!
First wedding: Sunday. That is the most common day for Jewish ceremonies, since everything from Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown is not permitted.
Second wedding: Tuesday. Since we're a same-sex couple, our wedding had to be in Massachusetts. With the three-day waiting period for a marriage license in Massachusetts, a Tuesday was the most practical day, even though it was inconvenient for our guests. We dealt with that by inviting only a few immediate family members and close friends.
We're getting married on a 3-day weekend and chose Sunday so that our guests don't have to take Friday or Monday off to travel to and from the event.
We got married on a Sunday in the early afternoon - we started at 11:30 - most people lived within 2 hours driving, so anyone who needed to get home for work on Monday had plenty of time - loved it!
@2dBride: did you know that Tuesday is a lucky day for Jewish weddings too?
We got married on a Monday. Our venue (a private country club) cannot do events on weekends and the venue was the most important consideration for us... I'm Chinese, and my mum insisted on a 'lucky' day. Oct 11th was THE luckiest day (apparently) according to our birth day/time so that's that!
@tarheelgrad98: and @Ms.Shamrock: I'm a Thursday bride too! I've been able to negotiate vendors from 10-60% off of their Saturday prices! I'm doing a $25,000 wedding for $12,000! It's great!
We are doing the Thursday before labor day weekend since most of our family will be making a trip/family reunion out of it.
Other weekday Brides---what time was your ceremony?
We're getting married on a Saturday. Since we are having 2 ceremonies, Friday wouldn't have worked out, and we didn't want to have a wedding on a Sunday since a lot of people would be coming from out of town. Also the date was perfect because it is the same day we had our first date a few years earlier!
Since it was "just us," we did it on a Monday evening, and got a couple discounts (limo, and the chapel).
We did Saturday. It was easier and more fun for everyone since it was a 3 day weekend.
@hermitcrab: Yes, I had heard that. The other interesting thing was that my wedding date was my birthday. I was born on a Tuesday, and the date was also a Tuesday 56 years later when I got married.
@ejs1228: Our ceremony was supposed to be at noon. However, our hair/makeup person got caught in traffic, and showed up about a half hour late, which pushed the ceremony back by half an hour.
It'll be a saturday for us. He has alot of family that lives far off and just wait to make it easier for them to come.
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