Friday vs Sunday Weddings

If you're thinking about Sunday, I would suggest a brunch wedding/reception (that way locals aren't up late before going to work on Monday). If you're envisioning dinner then I would go with Friday.

My original date was a Sunday with a federal holiday on the Monday so most people will be off the next day anyway, so they had a three day weekend.


Sunday’s are the cheapest days of the three so I would see if you can do a Sunday with a holiday following. It’ll save you money, people will stay later and they have an extra day to recover.

Friday weddings I feel can be more of a party. The generally start a little later to give people time to arrive after work, and then the following day is Saturday so most don't mind staying up late.

Sunday weddings, I agree with PP in that brunch or early afternoon weddings work better. I know I few people who got married on a Sunday (Holiday weekend excluded) and their reception started around 5:30 and most people had left by 8:30-9pm which was unfortunate.

If Guests are coming from out of town, it seems either way they will have to take time off to travel. it would just be at the end of the week for a Friday wedding, or beginning of the week for a Sunday. Hope this helped!

I personally would rather go to a Friday wedding than a Sunday wedding if I had the choice.

We're doing a Friday wedding so people can party, then relax all day Saturday before heading home Sunday.

I would do Friday because people go to church and relax on Sundays!

If most guests are local, I would choose a Friday wedding. But if the majority of VIPs are coming from out of town, then I'd go with a Sunday wedding hands down. Will you be having a rehearsal dinner the night prior that you're inviting your family to? If so, then Saturday night is the ideal time for that. In my experience, Friday weddings can be much more of a burden for out of town VIP guests because they have to take off 2 days of work in order to attend the rehearsal + rehearsal dinner on Thursday night before the wedding the next day. Sunday weddings have been easier in my experience due to only needing to take Monday off of work, not to mention that Monday morning flights are often more affordable. As an out of town guest, I would likely only attend a Friday wedding if the person getting married were super close to me, but I would easily attend a Sunday wedding in a heartbeat. Also, Sunday weddings do not have to be early brunch weddings. I've attended several dozen formal Sunday evening weddings that went on until 1 am in the morning with major party vibes.

But what I would do before you make a decision is discuss with your family and VIPs who will be travelling. Ask them honestly what would be easier for them and then go from there!

As a guest, I would prefer to attend a Friday wedding over a Sunday wedding. If you do a Friday wedding at 6:00 or 6:30, that still gives guests time to work that day and make it to your wedding that evening. Then, it gives you the entire weekend to recover or visit with friends/family if you are in from out of town.

As a Guest I'd prefer a Friday Wedding especially if I had to travel for it.

I'm having a Friday wedding, so everyone can have the rest of the weekend to relax, we're also getting married on a Holiday Weekend so 99% of our guests will also have Monday off.

My cousin is having a Sunday wedding that starts at 5pm in a state neither Bride or Groom's family lives in and I'm excited for it, but it is a major inconvenience as we'll have to stay over night, and skip work on Monday, because we don't want to drive home after the wedding. If it were a Friday we'd be able to work a half day to get to the wedding (though its out of state it's only about a 2 hour drive for us) stay over night and come home Saturday, it would even give us the option to stay in town all day Saturday to explore and come home Saturday evening.

I would prefer a friday evening wedding because of the fact it's a weekend the next day haha. if it was sunday i would prefer it to be earlier in the day then

I think this is definitely a “know your crowd issue” because as a guest I would rather attend a Sunday wedding over a Friday wedding any day. With traffic, I barely make it home from work by 6/6:30, so there’s no way I could make it to a wedding by that time without having to take off early.

If you are someone that people want to prioritize, then they will prioritize.

In 2019 I went to a Sunday evening wedding & took off the Monday afterwards.

This year I am going to a semi-destination Friday wedding, and took off both Thursday & Friday for it (you can't get into the room until after 5 pm & the wedding starts at 6 pm) & the wedding is about 3 hours away.

Both people are important to me, so I made both weddings work.

With that said, a lot of people complained about missing the football game on the Sunday wedding. And it wasn't as much of a party atmosphere as I'm expecting the Friday wedding to be.

Ours is a Sunday, but everyone has to travel, so it didn't really matter. We figured it would be way easier for people to come in on Friday or Saturday and enjoy the resort (in the Florida Keys) and then either decide to leave Monday or Tuesday and make a long weekend out of it. If we did Friday, more people would likely have to travel in on Thursday or earlier and would have to take off more work.

Nobody in our circles aside from my 88 year old grandma is very churchgoing, and I wanted a traditional "wedding day" getting ready with my bridesmaids, getting my hair done, etc-I didn't want them rushing from work.

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I’m doing a Sunday wedding mostly because my venue only does one wedding on Sundays so it worked better for timing. My philosophy is that people who want to come they will come regardless of days. With remote work now a thing -I know not for everyone- there is more flexibility. People who travel will need to travel and will miss work either on a Thursday or Monday anyways

If your budget is tight, many places offer a discount if you choose Sunday. An early wedding with a Brunch and mimosas would be very nice. Only downfall is a party with music. You can save not having a DJ or band.

I'd reconsider the day of the week. We decided on a Thursday since Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the most expensive days to get married on. By having our wedding on a Thursday it cost us 2K less! Venues and vendors also offer discounts for getting married on a weekday.
From a guest prospective, it shouldn't matter ehat day of the week your wedding falls on. Those who love and support you will be there regardless of the day of the week.

I’m having a Friday wedding. It’s definitely easier because my guest can take an early day or not take off at all and still make our 6:00 wedding and rest up over the weekend.

My fiancé and I were able to get a really good deal on our venue because we picked Sunday. They gave us a discount. A lot of places will do that if you do sundays, whereas fridays and saturdays are usually the same price. But unfortunately our venue double booked us for the Sunday we already paid for. So she let us have the Saturday before with all the discounts and more because of their mistake worked out. Can’t wait till we can enjoy it now!