How do you feel about Sunday weddings?

Unfortunately, I don't think Sunday weddings really work if you want to have a party type vide unless everyone plans on taking the next day off. People are going to be more likely to leave early because of work or if they have children that have school the next day. While Fridays aren't as cheap as Sundays they do tend to be cheaper than Saturday. However, Friday weddings also come with the challenge of planning around people's work schedule. Personally if you really want the party vibe, I think a Saturday wedding is probably the best option.

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This makes me feel so much better thank you! I feel like many of our guests will still want to celebrate all night with us I just don't want to expect anything from anyone if that makes sense.

We are probably going to reschedule for a Sunday wedding. I was wondering this same thing but my fiance made a valid point - if you have a Saturday wedding people from out of town will miss work on Friday. If you have a Sunday wedding they will miss work on Monday. Either way, they're missing a day. We will still have an evening wedding if we have it on sunday.

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Very true! With a Friday or Sunday wedding I will have to worry about other peoples work schedules I feel like it's almost impossible to find a wedding venue that I like within my budget on a Saturday but who knows, maybe I'll get lucky once I actually start touring some.

We attended one Sunday wedding. It was about an hr drive. My husband has to be up early for work. We left right after dinner. A lot of her guests, including bridal party, left early too. And they even started earlier, around like 2 or 3.
It’s up to you, but I don’t think it will be a party atmosphere you’re hoping for. Some venues don’t offer discounts for Non Saturday wedding (like ours, they wanted to keep pricing even and fair). Also there are venues out there that won’t break the bank you just might have to do a little more searching. (Historical buildings, parks, VFW halls) Just somethings to keep in mind as you do your search.

We're having a Sunday evening wedding. It was cheaper and left available after a lot of 2020 brides jumped on the Saturday dates. Our guests are excited, planning to party all night with us, and taking off the next day with no problems. It all depends on your crowd. I believe that with enough notice, its not such a big deal that people are trying to make it.

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This is the same with ours as well. I didn't know the day of the week changed the vibe but I'm excited to have guests that have the same party mindset as we do.

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Someone else previously mentioned the same thing which I didn't even think about. That's a really good point that out of town guests will have to request off either way. I worry about having it in the evening just because I wouldn't want to pay to have the venue until a certain time and then everyone leaves hours before. Good luck with your wedding planning

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That's awesome everyone is already planning to take off work for you, I hope my guests will react the same way if we end up getting a Sunday date! I may just be overthinking and no one will even care about the day lol

I have been to a couple of sunday weddings and it's fine because a lot can go but people get really tired for the next day or leave early to prepare for the next day

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You're considering your options for the type of wedding you would like. Its understandable. I hope they show up and show out for you, no matter the day of the week!

Attended a Sunday wedding last year and by 8:00/9:00 there was hardly anybody left and wasn’t supposed to end until 10, especially if people have to travel it’s rough. I think if you can Friday, people would be willing to leave work early...

I am having my wedding on a Sunday. Considering the fact that it was a lot cheaper than Saturday lol

We’re having a Sunday wedding It will be on the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend. I know many or probably most people don’t have Columbus Day weekend off, but I think it will work out decent for us. Event is 4:30-10.


About 70% of my guests are from out of the immediate area and these guests are our friends who are like 25-27 years old. The other 30% are older adults (older family friends and relatives) who live close to the venue.
Our friends groups (majority of our guests) don’t have to take off work Friday and they can take their time traveling or enjoying our venue on Friday night or Saturday, etc. They’ll have plenty of notice to take off Monday if they need to.
Our Sunday wedding events at a later (ish) time around 10, but I’m sure it will be fine because our younger guests can keep the party going. Our older guests can leave earlier if they want to since they live close to the venue anyway.
So my point is that it probably will depend on your guests! lol! I picked Sunday because it was significantly cheaper, I wanted the 10/10 date, and figured it will work out fine. Good luck!

I’d go and if you were family or a close friends I’d take Monday off. If you were a co worker or not as close I’d just leave early. I think you can also start earlier and even end at like 10 and that would still be a fun evening and not horribly late.

As someone who (in non COVID times) usually worked Saturdays, Sunday weddings were good for me.

It's all about your crowd, your budget, and your preference, though.

I wouldn’t do Sunday if you want a party vibe. It’s a lot easier for people to take off work on a Friday than a Monday, or even take a half day Friday. I would attend a Sunday wedding (non covid times) but not “party”. Even if people take Monday off, it’s hard to not worry about the upcoming week “Sunday scaries”. I wouldn’t do it.

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MUCH cheaper a lot of places I looked at so far are double the price on a Saturday

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It sounds like you put a lot of thought into your date and location, that's awesome! I think 10 is a good time to end especially if it's on a holiday weekend, hopefully most people will be off that Monday but I think it's a good time either way. Hope you have an amazing wedding!

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We used the same logic when moving forward with our Sunday wedding! Most of our guests have to take a day off from work no matter what, and no one seems to be inconvenienced or upset about taking Monday off from work instead of Friday (we were originally having a Saturday wedding in 2020, but had to postpone to a Sunday wedding in 2021 due to Covid).