Please give your honest opinions about a Sunday wedding..

I was set on a saturday night, but now I'm seeing that it will be 6,000-10,000 cheaper to have a sunday wedding. What are your honest opinions? Do you think a sunday wedding has a different feel? Do you think people will choose not to come or will they levae early? Is a sunday daytime better than sunday eve? I'm thinking of december, so it will be dark by 4:30pm....

ETA:
I got the place I loved to lower the price a little so I could afford a saturday! Plsu my parents said they will chip in a little!!!! Thaks for all the advice..I hope it will help others. it's sucha tough decison. Ultimately the saturday worked out better b/c most of our guests are NOT from LI

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I hate hate hate sunday evening weddings that end at 12am. Um, people have to go to work the next day. It's seasier to get fridays off than mondays for most people. If it's a bit earlier, ending at maybe 10 or so, that's cool.

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I think it depends on your guest list. My friend got married on a Sunday and most of her guests were not from LI (they were from Queens, NYC, NJ, etc) and a noticeable amount of people left early. Also, I feel that there is less of a party feel b/c people have to go to work the next day. These were just my experiences, I'm sure plenty of Sunday weddings don't experience this.

JMO I prefer attending a Saturday day wedding - they are less expensive than a Saturday evening as well.

ohhhh and be careful if you get married during football season - all the guys were at the bar checking the scores!! RUDE!

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Thanks for the advice and opinions! Keep it coming. Friday night and saturday daytime are not options b/c FH is Jewish...

What about a Sunday daytime wedding, which would edn at 5 or 6 pm?

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I think sunday weddings are fine. I don't particularly leave early because it's sunday. Big deal if I have a few hours less sleep for one day or maybe I take the next day off. I personally hate day weddings. I don't feel like its really a party atmosphere. I don't drink cause I feel its way too early to even do so. JMO.

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My wedding was on a Sunday, but it was Columbus Day weekend. Therefore, we did not get the discount, and many people had Monday off. For those who didn't, they had no problem getting it off. Others liked that they didn't have to travel on Friday night after work. They took there time getting here on Saturday and were able to travel during daylight.

I loved having it on a Sunday and would do it again. We had our rehearsal on Friday night and Saturday was completely free. It made it a 3 day party!

PS

Oct04Bride - you think checking football scores are bad? We were on our honeymoon during baseball playoffs. I am a Yankee fan and DH is a Red Sox's fan! Needless to say, we had our first married fight during our honeymoon! Someone went to check the scores and left me at the pool for 2 hours!!!

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Nobody will even remember that it was a Sunday wedding and those that want to share your day will be there until the end.

I attended my former step-sister's Sunday wedding, June 8, 2003, and I think the church ceremony started about 3 p.m.. The ceremony was in Brooklyn at my church and the reception was at the Swan Club. It was still light out when we got to the Swan Club (June) and the reception went until 11 or 12 a.m. Only like 4 people left and it was not a holiday weekend.

I have to say that a lot of people were out of town guests though so that may have played a role in why they stayed until the end (no work). But I had to work the next day and stayed too.

The only reason I even recall that it was on a Sunday is because I spoke to my step-sister about our soon to be wedding and she reminded me that hers was on a Sunday.

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I figured that if we send out STD's way in advance (like a year) then people will be able to get monday off if they need it. I feel bad inconveniencing other people to save me $$, but it really is a LOT of money, and could make the difference between having my wedding someplace I love and settling for something that's less than what will make me feel like it's the perfect day!

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I know I would not look forward to or have as much fun at a Sunday wedding, mainly a Sunday night wedding, because Im always worried about being ready for the week ahead...but if it were a close friend or family member, Iw ould take that Monday off anyway...I think Sunday earlier in the day is the best way to go...

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Mine was on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. It was the perfect solution- everyone partied until the end!

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if friday night and saturday days arent options then you shouldnt even be second guessing yourself. you can only do what you can and if it means saving thousands of dollars that can be put toward other things then i would do it. im sure your friends and family will stay to the end. but if they dont it doesnt mean its less of a wedding. i think a sat in december would be very expensive and if you really dont have the extra cash then a sunday night is just as good. have an early cocktail hour if possible and have the wedding end at 11pm. if most of the people are local they will be home by 12 it isnt that bad. i think you shouldnt spend money you really dont have to your guests should just be happy for you and want to spend your day with you regardless. thats just my opinion

edited to say that i was married on a friday night in january and i received alot of flack for that from people but as it turns out most people stayed as late as the viennese even though most worked all day and all week.

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I am having a Sunday wedding and I dont mind at all. My ceremony will be at the hall at 1130am. The cocktail hour, is an hour and a half,from noon to 130, and my reception is 130-530. I think that gives everyone times to get home and unwind for the night.

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I was married on a Sunday night and thought i'd have a lot of 'no's'. Well only had about 6 no's and everyone else showed up.
My reception ended at 11 and either people left around 10-1030 (only some) or most just took Monday off.
I had one relative complain, and my attitude @ the point was, then you dont have to come!
From 10-11 it was most of my cousins and friends left @ the reception, we still made it a great time!

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I had my wedding on a Sunday night, because it was much cheaper. Since my parents were paying for our wedding, I'd thought I'd try to help they out with having it on a cheaper day. I got 2 no's out of about 160 people and they stayed after the wedding was over just to chat. I guess it depends on your family...

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our sunday wedding was from 12 noon and ended around 6 at night so people who had to work the next day still had the evening to get together. and yes, we did save a $h!tload of $$$

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I think if it saves you money - it is completely worth it.
Remember, when planning a wedding, you can't please everybody....so you might as well try to please yourselves!

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Sundays are fine, but I would go for an early start/end. I wouldn't end it any later than 10pm. JMHO.

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I had a Sunday night wedding, because I could not have a Saturday night one - Shabbat ends too late in June. My wedding went until midnight, and I have to say that some people did leave early, but maybe at 11:30, not much earlier than that. It certainly didn't stop anyone from coming! I would have preffered to have a twilight wedding that started at 4 and went to 10, but twilight was more expensive. I think that if it saves you money, it's totally worth it. The people who want to be there celebrating with you will be there no matter what!

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I had a Sunday afternoon wedding and I LOVED it! I didn't want to have a big formal evening wedding, so we planned for a Sunday afternoon wedding... we had LOTS of out of town guests, but they all stayed at the Inn where we had the wedding and most of them came up either Friday or Saturday and made a whole weekend out of it... many stayed until Monday and after the wedding was over about 30 of us meandered into town for coffee and treats... if it saves you money, what's the difference? Everyone is still coming together to celebrate your wedding and if people start complaining or feel the need to leave early, those are the people who you would probably want to leave early anyway... you're closest friends and family will be there to the end, and that's all that really matters!

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I had mine on a Sunday evening, and nobody thought twice about the day! We had a lot fo OOters because DH is from Jersey, but nobody had a problem with staying till the end..if it meant they took the nxt day off, no big deal, or they just went in a few hours later...

If it is going to save you money, then go for it...if they want to be there for your wedding, they will find the way to do it...i would no worry about the guests because in the grand scheme of thnigs, its YOUR day, Do what YOU want....