Who is having a day or evening wedding? I heard from one place it's cheaper to have it during the day is that true? Also how far would you be willing to travel for a wedding? I am having a lot of fights with my parents over the reception being an hour away from our house. Thanks!! Teresa
lreigada
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We are having a Sat evening wedding. I always wanted an evening wedding (I did not care what day of the week it was) but my FILs wanted a Sat night. After they made a generous contrabution we went with the Sat night. When we were looking - quotes for day weddings were MUCH less - 40 to 50 dollars different, also other nights than Saturday was less expensive as well.
Soon2BMrsA
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From the quotes I received Saturday is the most expensive day and the evenings are significantly more expensive than the daytime because there's more demand for evening weddings. I would be willing to drive an hour for a wedding, even more if the bride/groom was someone close to me.
Good luck planning!
alicegetsmarried
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To be honest, I really do prefer a night wedding, but an wedding is fun in my opinion. I have also heard that an afternoon or non-Saturday night wedding is less expensive.
natbella
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I am having a Friday night wedding, it's cheaper then a Saturday night but a little more then Sunday...I wanted a night wedding...The ceremony starts at 530 and coctail hour immediately follows, so the reception is from 630-1130!
cjik
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We're having a Saturday afternoon wedding (runs 12-5), with the ceremony and reception at the same place. It was less expensive, although we have a lot of guests driving a couple hours to get there, so we chose afternoon more for travel considerations than cost. Some guests are staying at a hotel anyway, but we didn't want people to feel they had to do that.
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I think afternoon wedding are fun. When else do you have an excuse to be bombed at 5 o'clock in the evening??? That being said I had a Saturday evening wedding.
Blu-ize
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Afternoons in general are less money for most vendors considering it's not as popular as the big Saturday night affair. You should have more negotiation room.
LilyOfValley
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We chose a sunday afternoon because we have a one year old and want her to be a part of it (well thast why we chose a day wedding).
I think certain times of year are cheaper, like dec. to march?
06NovBride
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I am not a morning person whatsoever so we decided to do a night wedding. I know that day weddings are usually cheaper. As for it being far away, go with the place you love. Don't settle for a place because it may be a little far away.
jersee3380
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i'm having a middle day wedding! 330-9pm. the reception is 15 mins from my house (west) and church is 15 mins from my huse (east). everything is ncie and close
krodney
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HI! I needed to upgrade my room, but in order to do so, I had to push my wedding back one hour, so now it's the same time frame as yours. Did you find that people complained about the time frame? Did a lot of people leave early?
Thanks
wearefamily608
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Once inside no one knows if it's day or night. We're doing a Sunday afternoon 12-5 in February. Those early sunsets will work in our favor.
