Saturday v. Sunday

Does anyone have any comments on if it really makes a big difference to have a wedding on a sun. night as opposed to sat. night.

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I prefer a Saturday night - for convenience and not having to work the next day. But I wouldn't say it makes a 'big' difference.

Just keep in mind guests may leave earlier (especially those with a long drive). For out of town guests - it probably means a day off work.

You can get around most of these issues by having it Sunday afternoon rather than evening.

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I had a sunday afternoon wedding for a few reasons

1. we got married on Bastille Day and DH's father is french...and it was a sunday

2. the price/minimum

The reason I made it the afternoon rather than the evening was that if people worked the next day...they wouldn't leave...

After I picked my hall and theme...the afternoon was the best thing I could have done...the flowers/landscaping were gorgeous...and my wedding focused around a summer garden theme...

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I prefer a Saturday wedding.
You don't have to get up for work the next day (at least most people) and to me a Saturday night is like party time so its more fun.
Also I feel funny wearing a sequined dress or gown on a Sunday.
We are going to a Sunday wedding in 2 weeks and I had to go yesterday & buy a plain dress for daytime.

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I don't think there's really a difference except for the reasons mentioned above. I mean for the same exact party - you will pay less, which is a plus, especially with the amount weddings cost these days.
But, I feel that people that would stay the full length on Saturday would do it on a Sunday regardless. I just went to Friday night wedding and peole were leaving early - so, I don't think the day you have it on makes much of a difference.
Do whatever you & your fi feel is best.

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I went to a Sunday night wedding at the end of August. It was a beautiful time of year and day (especially with the sunset which was over the water at the reception hall). However, people did leave early. Some started to leave as dessert was coming out and many people left just after it was served. I like Saturday weddings better, IMO. Sunday afternoon may be nice as well, but it does have a different feel to it I think.

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If your budget only allows for a Sunday, go for it. Those who love you will stay till the end.
Or you can do a sunday afternoon wedding, that I'd prefer over Sunday evening!

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I'm having a Sunday afternoon wedding for 2 reasons, one is cost, it is definately alot cheaper! Second, many of my guests are out of state and I wanted my bachelorette party Friday night, the rehearsal dinner Saturday night, and the wedding Sunday afternoon. I was afraid people would leave early if the affair was Sunday night, also I really don't mind if people are more casual, but that is a personal choice.

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I'm doing Sunday of Columbus day weekend. I like this weekemd bc at least some of the guest have off the next day. The reception is 5-9, so it's not too late that people will leave early, but it's still an evening wedding

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We had our wedding on a Sunday for a good reason - it was the only day in August that our hall was available. And it was a lot cheaper for us. Our reception was from 6pm-11pm, and pretty much everyone stayed until the very end. Some of the older folks left early, but we expected that.
If you are having a Catholic ceremony, depending on the church's mass & baptism schedule, you can be limited as to what time you can get married and have the reception on a Sunday, unless you are getting married at the reception hall.

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I'm doing a thursday night!
Hahahah

Mine is just a dinner though in a resteraunt, only about 40-50 ppl.. They are all immediate family and our closests friends and the only reason we picked thursday was cause the resteraunt gets MUCH fuller on a sat and sun.
It would of been the same price, but I wanted the privacy more.
Most of our guests wont be working the next day.

If I was having a regular full blown affair.. I would go for the saturday night...

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I guess it depends on where you are holding the event and how many people you are inviting. I had originally scheduled my wedding for a Friday night and was asked to change it to a Saturday night. It will cost me $7,000 more to do it on a Saturday night, because both the catering and the band cost more on Saturday night. It is up to you, but in my experience there was a huge difference between the cost of a Saturday night wedding and the cost of a wedding at any other time.

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I originally wanted Saturday, and when we got Memorial Day Sunday, I was ok, it will feel like a Saturday (I hope). We also ended up saving some money too. I'm not sure that I would have picked a 'work' Sunday night.

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I know Im going to get reemed for this but I think there is a HUGE difference between a Saturday NIGHT wedding and Sunday night or afternoon.

I have been to a lot of weddings on all days of the week.

Saturdays are obviously the easiest for most guests so you will get more accepts and people will tend to stay for the entire thing. People tend to drink, dance and there is a party atmosphere.

Sundays weddings tends to have a lot more a of low key feel (less drinking, dancing, partying). Even if its an afternoon wedding, people leave earlier than Saturdays

There are generalities since I have been to a very low key Saturday night wedding and big blast of a Sunday night wedding - its just in general, people tend to be more reserved if they have work the next morning.

One is not better than the other - you just have to decide a)what your crowd is like and how they will react and b) what sort of atmosphere you want to create.

Another solution to the cost problem of a Saturday night is doing a Friday night. Many people won't make the ceremony on a Friday because of work but the receptions tend to be very similiar to Saturday night weddings.

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I agree with SonicStef which is why my wedding is on a Fri. night. My ceremony is there at 7:30, cocktails at 8pm and party 9-1. I wanted that party, drinking feeling but not a Saturday price.

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We are having a Sunday 'twilight' wedding. Cocktails at 4pm reception ends at 9pm, but we're considering an extra hour for the band and catering hall. FH really insisted on Sat. night at first, but Sunday started to grow on us. 9/21/03 will be our 4 year dating anniversary as well, so the date is special, and I really like the idea of eating dinner at dinner time and not at 9:30pm. Also a factor for us is that the reception is in the same town that we both live/grew up in, so the large majority of our guests are right around the corner too. As for price, we're only saving about $3000. If we did it earlier on Sunday we'd have saved $6000.

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I will agree with Stef that a Sunday has a different feel to it...I actually loved that I had the wedding in the afternoon, b/c then we were able to extend it afterwards and I had a full day of guests...

my family and friends will dance anywhere and at anytime (DH's family will not...although his friends don't step on dance floors anyway...)

I have a picture of all out guests hugging us during a dance...I thought it was the hora...but DH's aunt insists that they did this at the end of the night...at the last dance...(see how much I remember)

I can't believe how many people are in the picture...the only people who left maybe 1/2 hour early were a few coworkers...

but again...it could have just been my crowd...I loved having the wedding during the daytime...of course there weren't sequined dresses, but the atmosphere and scenery were beautiful in the light...

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We are doing Sunday night for two reasons. I wanted to get married at x-mas time and the Saturday after x-mas seemed to close to x-mas day (wed) since all of FI family is from out of town. So Sunday seemed perfect. And the cost difference is paying for flowers, dj, and ceremony music. Plus I'm not too worried about the Sunday night thing since it is the holidays and most people will be taking vacation days that monday.

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My family is like YABB's-they dance everywhere. We are also doing Sunday Day, our reasons were not based on cost-I have many elderly relatives all around LI that would have a hard time driving late @ night & would leave early, My Fi is NOT a late night person, our kids will be most in the mood in the morning, our party ends at 5:00, those that choose to go home at that time can still get 12 hours sleep if they desire or they can follow us & party on.

We also are having our ceremony @ our reception location & an evening wedding would have left limited time for outdoor fall pictures.

I have never been a big fan of Sunday night parties of any kind, but I've been to some that were great.

The Friday idea is good, but I always feel really bad as a guest if I miss the church-I hate doing that.

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I prefer saturday night weddings, but that's just me. If cost does happen to be an issue. the place we are getting married at is 80pp for a saturday night, which I think is really good.