what would LIW brides do?

hey ladies,

i was wondering what your thoughts are on a sunday wedding at twilight (approx 4 pm but essentially we can make our own time) vs evening (6-12).

right now FH and I are torn for a few reasons

1) cost - the price goes up $15 pp for twilight (we are having approx 125-150 guests so $1875-$2250 more)

2) photography - we are planning on taking photos at a garden before the ceremony. in the august heat, we thought possibly taking photos at 4 pm might be better than 2 pm for the earlier start.

3) guests leaving - we are concerned with either option, but especially sunday night that guests will leave. we are Jewish and can't have a friday or saturday night in the summer and don't want a day wedding.

anyway, what would LIW do? would you go to a sunday evening wedding? which time slot do you prefer and why? TIA!!

Are you doing it at the RH?

I hate Sunday weddings because I have to take off the next day, however I would rather go to one at night than in the afternoon...I just feel like the vibe at afternoon weddings is a little more laid back, but of course it depends on the crowd and the mood.

I am having a Sunday twilight wedding next July. Our invite will say 3pm, the ceremony is at 3:30pm, cocktail is 4:00 - 5:30pm, and reception 5:30pm - 9:30pm.

If you use these hours, your pics will be daytime in the heat (yes, it may suck lol, I know) but your guests hopefully WILL stay til the end. If someone travels in from OOT, they likely are taking Monday off anyway.

We were deciding btwn a Friday eve wedding and a Sunday Twilight wedding. FH has alot of guests invited from his job, so we felt Sunday was better then Fri. night.
Our cocktail hour starts at 5 and reception is from 6-10pm. We figured that way guests should be home by 11 if they stay the whole time, and can still go to work the next day if they want.
I think for a Sunday the twilight hours work best. Otherwise I think alot of ppl will leave early.