Monday Wedding

[tigger]

What is the etiquette for the day of the week you have a wedding? We wanted to have the wedding on Oct. 4th but that is only 3 months away and every location is booked for every Fri/Sat night the entire month of Oct. We should have gotten engaged earlier. Now we are stuck with no location to get married unless we have the wedding on a weekday. If we have the ceremony on a Monday evening that means we can spend the weekend with out of town family but all of the guests coming in from out of town will have to take both Monday and Tuesday off of work. Is that too much to ask of people?

[JL29720]

I ran into the a similar problem. Our pastor was out of town for two weeks and the next week was a big holiday. So we ended up moving our date up a whole month earlier. In your case it seems that it would be a little hard to move it up. It would be neat to have a December wedding. I know that you probably had your heart set on that date or something close to it, but I have come to find out if you want a wedding to work out right you have to make compramises.

[jlcramer]

Did you look into having one maybe on a Thursday evening? Thursday seems a little more feasible than having one on a Monday. At least if you have one on a Thursday, your guests aren't going to have to hurry through because they have to be to work right away.

[E]

There are no particular etiquette rules that say that you shouldn't have a wedding on any day of the week that you want, and you will get great deals on wedding services, but remember that the number of people that will not be able to attend will be much higher than a weekend wedding.

[riki]

Well, my wedding is next year in April, and we are having our wedding on a Friday night whiched turned out to be inexpensive verses having it on a Saturday, plus my fiance and I will leave that Saturday for Tennesse. You may want to check with your reception site on the prices for during the week weddings because they tend to run cheaper than the weekend rates. Also, what my plans are since my wedding is on a Friday night, I'm purchasing respond cards with the invites to let everyone on my list aware that the wedding will take place on a Friday and they will have to mail the respond card back to me with a can make it or can not make it. Those who do not respond will be removed. It's your wedding, make your decision based on what you want and not what others want or what will make others happy because no matter what you do. Listen To Me! You can not satisfy guests, they are only going to talk anyway. Go with works for you.

With congratulations and best wishes in your decision.

Sincerely,
Riki

[Angeltee4u]

first of all, where are you from. Cause I am from Mississippi and the place that I have choosen to get married at does weddings all year long any day of the week it doesn't matter. and if your family really loves you and wants to see you married then they will take 2 days off of work just to be there and support you every step of the way no matter what.

Teresa

[meghanrene]

I had a friend tell me that he has come up with the perfect solution. Have a Thursday wedding, like mentioned before. Mondays are the day after church services so ministers usually take the time to reflect on the previous day. Tuesdays are a huge work day for the upcoming Sunday, preparing the sermon's outline. Wednesday, most of the time there is church. Thursday works for everyone. Granted, out of town guests will have to take Thursday and Friday off for the celebration, but then they also have the weekend to relax after the big occasion. It's also great for the pastor because he still has time to concentrate on the upcoming Sunday sermon. AND MOSTLY, you and your husband will have a FULL weekend to kick off the honeymoon, which will be relaxing for both of you.

Meghan