Is anybody else having a Sunday wedding?

aripolla

I am doing it for religious purposes. I know it's tricky because people will have to be at work the next day. If you are having a Sunday wedding are you doing it earlier in the day or later? I want a later wedding but know this makes it even more difficult on my guests, especially those from out of town.

JoanE2012

As a guest, I would prefer an earlier wedding on Sunday.  This way I'd have time to come home and relax for the night before the work week starts.  If you have it at night, I'd probably leave shortly after dinner.

mysticl

I've been to one Sunday wedding.  It started at 1:30.  I had to drive about 3 hours for so I opted to take Monday off work and stay over Sunday night and drive back Monday afternoon. 

casey8784

I'm having a Sunday wedding. My FI and I are Jewish - his family is a lot more religious, so Sunday worked out better for our crowd. The ceremony will be starting at 5:30 on Sunday, with the reception over around 11. Many of the guests have already booked hotel rooms (wedding is in a huge resort area), and so far, most are arriving on Saturday and are checking out on Monday.

JennyColada

We are thinking of a Sunday wedding. We haven't planned details, but I'm thinking the ceremony will be at like 11 or 12 with lunch reception to follow.

The Fi is kind of thinking maybe we'll do a Mon wedding (the restaurant we're looking to hold our ceremony at is closed Mon, so it'll be private for us), but I'm going to try to talk him out of that.

Mainly we're thinking of an afternoon (versus evening) ceremony due to having it be less formal.

doeydo

I am having a Sunday wedding.  It is on a long weekend, though, and it is just a Civic holiday that no one really does anything for (ie. not like Easter where lots of people would make plans).  Also, FI & I chose to go with a brunch wedding because it saved us more money and is something different than the 'typical' wedding reception dinner and dance.  

jessicabessica

We had a Sunday wedding (also religious).  It ended up on a holiday weekend, but we had already decided to have it earlier in the day before we picked the holiday weekend.  Our ceremony started at 1, I think, and then we had cocktail hour and a full meal.  The reception went until 7 or 8.  I liked the timeline a lot.  We had a lot of out of town guests, so while most people stayed over Sunday night, they could also leave Sunday evening and travel somewhere else for the holiday (Monday was the 4th of July).

I think you should think about where your guests are coming from and what else you want for the weekend.  If I was local, I would probably leave a late Sunday wedding early so I could get a good night's sleep before work.  We went to one Sunday wedding across the country and left Monday morning, because the wedding was late and we didn't want to take such a long flight so late.  We went to a Sunday afternoon wedding that was only a 2 hour flight away. That friend invited us to services Friday and Saturday, so we got in Friday and left Sunday evening at a decent time.  If you are hoping that people will come to events earlier in the weekend, I think an earlier Sunday wedding is definitely better.

AddieCake

As a guest, I would definitely prefer an earlier Sunday wedding.

BlueBirdMB

The Sunday weddings I've attended were over by 8 pm.  I'm totally fine with that. 

efgrand

We are having ours on Sunday afternoon also for religious reasons, with the ceremony starting at 11:30am and reception ending at 5:00pm. I recently went to a Sunday wedding that started at 4:00pm and there were a bunch of people (unfortunately including myself) who had to leave early in order to travel back home for work the next day... I didn't even get to try the cake! Obviously it's less of an issue for those out-of-town people who are staying over at a hotel or close family/friends who will stay until the end regardless, or if you do it on a holiday weekend where everyone has Monday off. At the end of the day it is your wedding- you and your fiance should do what you want and what works best for you. But be aware that if it ends too late on Sunday that some of your guests may be heading out early