Getting discouraged!

butterfieldeight

We want to have a Labor Day weekend wedding but all of our vendors that we love are booked! (Photographers, video, etc)

What would people think of a Thursday night reception? Everyone invited is from Chicago so there would be no out of town folks except my older uncle who is retired.

I have been reading that Thursday nights are starting to get popular in some areas. Maybe Thursday before Labor Day?

I feel like a rebel bride!

TatiMarie

 Hmm the good thing about a Thursday night is you might get some cheaper rates assuming those vendors are available those nights.

The thing you have to think about is understanding some people may not show up tp the ceremony (depends what time you have it) and then some people may also leave early because they'll have to go to work the next day.  Also, some people use that weekend to go out of town so they may not be able to come because they'll be leaving early the next day.

So, I think it's possible, but you just have to be prepared for maybe a more low-key and/or intimate wedding

Scarlet Starlet 31

I would imagine a lot of your guests won't stay very late and won't drink very much since they'd have to work the next day.  If you're okay with that, go for it.
 

AshleyK2011

Personally, I wouldn't like to attend a Thursday night wedding, even if it was the Thursday before a holiday weekend.  It's hard for people who work/live in the city to get out to the suburbs for an early evening wedding and vice versa because of traffic.  I know this is the same for a Friday wedding, but I feel like it's easier to duck out of work early on a Friday than it is on a Thursday.  Plus, almost everyone will have to go back to work on Friday, so like PP mentioned, I would assume that people wouldn't stay late and probably wouldn't drink a lot.   

If you decide to do a Thursday, I would seriously consider doing your liquor package on consumption rather than a flat fee.  Usually I think it's a bad option, but in this case, I think it might be worthwhile. 

PenelopeSnuz

I think having a Thursday night reception is rude.  Think about your guests!

Change your date....it is silly to inconvenience your guests to hold onto a date.

MISSCOURTNEY20

Why can't you just change it to the weekend after Labor Day? Why is Labor Day so important? Also, can't you look into other vendors?

thealphabride

I'm a little confused. You have on your bio your date is 2-11-12. Are you moving up your date to September of 11? or fall of 11?

If it is in fall of 11, probably most of the favorite vendors you love are booked for the entirety of September and October, I would check before you move your date.

I have to agree with the others, I'm not crazy about the Thursday night idea. Who gets married during the week? Why are you stuck on a holiday weekend, it makes everything so much more expensive for you and difficult for your guests.

Maybe pick a date in Mid September we got married on 9-11-10, the weather was perfect and all my vendors were available.

Best of luck to you!!!

MrsPaps

I went to a wedding in Iowa on Memorial Day on a Sunday of that weekend and it was our entire weekend. Grant we didn't have other plans but it was still our entire holiday weekend. For that reason, I do not agree with Holiday weekends however if most of your guests are local then it shouldn't be an issue.
Have you looked at Sunday of that weekend instead of Saturday?

lkeefner

the ohter thing to think about is that some people are not permitted to take the friday before a monday holiday off or they do not get paid for the monday holiday.  therefore you may have people leaving early so that they are still able to make it to work the next day.

imtaken07

Why don't you just pick another weekend. You will have more guests show. I think a holiday weekend, some may no come.