Sunday wedding

junebabymia

 FI and I have decided to have a sunday wedding! It was 2k cheaper at the venue of our dreams.. The wedding will be at 5 then the reception will go until 1130. Does this sound like a bad idea? He has a huge latin family and I know they wont mind at all and might even go somewhere after the reception for an after party. We plan on sending invitations out soon enough so if they wanted they could take off the next day. Opinions please?

chumlee7478

Our  wedding is on a Sunday for the same cost reasons.  We can do more with the savings on a Sunday (better/more food, bar, DJ, etc) and we'd rather spend it on our guests. No one has minded.  Our ceremony starts at 230pm and the wedding will go until 9, and we can extend it.

Just go with it.  If people mind, they mind. Just do what's best.

cpm1223

That seems kind of late to me. Could you push it up maybe an hour to two? If I was invited to your wedding and planning on going to work the next day, I would probably leave early.

MyUserName1

We're having a Sunday wedding as well.  I think our reception ends at 9:00 or 9:30 so that local guests can get home and get to bed at a reasonable time for work on Monday.  I've had several out of town guests say how glad they are that it's a Sunday- that it's making travel actually easier for them.

toothpastechica

We are having a sunday wedding, ceremony starts at 3, reception at 5, everything will be done by 9, but guests can stay and mingle till 10 if they want.

meganb1977

It might be a tad late for people to get to work the next day if they stay until the end, but it's not like any of your guests are going to be in shackles in case they prefer to leave the reception before the last dance.  Should be okay as long as you're cool with it that some guests might have to leave early.

mica178

We had a Sunday wedding too.  The ceremony was at 3, the reception went on until 11, although many guests left earlier.  

Run your ideas by the people most important to you, if everyone is okay wtih attending the Sunday wedding, go for it.

mbody

Talk to your VIPs and find out what they would prefer. Then go from there. If I was close to somoene who had a Sunday wedding which ended at 9 or 10ish, I'd definitely stay until the end. I'd even probably take Monday off of work. If it was someone I wasn't especially close to, I'd probably leave a bit early.

Bonzo2011

We're having a Sunday wedding as well. We had to do Sunday for religious reasons, so most of the guests are used to it and expect it. Our date is July 1st, and many out of town guests are saying they'll use the wedding as an excuse to spend Fourth of July in San Francisco. With an evening wedding on a Sunday, expect some people to leave early. This is something that FI and I talked about a lot, but we realized that with the number of kids on the guest list, people would leave before 9 no matter what day the wedding was! Just know your guests and their preferences, and keep that in mind.

goobersinlove

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[QUOTE]We are having a sunday wedding, ceremony starts at 3, reception at 5, everything will be done by 9, but guests can stay and mingle till 10 if they want.
Posted by toothpastechica[/QUOTE]

This is exactly what we will be doing. But like other PP's said, if your crowd is up for a later night on a Sunday and taking the next day off, then by all means have it later. But do expect that at least some people will need to go home early and work the next day.

MrsGandthebeag

Personally I would leave early if the wedding was on a Sunday night.  If you're okay with people leaving early, go for it.  Also, will there be OOT people who have to travel far?  If I had to take a plane or even drive a couple hours, I wouldn't go at all.  

mgg242

I was wondering this same thing!

We are also having a Sunday wedding.  Service at 3 reception at 5 until 10 (can go later) but many of our guests say they already took the next day off!  Cool to see this is the route others are taking. 

Starfish0116

Sunday weddings are fine if you're okay with guests leaving early. It's not usually that common to hate a formal evening wedding on a Sunday, simply because it's inconvenient for guests. 

For me, it would have to be a close family member or friend for me to attend if I was OOT - because it would require taking off of work on Monday. Even if I were local, I probably wouldn't stay late.

Consider the fact that yes, you might be saving 2k on the venue, but how much will you be losing paying for other things (food, alcohol, cake for all your guests) that won't get consumed because your guests leave early.

Starqueg

I'm having a Sunday wedding.  The pre-ceremony stuff starts at 4, ceremony at 5, dinner and dancing til 930.  People might complain, I haven't even sent out STDs yet, but I'm not worrying about it since the important people can be there for sure.

brookerich

Our wedding is on Sunday but its also destination and more of a wedding weekend than a wedding day.  Most of our guests will be making a mini vacation out of it.