FRIDAY in June or SATURDAY in July?????

MMia425

My fiance and I are getting married in MA next summer! We are trying to decide between a friday wedding in June or a saturday wedding in July. Obviously we would save a little with a friday wedding but we are worried about friends being able to take off time from work for a friday and we are worried it may be too hot in July. It is an outdoor wedding. Any advice would be SO welcomed! PLEASE help us decide!

cnf2013

What's reasoning for having it on a different day for each month? If July is too hot (I agree there, I don't do heat) then do June. If you're concerned about friends and family getting time off for a Friday wedding, then do Saturday. The way I see it a Saturday in June sounds like to compromise. This board will be biased though

MMia425

I'd love to do a Saturday in June but our venue doesn't have any saturdays left. We can take a friday in June or a saturday in July:(

kellyeliz

Does your venue do Sundays in June? Sundays are pretty popular now and most venues offer the same deal as a Friday night! CNF is right though we will be biased since we are all June brides!

KplusA

I can't make a decision for you, only you will be able to know what you really want.  That being said, I would probably go with the Saturday in July even though it could be hot, just because I've always wanted a Saturday wedding because you don't have to worry about it starting too early or ending too late for your guests.  As for June, I'd rather go to a Sunday wedding than a Friday wedding.  The last Friday wedding I went to I was stuck in traffic leaving the city and actually missed the ceremony!  The one thing you would have to be careful with is making sure that a Sunday wedding ends earlier, since people have to work the next day.  Are you pretty set on choosing between June and July, or could you look into a month with cooler temperatures?

ktwed1

If you have it late enough on a Friday it shouldn't be a problem for people taking off from work. I'm having a Friday evening June wedding. Ours will start at 7:00pm. 80% of our guests will be traveling from different states, so for us the Friday wedding didn't matter really.

iloveu4ever

Do a Saturday because I talked with mostly everyone I invited and 3/4 said they couldn't come because of work issues.

SusieSunshine2

Being in the Boston area, it would a lot easier to do a Saturday wedding.  Friday traffic in the summer is brutal.

ktdid10

I thought about a friday wedding as well since it is cheaper in many venues and I think if you have a later evening ceremony you could be alright, even if you had cocktail hour before the ceremony and did your pictures beforehand to give people time to make it to the ceremony may be an alternative.  But a saturday wedding would be less time worrisome but it would be hot in july but you could also try and have a late evening ceremony or early ceremony to beat the heat.  Really its up to you and your FI when you rather have it and people have enough advance warning to get time off for it as well so I wouldn't worry too much about which day you have it as long as your happy about it that's all that matters. 

sparkles776

Personally, I dont do heat, so I would choose the June Friday especially since it is the outdoor wedding. I would talk to your most important guests though, if they will have difficulty doing a Friday, just do the Saturday in July.

bar10521

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[QUOTE]Personally, I dont do heat, so I would choose the June Friday especially since it is the outdoor wedding. I would talk to your most important guests though, if they will have difficulty doing a Friday, just do the Saturday in July.
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<div>I agree with this. I don't like the heat so July wouldn't be my personal preference. But talk with your guests and maybe go by them. If people have enough advanced notice about a Friday wedding maybe they can make arrangements to attend. A friend of ours did a Friday wedding in February and most of her guests were able to make it. Have you considered a Sunday wedding?</div>

anastassiiat

Where in MA are you guys getting married? I also think that traffic might be an issue, especially in summer when a lot of people go out of town for the weekends. We are getting married on a Sunday, that way we are saving up some $ compared to a Saturday, but also not risking people running late because of work/traffic/etc. But if your only options are Friday and Saturday I would probably go with Friday, and maybe have the ceremony as late as possible so that the traffic is not too bad?

emilyb213

I agree with what everyone else about considering a Sunday wedding in June versus a Friday. We went to a wedding last fall on Veteran's Day, which was on a Friday, and even though a lot of people were off that day, we still hit a ton of rush hour traffic on the way to the ceremony. I've been in Boston in July, and if you're planning something outdoors, I'd definitely try to have it in June.

athomsen86

I'm getting married in MA next summer as well. We picked a Friday in June for multiple reasons, the first of which is it's waaaaay cheaper for me. In terms of multiple vendors our venue, our photographer, everyone we've delt with thus far has been cheaper for a Friday than a Saturday. We were also trying to keep close to our original anniversary so that played a partas well. Ours too is outside, I don't know about you, but I don't do well in heat. So a Friday evening seemed better to me than baking in a Saturday afternoon. I know some people will have to take off work/leave early to avoid traffic but frankly it's my wedding and so I'm going to have it when I want. Anyone who would complain to me about the fact that it's a Friday evening probably wouldn't make it to my guest list