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Picking a wedding date - Saturday vs. Sunday

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Hey girls! I've always wanted to get married on a Saturday night and loved the date August 23, 2014. My fiance wants to change the date to Sunday night, Labor Day Weekend, August 31st after hearing we would be saving $10k by switching from Saturday night to Sunday night. Would you girls do it? Or pay the extra $ for your dream wedding on a Saturday night? Any good or bad opinions about getting married on a holiday weekend?
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  • jagore08jagore08 member
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    I was married on a Sunday, Memorial weekend.  It saved us a ton of money and allowed our guests that were traveling (which were most of the guests) time to travel to and from the wedding without taking off work.
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    I would check with your VIPs about the holiday aspect. I have never been a big "family picnic" type, so it would not bother me at all. And if you can save TEN GRAND by having it on Sunday instead of Saturday, heck yeah!
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  • s-aries8990s-aries8990 member
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    Ditto Addie. Check with VIPs, and since it's one of those nation-wide federal holidays, most people are likely to have it off. Yay!!!!

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  • J+A 2013J+A 2013 member
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    I personally hate holiday weekend weddings, especially if it's on a Sunday because then I have no chance of going to my family's traditional picnics.  Also, if you're getting married in LI, the last thing I would want to do is drive home Labor Day through all that traffic.  We did it a few years ago (from north Jersey into Queens) and it sucked.  
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  • ljsquintzljsquintz member
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    We also got married on a Sunday to save money (although it was not a holiday weekend).
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  • TheBaysideBrideTheBaysideBride member
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    Just me personally, I love Saturday night weddings..
    We considered Sunday as well, bc my FI is Jewish, and I just didn't like Sunday party and then Monday brunch.
    There are plusses and minuses of the holiday weekend. True, everyone has an extra day off, but there will be people who don't really want to use one of their few three-day weekends to travel for your wedding. Especially if you have a lot of parents getting their kids ready for school. Do you care what those people think? if not, do it sunday night and enjoy the weekend.
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  • LisaA2014LisaA2014 member
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    One of the things I wouldn't budge on is having it Saturday night. I picked an off season date and bargained for Sunday prices on Saturday.
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  • zantsterzantster member
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    I always felt like my guests would be most relaxed and ready to celebrate and stay for an evening reception if we had it on a Saturday so that's what we're doing.  We don't want to worry about inconviencing those who have to work the next day or tiring out those who just got off work on a Friday much less ask them to take the day off. 

    Holidays are so few and far between that if they're anything like me they'll want to reserve spending those with family.  So Saturdays IMO will always be the best option if you can afford it.  But I also never wanted an afternoon reception with cake, punch or brunch.  If you're doing that then Sunday wouldn't be a big deal.  Because it would be over quickly.  But if you want an evening reception with dinner and dancing stick with Saturday.
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