day vs evening reception and fri vs sunday reception

Re: day vs evening reception and fri vs sunday reception

• trix1223 member

  

  October 2010

  If on Friday, I'd say evening so that guests don't have to take a day off from work.  If on Sunday, I'd say day so that guests aren't out too late before a Monday work day.

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• NillaWafer10 member

  

  October 2010

  I think Friday evening would give you the best turn out.  If you have it on Friday day, people won't come, because they don't want to take off of work.  If it's on a Sunday, people are less likely to travel, because they have to take off Monday.

  
  

  If there isn't a cost difference, I would definitely go with a Friday vs. a Sunday.

  
  

  

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• aerinpegadrak member

  

  October 2010 edited October 2010

  Friday evening, sunday brunch or afternoon.  I think it depends on the vibe you want.  We definitely wanted an evening party, so we went with Friday.
  
  ETA: It also depends on whether the majority of your guests are local or OOT.  For a local guest list, Sunday will likely be better.  For an OOT guest list, I'd actually say Friday, since most people are better able to take a Friday off than a Monday.  But if you did an early enough Sunday wedding, there would still be enough time for people travel home.

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• JadziaDax member

  

  October 2010

  IMO, a Sunday wedding reception would be better. Personally, I come home from work on Friday's and just crash. If I had a Friday evening wedding to attend, i'd either skip it or stay for a few hours- but i'd be extremely tired.
   
  If you are going to have a Friday reception, have it late, about 7-12 and take into account things like traffic.
  If you're going to plan a Sunday wedding, have it at an earlier hour. I'm having my wedding on a Sunday, before a 3 day weekend (for some) and i'm planning for it to end at 10pm.

  

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• topchef33 member

  

  October 2010

  I would prefer a Friday night wedding over a Sunday afternoon wedding.

  
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• PhillyBride123

  

  October 2010

  We chose to have our wedding/reception on a Friday evening as oppose to a Sunday...for the same reasons mentioned in pp.

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• MMRoberts11 member

  

  October 2010

  If you are going for casual either could work but if you want something more such as black tie go for Friday.

  

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• BlueBoxBride member

  

  October 2010

  We originally booked a Saturday night, but the hotel/venue offered us a HUGE price break on hotel rooms if we changed our date to the Sunday prior. 

  
  

  The Sunday we're getting married on happens to be Memorial Day weekend. From feedback we've gotten, getting married on a Sunday holiday weekend is great... People can either have a long weekend in Chicago or fly in for a Sunday night wedding and fly out on Monday. 

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