Weekday Weddings

I went by the number of teachers I know!

It's pretty difficult for them to get time off during the week - my mum and sister would probably have been OK, but several cousins and friends would not have been able to come - so ours is on a Saturday.

If you're teacher-free, go for it! I think most people appreciate that weddings are expensive and weekday weddings, being a bit cheaper, are not that unusual.

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We're getting married on a Thursday. Again like yourself we wanted to try and keep costs down and have a wonderful wedding with everyone we wanted to be with. Our wedding falls on the Thursday before the May bank holiday which we didn't know at time of booking but then realised that this helped a lot of people and gave them the chance to kick off a long bank holiday.

Again if you have teachers in your party that you want to come then this will affect them. We have 3 teachers and only 2 have been able to come during the day.

Doing a weekday wedding is great way of keeping costs down.

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I've not been to a weekday wedding but we did consider it ourselves - there was no difference in the venue price for us though no matter what day of the week it was on! But Thursday was the day that we were planning on too - I just looked at it from my own perspective and though that if I was invited to a wedding on a Thursday would I go? The answer was a definite yes because it would be the perfect excuse to take the Friday off work too and make a long weekend of it!

Hi! We are getting married on a Thursday and are saving quite a lot by having it then. So far nobody has said they have a problem with the day and it is in the summer holidays so the few people I know who work in schools are off work.

Originally I was disappointed that we were having it on a Thursday but now I am excited because we are having "wedfest" over the weekend where people will be coming over to ours for BBQs and drinks ?

Go for it Imagine how much more you could do with the money saved! Also, if people really wanna come they will get the day off for you.

My Mum is a teacher and my Dad and H2B's Mum both work in schools. They are all getting time off for our Friday wedding. Also a few of the children coming will be out of school for a long weekend ?

None of our guest list work in schools, actually. We've got very few guests who work "traditional" Monday to Friday, 9-5 sort of jobs, as both of our families (and ourselves, actually) lean heavily towards healthcare field jobs. And the American guests are going to be pretty inconvenienced either way- they've got almost two days of travelling, and a Thursday wedding could mean extending the celebrations over the weekend with guests who've travelled for it.

My rough estimates for price are that we'll save around 2k by doing it on a Thursday. It's a significant enough sum (especially given the costs of immigration, which will follow shortly after) that I just can't justify paying the Friday/Saturday costs. Our venue is 30% off doing it on a Thursday, our caterer (who is providing everything we need for the reception, from floral centepieces, food and alcohol to the DJ) is offering us a 30% discount on their usual package, and the photographer we've looked at has quoted us a price that's below half of what she usually charges.

I'm now wondering why anyone gets married on a June Saturday, honestly. Weddings costs have gone from making my head spin to just making me feel mildly nauseated.

Weekday weddings are so popular now. Go for it.

I'm getting married on a Thursday and I think as long as you give your guests plenty of notice it shouldn't be a problem for them to get the day off and be at your wedding. It saves you sososo much money as well. Welcome to Hitched btw

We got married just under two weeks ago - on the Thursday before easter weekend. So the Friday and Monday were bank holidays! We only had one guest not able to come. People were happy to take the Tursday off as it jsut extended their long weekend! My mum works in a school, but it was the Easter holidays anyway so it actually meant she had the Mon-wed off prior to the wedding to help me sort stuff and have some mother daughter pamper time. We were also able to get suppliers a lot cheaper, as they knew they were unlikely to get another booking for that day so were happy to offer us discounts. WIN WIN!

So in answer to your question, YES, I am SOOOO glad we had a Thursday wedding. ?

I think it depends on whether people have to travel to your wedding, the timing and the type of reception you want. If people have a long way to travel and your wedding starts early, this might mean taking 3 days off work (day to travel there, the wedding day, then a day to travel back). So if people are generally local that will be much easier. If you wanted a late party into the night, I guess a few people may leave early if they have to leave the next day.

My mum and best friend are both teachers so it's not really an option for me, but if that's not a problem for you I say go for it, you'll get much more for your money

Weekday weddings are becoming more common as they are a smart way to save money. Try and give everybody as much notice as you can and they will then have the option of whether they need to take the next day off or not.

I am getting married on a Monday. Although it can be a hassle for some people to get it off, we are sending out invited early to allow people more time to get it off. The benefit of it was that we got our wedding down by £2000 and that we have had not one supplier who has not been available even though we have brought the wedding forward 4 months to December this year. We also find that if its close family in the day that most works are more happy to give it off and that people can just come after work to the evening do. Our venue ends at 12 but we figured that most stay up till then any way and those who drink too much will have only themselves to .

Another Thursday bride here! We chose it because 1) we own a shop and work all weekend 2) half our guests work shifts on weekends anyway and 3) its half the price!!

We have 1 guest who is a teacher and can't make it to the ceremony but will be arriving at 4pm for the sit down meal. Other than that, half our guests are travelling from around the world to be here so it made no difference to them.

As long as you tell them soon so they can book the holiday from work if they need to - that's the real problem.