Midweek wedding dilema

We're getting married midweek - well a Monday! People were opposed too saying they would have to take time off work - erm yes - but people who work weekends would also have to take time off for a weekend wedding. We live in a society now where people work 7 days a week and the majority can shift around days off. Also if you get a midweek day you save a fortune! We saved....£8,000 -I'm not kidding!

Our wedding date is classed as term time and midweek! Its not term time for our children as our school has different times off in the year than the county where we are getting married. We could never have afforded our venue otherwise. And Saturdays are booked out well in advance, we would have had to wait until next year if we wanted our venue on a Saturday - the other thing is those who automatically have weekends off are classing it as a long weekend and staying over at the venue making it a much bigger celebration!

Of course some people cannot make the day or don't want to take time off work - so to be honest, if they can't be bothered with swapping days off- then Im not bothered if they come or not quite frankly!

The pro's certainly outweigh the cons, financially especially!

I don't think people assume a wedding is on a Saturday anymore. I think that's incredibly old-fashioned due to people's work and family commitments.

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We are getting married on a Thursday, to reiterate above, if people can't be bothered taking a day off work to come to your wedding then you obviously don't mean much to them. Our ceremony is at 2pm, so even a half day off work would suffice. Our registrar said Friday is now the most popular day for weddings, but hotels charge Saturday prices and you still need a day off work, at least a Thursday you get a cost saving!

I'm getting married on a Wednesday, and it's same as above, saves money, we get our special date and people who want to be there will be.

If you want to offer an olive branch, have just an intimate wedding on the Thursday and throw a party the following weekend as a reception. This also saves money as it's a party, not a wedding so costs significantly less.

We're having close family and friends on the Wednesday, with a no-holds-barred guest list for our party on the Saturday. We just booked a function room, buffet and DJ -so much cheaper x