Midweek Weddings

I've shot Thurs, Mond and Weds weddings and it was fine, just make sure you don't have any teachers amongst the guests as usually they struggle to get leave!

I think weekday weddings is becoming the norm, I just booked another Thursday wedding and a Tuesday wedding and getting quite a few wedding enquiries for Mondays.

My partner and I were looking at doing exactly the same thing. We originally thought we would go for a friday wedding but then discovered moat venues dont do as big a discount for feiday weddings anymore.

we decided to go for a sunday wedding in the end, however we would have gone for a thursday wedding. We were under the same impression that if people wanted to come they would take the day off and prob the friday... would just be a long weekend! Xx

We've booked ours for a Thursday for exactly the same reason, its so much cheaper. We've not sent out invites yet but everyone i've spoken to about it are fine with it being a Thursday and are taking two days off work and looking forward to making it a long weekend.

My friend had a Thursday wedding last year and it worked really well. We stayed over on the Thursday night, travelled back Friday and then still had the whole weekend to do whatever we would normally do.

If it was a close friend's wedding I would definitely book the time off - don't forget most people would need to book two days off, unless as you say they don't let their hair down and leave early. However I have to admit I'm much more likely to not attend a wedding if it's in a week day that involves booking two days off. Maybe think about your guest list, is there any teachers or anyone who might be limited on when they take leave or the amount of leave they can take? If someone only had 20 days holiday in a year they might not be able/willing to take two days out of that for a wedding, maybe more if it involves travel?

have you asked the venue for the price of a Sunday wedding? It might be just as cheap as a Thursday and it means people can only take the 1 day off.

I couldn't personally go to a midweek wedding as I'm in teacher training and usually my head can only really authorise funeral absences.

however my brother went to a thursday wedding in 2011 and had a great time. got home (35min drive away) at about midnight, so he stayed a good while and to be honest if he didn't have to be up at 5.30am he said he'd have stayed a little later.

people do tend to drink less is the only thing, so if you're being charged drinks packages be wary you're not wasting your money.

i went to a sunday wedding, and we left at midnight. it was insanely painful the next morning though and i doubt i'd stay that long if e're i were invited to another, but i'm just old and boring and tired lol

We are getting married on a thursday as like you said its much cheaper! Ive got a few teacher friends, but we are getting married during the summer holidays it won't be a problem for them! Me & H2B had the same thoughts as you, the people closest to us & ones who really want to be there for us will take the day/days off work. And those that won't, well that will save us money on the catering! Lol x

We got married on a Thursday because we only booked it four months before the date and we had a very tight window of opportunity to get married in (family visiting from Singapore). Close friends and family were mostly fine with having two days off work but we did find that a lot of spouses didn't come because of work commitments. It was fine, because it gave us opportunity to invite more people as the RSVPs came in. We didn't have any extra evening guests, but the party went on well after one.

One thing we did do was get married quite late (4pm) so that people who were travelling a long way (most of them, to be honest) would be able to get there that day, and not have to travel on Wednesday evening, thus needing two nights away from home.

We're getting married on a Thursday in August 2015 for exactly the same reason ... To get married on a Friday we hardly saved anything and yet to get married on a Thursday it was 2 and a half thousand pound cheaper! Having a Thursday wedding means we can afford our dream venue! I am a teacher so having it in the school holidays will pose no problems for fellow teachers and if other people who love us won't take two days off for our wedding then I'd rather them not be there anyway!

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We get married on Wednesday 9th April the week before Easter - in 12 weeks eeekk !!! We gave everyone save the dates 12 months before and have recently sent out invites - we invited 25 people over our budget thinking people would drop.out ....we haunt had that many drop as of yet xxx if it means you can have the venue you love go for it !!!!

Ps : I'm not getting married till half 4 x

Ps : I'm not getting married till half 4 x

Thursday wedding here! Nearly £2000 cheaper than a saturday!!

Traditional weekend wedding only are fast becoming a thing of the past, there are enough shift workers and weekend working professions out there....

I'm cabin crew and OH runs a pub so between us we have used leave for every wedding we have ever been to... time for people to return the favour!!! haha!!

As mentioned before, your true friends will be there no matter what. If people aren't willing to use up their time off for your wedding you're probably not close enough to miss them!!!

Thanks everyone for the input!

A few of the guests I would be inviting (cousins) are teachers and it would be during term time, so I would probably have to face facts and admit that they probably wont be there. But on the grand scheme of things, thats only a couple of people out of a hundred that would be unable to attend. I just cannot justify spending almost double to have the wedding on a friday/saturday just to make sure everyone can attend. We are trying to do a nice traditional wedding as cheaply as possible, so compromises have to be made!

We have looked at holding it on a Sunday, but again the prices are not as cheap as a weekday wedding. So for us, to have the venue we want we will most likely go for a weekday and let guests make up their minds as to their attendance.

I do like the idea of holding the wedding slightly later in the day so that it gives time for people travelling from further away to get there without the need for 2 nights away form home.

Just so much to think of!! Thanks for advice

I guess it depends how many teacher friends you have? But then hopefully in July they'll be on holidays anyway?!

We're getting married on a monday for exactly that reason but because I'm a selfish moo and want all my friends and family and the whole world at my reception, we're having that on the following saturday lol I think it really depends on what is most important to you and for us, it was having a memorable date (OH's 50th birthday) and keeping costs down and it works out cheaper for us to have two venues and two days - plus I get to wear my dress twice ? Is there a possibility you could wait until August? That would mean your teacher friends could still come or perhaps go a little earlier and look at half term in June?

We want July as its our 10 year anniversary, so its a special time of year for us.

I think most of our guests would be able to accomodate a weekday wedding, and those that couldnt get the time off work could celebrate with us in the evening.

Personally, I'd take the day off (because I am able to do so easily and don't have holiday allowance to consider). If travelling, I would likely take Friday off too.

This should not be regarded as a measure of how much people like you though, or how much they want to be there!

Im hoping those that couldnt make a mid week wedding would realise that its a financial reason for the choice rather than willingly trying to exclude them.

Whilst I would love everyone to be there, its not realistic to expect that everyone can be. Even if it were a Saturday wedding I am sure some people would have commitments that meant they were unable to attend. Alot of my friends work in retail and so work pretty much every weekend.