Hey lovelies

I just wanted to know what day of the week is your wedding planned for and why have you chosen that day?

My boo and I have had discussions about getting married and one because he is studying we were going to wait until after he finished but now because of the 'logic' shared by my friend to my boo he seems to have accepted the idea of moving our proposed date a year forward. was like woo but then thought thats less time to save money so of course we are looking at different ways to cut cost but still have a lovely wedding and so he suggested getting married on a weekday.

originally we were going for a Sunday because we're adventist and we dont marry on Saturday (Sabbath) as we'll be at church and we wouldnt want the hustle and bustle of a wedding to detract from the Sabbath so Sunday is the usual choice but to cut more costs he's suggested the 1st September 2014 which is a Monday...

I'm still warming to this idea so any pros and cons would be grately appreciated lol

Yep, agree, get it sorted as soon as with save the dates etc as people will need to book time off work. My first marriage was done on a Monday as well. This time though we are going for the Saturday.

We opted for a friday, it's not as cheap as mon-thurs, but is reduced alot from a sat. We thought that way, it would be like a long weekend for our guests who only had to take 1 day off for the wedding. At the end of the day you are just asking for 1 days holiday from work, if people really object then they are welcome at night time or not to come, thats what we have said to our family, but they all agree one day isn't much to ask!

I'm getting married on Bank holiday Monday purely because we knew most of our friends and family would be available that day and if people want to take the tuesday off they will and if they don't they'll have to go to work with a hangover lol

xx

were lookin at gettin married on a friday mainly because im havin a register office n i want 2 get married as late as possible (3.30) so we just hav the 1 doo x

Our venue price is exactly the same regardless of what day of the week its on (read: extortionate!) SO we're just going for a Saturday, we were originally planning on a Friday, but an unrelated conversation with a teacher friend made me re-think it as if she had to have a day off during term time, then it would be unpaid, and we are almost certainly gunna be getting married during term time. It's something I think we would consider if it wasn't, but only if the venue was cheaper mid week - I'd probably make a point of making sure we had it during half term. I know too many teachers, both friends and family which is why I'm being so accomodating about it haha

Hahaha, does anyone know youre planning it yet or are you dropping the bombshells all at the same time?

Just get your save the dates out asap! I think you'll be pretty safe as long as it's half term if you have teacher friends like I do! :)

i chose a sunday as venue rates was much cheaper than saturday but we couldn't really have a weekday wedding as most of the guests work and found it unfair to ask everyone to take time off. we chose a bank hol and a school hol so everyones happy.

NaomiD64 - 1st of September 2014 is the first day back at school after summer holidays that year. I am getting married on the 30th August 2014 which is a Saturday and my mum (who is a teacher) is back at work on the Monday. Maybe bring the date forward a couple of weeks (week before is bank holiday Monday so will be more expensive) if you have friends who are teachers or children that you want to be there. And we picked a Saturday as my dad works away during the week and so do some of our friends so they wouldn't be able to make a weekday, and obviously I want my dad there! lol xxx

We are getting married on a friday, purely because thats the date our anniversary falls on - Friday 5th April 2013 :) However we have got a few things slightly cheaper because it is a Friday xx

we're getting married on Sun 29th June.
I too am a student and I finish uni that year. Chose then as it gives me a month after I finish uni to do last minute organising and my dad works away and isn't home till that week anyway.
The Sun is also cheaper for us. Was going for a fri but my mum pointed out that some people who are travelling will have to take the thurs and fri off work, whereas the sun they can come on the sat and only need to take the mon off.
And Naomi don't worry. We're not offically engaged either. Despite several hints this week :D
I'm booking the venue this week and will be sending the save the dates out in the next few weeks to give people plenty of notice.

We got engaged over a year ago now, but havent magaed to get anything sortes as i too am a poor student (PhD, not undergrad) i feel your pain ladies!! I am such an impaitient person and this waiting is killing me, i have it all decided, i just need to pay for it!

I wanted to get married on a sunday but then none of them fell right, they were odd numbers (I have a thing about them) or too close to Christmas or peoples birthdays. I think realised that if we got married on a wednesday on the 12th (one of my fav numbers) it would a pretty historic date and he'd be in a lot of trouble if my oh forgot it lol so ours is the 12/12/12. And the savings have been a great help :) AND its means the people who we had to invite but didn't really want to probably can't come because they can't get the day off -result!

Lol. My friends got married on 10/10/10, but it is her bday, the day they met and the day he proposed is a very significant day for them. Plus he can never forget it :D

oh wow these posts are awesome :D

@Velcro i think the only people who know we're planning is you guys myself and my boo lol. the plan was to be together for a year before we get engaged and well its been 7months though we've known each other a couple years and knew we wanted to marry each other from very early on but i think a year wait is therefore reasonable for the sake of the mental states of our parents lol. it's just nice having a guy who is just as interested in the wedding as i am. he's doing his own research, joining wedding sites and even has a folder dedicated to just wedding stuff (so i dont feel to bad lol)

@Linzi-jo i was hoping school would start midweek like they always do...hmm may be i can convince him to go to the sunday before which would be the 31st august. the following Sunday would be my mums birthday and i think she'll be fifty that year so defo cant share that day lol

We're marrying on a Saturday in August. My best friend and chief BM is a teacher, my mum works at a school, and several of our other guests work at schools. We also want a big party, and have no cut-off time at our venue. We personally felt uncomfortable asking guests to take time off work, and we don't want people rushing home because they have work the following day. In our case, we also wouldn't have saved that much going for a weekday; the amount would have been negligible.

Week day weddings are getting more popular; and ultimately it's up to you. I'd just consider if some guests might find it difficult to take time off

I wanted to get married on my mums birthday (she passes away 12 years ago) and as we are also saving for a house next year is out of the uestion money wise so we have gone for 2014 and it falls on a friday.

Mid week wouldnt bother me if it had been a week day like others say as long as you give people notice then it shouldnt be a problem and those who really mean something to you and via versa will celebrate your day n matter what xx

i spoke to my boo about the whole date thing and he was like fine lets getting married in August...i had to laff because that just was so easy lol...but now we need a new date and i duno if that'll now be a midweek in august or a sunday....decisions decisions...i think he's not fussed anymore as long as we get married. bless him lol

We're getting married on a Wednesday, the date is 12/12/12 which we both thought was a brill day to marry, we didn't even know what day of the week it was when we chose the date, had to look on the calendar. We're married away in gretna with just a few close family and friends so it being a wednesday wasn't an issue for lots of people and those who are coming have all arranged their 3 days off work already, we're all staying in a hotel at gretna for 2 nights :)

I agree with the whole if they care and kno in good time they'll make arrangements to come. Even though the date will now be in August it will still be in a week day so gotta let ppl kno in advance...important ppl may have to no holiday at that time lol

May i just say that sometimes its not that easy. I have been given an invite to OH friends wedding. THis is in the middle of the busiest time in work and NO ONE is allowed the time off so i have had to decline! As much as i care and want to go i just can't get the time off work

Hmm, we're getting married on a Friday as we're hoping a lot of the people we can only ask to the evening part will then be able to stay on for a bbq on the Saturday and not have to rush back home for work on Monday morning... I think it's tricky no matter what you do - Saturdays are often more expensive, people want to get away promptly on the Sunday, but then weekdays demand more of people re taking time off work. Not an easy decision whichever way you look at it.