Wedding Forum - Which day of the week?...

If it was someone I was close with i would book the time off work with no issue, if it was a distant relative then I would struggle to as my spare holiday days are limited. We went for a weekend but only because we both work in family businesses and so two businesses would need to be stopped for a full day which isn't viable.

It all depends on peoples jobs really, especially as some don't allow people to take time off around Easter and Christmas (especially in retail) as it is their busiest times. We are having a Saturday wedding because my mum is a teacher and my dad works away during the week so we needed a weekend to make sure they could stay. You just have to remember that if you do it on a weekday if people have to travel it will more than likely mean taking the Monday and Wednesday off work too, and some people may not be prepared or able to do that. If I were you I would think about the guests you would really want there, find out if they would be able to do it and then decide from there :) xxx

We'd booked ours for a Monday. Sooo many people said they'd struggle with time off work mad kids off school. So we changed it to a Saturday xx

I think if you give them more notice than you normally would then you should be ok some people with children may struggle and some people may not be allowed week days off etc
We were going to have a Friday but our venue said the Saturday was the same price so changed to a Saturday

We got engaged on our 8th anniversary and told our closest that the wedding would be in 2 years on our 10th anniversary which falls on a Thursday which meant that in early Jan this year (before the invites went out) we were being informed that people had already booked the day off and some had booked longer (OH's bosses are actually closing the business from the Wednesday until the following Monday). So far we've only had one couple decline as they've already used up their annual leave, not knowing that the wedding would be on a weekday, but they were friends of OH's parents so we're not too upset they won't be there. We've given invites to people who will have under 5's at the time of the wedding and so far they're OK to come but we've not yet invited the distant relatives with children at school so we're expecting a couple more people saying no, but again we didn't give them notice as we're not that close so won't be too upset if they can't be there (don't know if my Mum mentioned anything to them though so they may surprise us with a yes).
One of my BMs will have to leave during the reception for work the following day but we'll have got all the cake cutting and things out of the way before then so she'll only be missing a little dancing and because her OH doesn't drink she can still enjoy the day with a few drinks herself and then have him drive her home.
Since the day we got engaged (and even now things are booked) we keep getting people (mainly my mother) asking why we're not moving it to the Saturday as 'surely its close enough' but the exact date is just far too important to us and so far with the accepted RSVPs we've had, the date could come around tomorrow and we'd be surrounded with our nearest and dearest.
If you want to keep your anniversary too then work out who would mean the most to you to be there and give them as much notice as possible so they can work out their annual leave/childcare around your date.

Mines on a Tuesday, but had to change it to a week later so it was during the summer holidays so no one had to risk getting in trouble add have allot of kids and it important to us they are all there.

Ours is on a Tuesday as well; mum originally said that being on a weekday might make it awkward for people to attend but we choose a weekday for a reason. One was that we are getting married on the 12th May 2015 (the date we met; got engaged e.t.c) so an important date for us which happened to fall on a Tuesday and the deal we have got for our venue is only during the week as well.

Personally we are going to send out invites way in advance so people can book that day off if they are coming to the ceremony and breakfast; if they want to be there then I'm sure they will be :)