Friday Weddings

We receive quite a few inquiries about Friday weddings from our brides. As we all know the typical day to get hitched is a Saturday; however the trend has been moving towards other days of the week. When considering exactly which day to have your wedding, there are a couple of things you should remember.

First your guests will likely have to work on a Friday. The most important thing a Friday bride can do when she chooses her date is send a save the date out right away! Make sure that the save the date has the word Friday clearly written on it. Your guests can then plan their schedules accordingly. The next big step is to communicate the Friday date to all guests that are required to attend. Your bridal party, parents, immediate family, and flower girls / ring bearers and their parents will be happy you considered their schedules.

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Instead of having the rehearsal on that Thursday night, consider having it the Saturday prior to the wedding. You are not required to have the rehearsal the night before the wedding. A perk to having the rehearsal on a Saturday night is that your wedding party can celebrate and not have to worry about the wedding the next day! You can also make the rehearsal dinner the start of a fun wedding week. Perhaps the next Sunday the parents of the groom can host a barbeque. The rest of the week could be spent participating in fun events in anticipation of the big day. Invite your guests to a local baseball game, have an evening pool party, or gather a group to play a fun sport. The average Saturday wedding goes by so fast – why not extend your festivities to an entire week?

When Friday comes around, consider starting the ceremony later in the evening. There is nothing more romantic than a ceremony at sunset on a lake. Your guests may still be able to get a work day in if your ceremony starts later. If you choose to have a later ceremony, make sure you have hors’ doeuvres ready soon after. Your guests will be hungry! If you choose to have the ceremony early, you may see a smaller crowd at the ceremony and quite a few more at the reception. In that case consider video-recording your nuptials and have it playing on repeat at the reception for those who missed it.

We have not even hit the best part of having a Friday wedding: the savings! Many wedding vendors, including Veterans Terrace, offer great discounts to a couple that have their wedding on Friday. Since this still is not a typical day to getting married, it will be easy to negotiate better pricing and discounts.

Regardless of your selected date for your nuptials, we hope you have a wonderful time planning the biggest day of your life!

Meghan Peterson
Events Manager