Opinions on Sunday weddings?
My fiancé and I recently moved to Chicago for work and are planning our wedding here but all of our family and friends are from out of town, so most guests will be flying in from across the country.
We have our heart set on a cathedral ceremony and a jazz club reception. The problem is that the church we want only does ceremonies on Fridays and Saturdays, which triggers a $10k weekend surcharge at our reception venue. That’s not a cost we’re willing to absorb, so we’re scraping the church wedding to make a Sunday wedding more financially feasible for us.
Option 1:
Labor Day weekend (Sunday)
Guests would have Monday off, which softens the travel burden. The downside: our preferred jazz club isn’t available, and the alternative venue charges around 44% on top of everything (gratuity, tax, admin fees, credit card fees). Not where we want to put our money.
Option 2:
a regular Sunday
We get the jazz club we actually want. The trade-off is that guests would need to take Monday off work to travel back home and we feel bad about that.
We’d love to hear from anyone who’s been through this. whether you planned a Sunday wedding or attended one as an out-of-town guest. Was it a dealbreaker? Any regrets?