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| Photo by Marcia Campbell Photography |
For many couples, their preferred day of the week to get married is on a Saturday. They and their guests can often times do not have to work the following day, so they can enjoy the Saturday wedding and "recover," if need be, by taking it easy the next day. For this reason, Saturdays are the most popular day of the week for weddings, which means that venues and vendors book quickly on a Saturday.
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When it comes to destination weddings, however, I recommend Mondays. It happens to be one of the least popular days of the week for weddings, and therefore, chances are great that a couple planning a Monday wedding will have all of their first picks in wedding venues and service providers. It takes off some of the pressure then from having to book things quickly, and the search process can be done a bit more leisurely and carefully.
Mondays are also considered "weekdays," with Fridays being lumped in to the "weekend" category. Venues and vendors will sometimes offer better rates or amenities for weekday weddings. If there are any discounts to be had, weekdays are definitely where they are at.
Not to mention that Saturdays happen to be the best night of the week for night life, with the rest of the nights of the week being rather slow and often uneventful. The happy couple and their friends can enjoy the night out on Saturday, rest on Sunday, and then have their wedding, the headliner of the trip to Hawaii, on Monday.
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This also makes it easy for guests who work Monday through Friday jobs. They can work until Friday, catch a Friday or Saturday flight to Hawaii, and make it in plenty of time for the Monday wedding. We also find that with destination weddings to Hawaii, many guests will make a vacation of it, and will then island-hop following the wedding, visiting the other islands prior to returning home.
Happy planning!
Mona
(formerly known as "Weddings by Grace and Mona")
