‘It’s actually quite selfish’ – The dos and don’ts of the weekday wedding

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When Sian Childs got married at Roodlea Farm in South Ayrshire in 2021, it had all the hallmarks of a traditional country wedding. There was the rustic barn filled with all her friends and family, the long white lace dress, the bouquet of colourful wildflowers. The one unexpected element? It all took place on a Wednesday.

“All the Saturdays at the venue we wanted were booked up for at least a year, and to be honest we also quite liked that a weekday would whittle down the guestlist,” says Childs, a 32-year-old personal trainer from Cardiff. “We did it in August so that our family and friends who are teachers, and all the kids, could come. In the end, everyone we invited could make it.”