Who doesn’t like weekends? We all love weekends because we don’t have to set our alarm for the next day when they come.
We get better sleep on weekends because we know that we are free to do pointless things at our own pace.
That said, sending positive weekend wishes to the people we care about has become a usual practice – whether at work, at school, at home, or anywhere else.
So, today, we list down several happy-weekend wishes that you can use as you wish.
How to wish someone for the upcoming weekend
- Happy weekend!
- Have a great weekend!
- Have a nice weekend!
- Have an awesome weekend!
- Have a good weekend!
- Have a pleasant weekend!
- Have a wonderful weekend!
- Have a good one!
- Have a happy weekend!
- Have a lovely weekend!
- Have fun this weekend!
- Enjoy your weekend!
- Enjoy the weekend and party hard!
- I hope you have a great weekend.
- I wish you a great weekend.
- I hope you enjoy your weekend.
- Wishing you a great weekend.
- Please enjoy your weekend.
- I hope you enjoy your weekend.
- I hope you make the most out of your weekend.
- I wish you a good weekend with your family.
Casual expressions for wishing someone well for the upcoming weekend
People say “if wishes were fishes we’d all swim in riches” all the time. Therefore, we had better pay extra attention to the expressions we use when wishing someone well.
Knowing which expression matches the context of the conversation is a good skill to have. It helps us convey our thoughts more effectively.
In the context of today’s discussion, knowing several easy ways to wish someone well for an upcoming weekend is also recommended.
More so, knowing how to appropriately respond to these goodwill wishes maintains our relationship with people.
So, here are thirteen common ways to wish someone for an upcoming weekend, together with context and examples for better understanding.
If you read until the end, you will also learn some formal alternatives that you can use in business correspondence.
1. Happy weekend!
“Happy weekend!” is a great phrase. It is casual and easy to use in most, if not all, spoken and casual writing contexts.
We mainly use “happy weekend” among close friends and large audiences. For example, TV hosts and reporters make use of this as a parting message at the end of their show.
Example:
Talkshow host: Stay tuned for more exciting stories next week. Happy weekend!
2. Have a great weekend!
“Have a great weekend!” is a simple, non-pretentious goodwill expression too. You can never go wrong with this expression because people use this all the time.
As an example, you can use “Have a great weekend!” when we are about to part ways with a friend who helped us do some task.
Example:
Ben: Thanks for helping me out, Julia. Have a great weekend!
Julia: I will. You too.
3. Have a nice weekend!
“Have a nice weekend!” is definitely a great phrase as well. The simple yet warm connotation of this expression is great for appreciating someone’s time.
Feel free to use “Happy weekend!” after hanging out with your friend on a Friday afternoon at the coffee shop or park.
Example:
Reese: Thanks for your time today. Have a nice weekend!
Cynthia: Same goes for you!
4. Have an awesome weekend!
If you want to suggest the meaning “epic” or “remarkable,” you may also use “Have an awesome weekend!”
With this expression, you can convey more excitement towards the other person. You may use this after working the whole day with your close colleague.
Example:
Andrew: Workweek’s finally done. Have an awesome weekend, Bill!
Bill: Same goes for you, Andrew.
5. Have a good weekend!
Another popular phrase, “Have a good weekend!” is also something you would hear all the time across all contexts.
You may use “Have a good weekend!” when parting ways with a friend or any intimate to make them feel good about their short vacation.
Example:
Suzy: See you Monday, Gina. Have a good weekend!
Gina: Thanks. You too, Suzy.
6. Have a pleasant weekend!
Of course, we can’t miss the phrase “Have a pleasant weekend!” Especially if you want to be a bit subtle and warm to your message receiver, the adjective “pleasant” is a good choice.
Don’t hesitate to use “Have a pleasant weekend!” after receiving some form of help from your friend or relative.
Example:
Elize: Appreciate your help today, Anna. Have a pleasant weekend!
Anna: You’re welcome. You too.
7. Have a wonderful weekend!
Just like “Have a pleasant weekend!” earlier, “Have a wonderful weekend!” also comes with a polite and warm tone.
The use of the rather longer adjective “wonderful” suggests a higher degree of formality, which is great for work-related settings.
Example:
Carl: Let’s call it a day. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Everyone: Thanks. See you Monday!
8. Have a good one!
Communication is context-bound. This means we can simply replace the word “weekend” with “one” if the context tells you so.
In this case, “Have a good one!” is a great expression to use if you have already made some reference to the word “weekend” beforehand.
Example:
Penny: You’re going out this weekend, right? Have a good one, Sam!
Sam: Yeah. Will do! Thanks.
9. Have a happy weekend!
Meanwhile, “Have a happy weekend!” is simply a more complete version of “Happy weekend” which was introduced early on.
You may use “Have a happy weekend!” when talking with your workmates after a long day of work on a Friday. This should cheer your workmates up.
Example:
Walter: I can’t wait to get home. Have a happy weekend, Vicky!
Vicky: Me too. See you next week!
10. Have a lovely weekend!
If you wish to sound a bit more delicate and sweet to your message receiver, “Have a lovely weekend!” should be a suitable choice.
This expression is suitable when talking with someone who is not necessarily an authority figure, just like close friends and peers.
Example:
Sylvia: Today has been great. Have a lovely weekend, Sarah!
Sarah: Thank you. You too, Sylvia!
11. Have fun this weekend!
In cases where we know the other person is going to have fun on the upcoming weekend because he or she has told you so, you may also go with “Have fun this weekend!”
Especially if the person has shared that he or she will be doing some enjoyable activity like hanging out with friends, you can never go wrong with this expression.
Example:
Dylan: I remember you’re meeting your friends this Saturday. Have fun this weekend!
Beth: Yes, we’re going to the beach. Have fun, too!
12. Enjoy your weekend!
In case you want to say something a bit more easygoing, you may also just go with “Enjoy your weekend!”
“Enjoy your weekend!” is something you would say to someone close enough like classmates and same-level colleagues.
Example:
Celine: We did great today, Pam. Enjoy your weekend!
Pam: Yeah right. Enjoy yours too!
13. Enjoy the weekend and party hard!
We all know that many people love parties on weekends. So, if you have a friend who enjoys partying, you can simply tell him or her “Enjoy the weekend and party hard!”
This expression is likely suitable with younger-generation message receivers because they are the ones who are most likely to work hard and party harder at the same time.
Example:
Terese: Way to go, everyone! Enjoy the weekend and party hard!
Everyone: Thanks. Bye!
Formal expressions for wishing someone well for the upcoming weekend (in emails)
Sending goodwill wishes is not only limited to weekends as it could go beyond just like when we celebrate anniversaries at work.
Some of the very best work anniversary wishes are those containing genuine gratitude messages. This act is important because it strengthens working relationships.
Meanwhile, writing a thank you reply for anniversary wishes also entails both warmth and politeness. This should help convey the writer’s heartfelt response.
Sometimes, we would also feel like wanting to use more formal weekend wishes within professional settings.
So, here are some great formal ways to wish someone for an upcoming weekend in business correspondence.
14. I hope you have a great weekend.
“I hope you have a great weekend” is great for well-wishing through emails. With its complete structure and plain connotation, no one should be misinterpreting its meaning.
We might be tempted to add the adverb “ahead” in this phrase. But, this word is better omitted because its meaning is already implied through context.
Here’s how “I hope you have a great weekend” can be used as a closing statement in a business email:
Example:
Dear Ronald,
Thank you for the files, and thank you for the work you have done this week.
I hope you have a great weekend!
Kind regards,
Pamela
15. I wish you a great weekend.
Likewise, “I wish you a great weekend” is also a good choice when it comes to email writing because of its simple yet formal tone.
You may use this expression after thanking someone or some people for their participation in an event held on a Friday.
Like “ahead,” we may also want to include the phrase “to come” after “weekend” in this expression. However, this phrase is better dropped as well.
Example:
Dear All,
Thank you for your participation in today’s event. It wouldn’t have been successful without all the organizers’ efforts.
I wish you a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Valerie
16. I hope you enjoy your weekend.
Another simple goodwill expression is “I hope you enjoy your weekend.” This goes well with appreciation or gratitude email messages.
At times, we might be tempted to use the word “upcoming” before “weekend.” However, this word is also disposable and better left out just like “ahead” and “to come” earlier.
Example:
Dear Charlie,
I just wanted to say that you have been an amazing speaker today. Thank you for your time and effort.
I hope you enjoy your weekend!
Best regards,
Malanie
17. Wishing you a great weekend.
To slightly reduce the formality level of your goodwill expression, you may also drop your subject and use the progressive tense.
“Wishing you a great weekend” is a great choice when your relationship with your email recipient is strong enough.
To achieve a higher level of politeness, you may use “I wish you a great weekend” or “I hope you have a great weekend” instead.
Example:
Dear Helen,
This week has been really productive. Thanks to you and your team.
Wishing you a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Suzanne
18. Please enjoy your weekend.
Another possible way of expressing goodwill to your colleagues and business associates is “Please enjoy your weekend.”
This expression becomes suitable when the week’s schedule has been tighter than usual, yet you still managed to accomplish your tasks.
This one also works better with gratitude messages to business associates.
Example:
Dear Sally,
Given how hectic work has been this week, I am really happy about what we have accomplished. We couldn’t have done it without your help. So, thank you very much.
Please enjoy your weekend!
Sincerely,
Marie
19. I hope you enjoy your weekend.
Easy and direct, “I hope you enjoy your weekend” is also a great way to close your email. Emails containing positive news can benefit from this expression.
When a boss cancels a meeting and lets his or her staff go home early, “I hope you enjoy your weekend” becomes highly suitable.
Example:
Dear team,
I really appreciate all the hardwork you have done this week. For that, I am canceling our 5 pm weekly meeting today. Please go home early.
I hope you enjoy your weekend!
Kind regards,
Jessie
20. I hope you make the most out of your weekend.
If you also feel like making your expression a bit more idiomatic, feel free to use “I hope you make the most out of your weekend.”
Likewise, this statement goes well with brief appreciation email messages at the end of the week to people at work.
Example:
Dear Calvin,
It has been a pleasure working with you this week. Thank you very much for your support, and I hope you make the most out of your weekend.
See you Monday!Kind regards,
Martha
21. I wish you a good weekend with your family.
At times, the other person may let you know his or her weekend’s activity. This may happen when certain appointments with you are affected.
Maybe your appointment with the person gets canceled or rescheduled for some valid family-related reason, and he or she tells you in advance about it.
When this happens, “I wish you a good weekend with your family” is apparently a great choice.
Example:
Dear Coach Shaun,
I hope all is well with you too. Thank you for informing us about the schedule change in advance.
I wish you a good weekend with your family. See you Tuesday instead!
Kind regards,
Monica
Bonus “Happy Weekend” phrases
Have a great weekend ahead
Another pretty casual way of wishing someone a good weekend is to say “Have a great weekend ahead.”
This phrase can be used in pretty much any situation. It works well both in written form as well as in real-life conversations.
Also, you might use this knowing that the other person has some special activities planned.
For instance, if you know that your friend will go on a nice fishing trip over the weekend, you could use “Have a great weekend ahead” to reinforce the fact that you know about what he has got planned for the weekend and to show that you really care.
On the other hand, you can simply use this expression to wish someone a nice weekend without knowing what exactly they have in store for the weekend. That’s completely fine as well.
Example:
Dear Sam,
It was lovely meeting you yesterday! Thanks again for the lovely present you gave me for my birthday. It really made my day!
I am sure you must be excited to be back in Michigan. Lynda told me about your plans to go fishing over the weekend.
With that said, I really hope you have a great weekend ahead!
Let’s keep in touch.
Best,
Marcel
Have a great long weekend
The expression “Have a great long weekend” is a bit more nuanced.
It does not refer to the traditional 2-day that most of us enjoy (being Saturday and Sunday usually).
What it refers to are indeed longer weekends of at least 3 days.
The nature of a “long weekend” like that can be manifold. It could be that Monday is off on top of Saturday and Sunday because of a national holiday, for instance.
And this could be the reason you are enjoying a long weekend.
On the other hand, the phrase “Have a great long weekend” could also be used if you want to say something nice to your friend that took Monday off to enjoy a 3-day weekend instead of just having 2 days to relax.
The main point being here is simply that it needs to be an extended weekend.
And, again, for most of us, this would mean a weekend that is longer than 2 days.
Example:
Hey Svenja,
You seemed really busy today at work, so I didn’t want to get in your way!
I hope you had enough time to get everything done that needed to be done today.
I know you’re taking Monday off.
With that said, have a great long weekend!
See you on Tuesday.
Best wishes,
Alice
Have a restful weekend
Did you and your work colleagues have a stressful week?
Then the rather formal expression “Have a restful weekend” is right for you.
The focus here is clearly on relaxation, which of course indicates that the week was quite rigorous and that the weekend should be used to recover.
This expression is often used at the end of the work week in the work environment, but can also be used in other contexts, but usually only if the week was exhausting in some way, either physically or mentally (or both).
Example:
Dear Ben,
As the work week draws to a close, I just want to take a moment to thank you again for all your help.
What we got done this week is really incredible. We truly deserve a break, right?
With that said, I hope you have a restful weekend!
See you in the office Tuesday at the latest.
Take care,
David
Have a great weekend everyone
Many “Happy Weekend phrases” such as “Have a nice weekend” “Enjoy your weekend” or “Have a lovely weekend” can be addressed to one person as well as to several people at the same time, even if this is not explicitly verbalized in these expressions.
However, this does not mean that one cannot do so.
So, for example, if you want to explicitly say that this “Happy weekend saying” is directed to everyone, whether in an email or maybe just in a WhatsApp group, then you can just succinctly say “Happy weekend everyone.”
Example:
Hey folks,
I just wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to all of you guys who joined us on the hiking trip last weekend. It was such an amazing experience and I truly enjoyed spending time with all of you.
Your enthusiasm and positive energy made the trip even more enjoyable. Let’s plan more adventures like this very soon, shall we?
In the meantime, have a great weekend everyone!
Best wishes,
Pete
Monday (Morning) Phrases
No matter how much we’d all like to tie up our loose ends before leaving the office on Friday, that doesn’t usually happen.
There are always at least one or two things we don’t get around to doing before leaving work at the end of the week.
Then, when we open our email inbox on Monday morning, we have to chase up the things we didn’t have time finish up before the weekend.
When you’re sending an email on a Monday morning, it’s polite to acknowledge the weekend that has just passed and to tell the person you’re writing to that you hope they enjoyed their time off.
Hope you had a great weekend!
Keep it simple with this straightforward opening line. Adding an exclamation mark to the end of this sentence will make you appear friendly and enthusiastic.
Example: How to use “hope you had a great weekend” in an email
Dear Janine,
Hope you had a great weekend!
I’m just reaching out to ask whether you have had a chance to look over those files I sent you last Wednesday.
Thanks in advance for all your help.
Best wishes,
Ashley
I hope you had a good weekend.
If you want to adopt a more neutral tone when telling someone you hope they had a good weekend, you can send them this line.
Saying “I hope you had a good weekend” is basically just a formality, rather than a genuine expression that you hope someone has enjoyed themselves recently.
However, if you aren’t close to someone, it is an appropriate way to start an email.
Example: How to use “hope you had a good weekend” in an email
Dear Shauna,
I hope you had a good weekend.
Could you please send me the files for the Doherty case as soon as possible?
Kind regards,
Lorna
I hope you had an enjoyable weekend.
This line is a formal way to tell someone you hope their weekend was good. Using the word “enjoyable” instead of “good” gives your email an elevated feel.
If your line of work favors formal communication, you can start your message by saying, “I hope you had an enjoyable weekend.”
Example: How to use “I hope you had an enjoyable weekend” in an email
Dear Professor Greyson,
I hope you had an enjoyable weekend in the countryside.
I am getting in touch to request access to the Vestiary files. Please see my previous correspondence for details.
Sincerely,
Brian Hartford
I hope you had a nice weekend.
In addition to being a friendly way of expressing good will, telling someone you hope they had a nice weekend is a great way to begin an email.
It is an excellent alternative to “I hope this email finds you well!”
Example: How to use “I hope you had a nice weekend” in an email
Dear Adrian,
I hope you had a nice weekend.
This is just a reminder that we have a meeting scheduled with Michael Dreyers, the CEO of Dreyers Solutions, tomorrow at 2pm.
Best wishes,
Lainey
I hope you had a relaxing weekend!
If you work in a stressful environment, telling someone you hope they had a relaxing weekend will be well received.
Not only will they appreciate your kindness, they’ll also understand that you are commenting on how stressful your working weeks are.
Example: How to use “I hope you had a relaxing weekend” in an email
Dear Mr. Chambers,
I hope you had a relaxing weekend!
I’m reaching out to touch base about the schedule for the GenCo project.
Let me know your thoughts about a May deadline when you get the chance.
Warm regards,
Sheryl Lambert
I hope you were able to make the most of the good weather over the weekend.
If you happen to have just had a weekend full of sunny weather, this opening line for an email is ideal.
Referring to a specific experience that someone has had, rather than just using a generic line, will grab their attention and may make them pay more attention to the content of your email.
Example: How to use “I hope you were able to make the most of the good weather over the weekend” in an email
Dear Ms. Guilford,
I hope you were able to make the most of the good weather over the weekend.
I’m reaching out to ask whether the Ford Transit you posted on oldvans.com is still available.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Best wishes,
Sandra Lammy
I hope you enjoyed your time away!
If a colleague of yours went away on a trip over the weekend, you can start your next email to them in the new week with this line.
Example: How to use “I hope you enjoyed your time away!” in an email
Dear Robert,
I hope you enjoyed your time away over the weekend! You’ll have to tell me about it over lunch sometime.
I was so glad to hear that the merger went through and wanted to congratulate you on such a successful first few months at the company.
Best wishes,
Linda
Frequently Asked Questions on “How to wish someone for the upcoming weekend”
Do you say “happy weekend” or “happy weekends”?
The usual expression in wishing someone directly to have a happy weekend is “Happy weekend” and not “Happy weekends.” “Happy weekends” is mainly used in declarative statements such as this: The many happy weekends they have spent together are now over.
Should you use “weekends” for multiple people?
Although you are directing your message to multiple people at once, you still have to use the singular form “weekend” because the same weekend applies to everyone. There is no need to pluralize “weekend” for the sake of making it apply to “each” person involved.
How do you wish someone a happy weekend professionally?
Using a complete sentence format as in “I wish you a great weekend” or “I hope you have a good weekend” rather than shortened ones would be professional.
Conclusion
Whether we like it or not, wishing someone a great, happy, good, or nice weekend has already become part of our routine for the most part.
For that matter, saying good things to others for the upcoming weekend is not only a form of “relationship buffer” but also somehow a responsibility.
Hope you have an epic weekend!
Marcel Iseli
Hey fellow Linguaholics! It’s me, Marcel. I am the proud owner of linguaholic.com. Languages have always been my passion and I have studied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics and Sinology at the University of Zurich. It is my utmost pleasure to share with all of you guys what I know about languages and linguistics in general.