21 Great Ways to Wish Someone for the Upcoming Weekend

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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

1. Happy weekend!
2. Have a great weekend!
3. Have a nice weekend!
4. Have an awesome weekend!
5. Have a good weekend!
6. Have a pleasant weekend!
7. Have a wonderful weekend!
8. Have a good one!
9. Have a happy weekend!
10. Have a lovely weekend!
11. Have fun this weekend!
12. Enjoy your weekend!
13. Enjoy the weekend and party hard!
14. I hope you have a great weekend.
15. I wish you a great weekend.
16. I hope you enjoy your weekend.
17. Wishing you a great weekend.
18. Please enjoy your weekend.
19. I hope you enjoy your weekend.
20. I hope you make the most out of your weekend.
21. 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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: 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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.

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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. 

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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: 

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).

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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.”

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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  

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

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 

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 

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 

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

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

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.