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    ThePinkTyrant    March 12, 2011   Golden, Colorado

    Hey girls! I have a question - and I would like honest opinions.

    Me and Nathan wants to get married in a little mountain city called Evergreen. We live in Colorado so we figured it would be pleasent to have our wedding in the mountains. (Unfortunately we can't afford "The perfect Aspen Wedding" That would be so awesome though!) Anyways, we found a reception hall in Everygreen that is $500 for a full day. It is a little unorganized and there is tape on the floor that we aren't allowed to pick up. I figure if we have all the tables set up etc that people wont even notice the tape. I already have ideas on how I can decorate the place. It seems like a good deal! But here is the problem:

    On saturday we can only rent the reception area until 4pm due to mass Sunday morning. I guess they don't think people will clean up after themselves... Or it takes a day to clean. I don't know, it is pretty rediculous. There aren't really any other reception areas in our budget in Evergreen so we have two choices.

    1) Get married in Evergreen on a week day.
    2) Wake up at 5am to get ready for an early morning wedding ceremony.
    I am worried that our guests don't like either of those options. I havn't tried negoiating the time yet with the Reception owner so I will be doing that later.

     

    What do you think we should do? The reception area is seriosly beautiful! And so is Evergreen!

     
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    eseds    September 4, 2011   Long Island, NY

    i dont think you have to have an early morning ceremony do you??  4pm... you could have an 11am ceremony, with a 5 hour reception to follor if you so choose.. I mean 11 is early but not unacceptable... if you love it that much rock it... I wouldnt do a weekday... a lot of people you would want there wont be able to make it

     
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    ab33arch    September 8, 2012   South Jersey

    @eseds: i agree...plus that means reception would be around lunch which is cheaper to cater than dinner....

     
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    rlsulli1598@verizon.net       oregon

    @ThePinkTyrant:

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    Agree - 10 or 11 am reception followed by brunch or lunch.  I'd do something different than the traditional DJ and dancing for a daytime wedding.  Take advantage of your beautiful setting and plan around that. I have been to daytime weddings that were really nice...and we had the rest of the evening to spend casually visiting with friends and family in for the wedding which was great.  I have been to one daytime wedding where they tried to get people to dance but even with an open bar, people just weren't in the mood to party in that way with the bright sunlight streamining in through all the windows. It would have been much more fun to have had a brunch with a string quartet playing in the background and time to mingle around the room.  Definitely would not do a mid-week wedding unless you're prepared for lots of "no" responses to the invitation.

     

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