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The venue we are about to sign with only allows 8 hours of usage time, unless you want to purchase 4 hours for $300. While we are trying to save money, and the place is beautiful so we don't need to do massive decorating, I worry that 8 hours will not be enough to decorate, get changed, have the ceremony, eat, some dancing and the rest of the reception. I remember my sister's wedding took quite a bit to decorate becasue things came up here and there--but then she also had the location from 8am-midnight.

Do you think 8 hours isn't enough?

We only had 6 1/2 hours. Another hour would've been perfect, so yes, 8 is great. Does that include clean-up time too?

@Mrs.Spring:  Nope, the location doesn't have an event coordinator, I'm on my own. There is a woman who rents out the facililty who will be there to set up tables and chairs with a few of her employees, but that's it. They help set up the tables, clean-up, and work the sound system. Our clean-up we have to do is just taking out what we brought in, they do the rest; however, the BMs will have already primped and stuff because we want to start on pictures and stuff---photog is only for 8 hours. ::sigh:: They can't be decorating when we are taking photos before the ceremony so I'm not sure what I'll do.

@amysue:  Yes, we get the location only for the 8 hours. That mean bringing any vendor stuff in, set-up, ceremony, reception and clean-up.

@HouseofJ:  I'm a bit of a control freak and I know I'll want to be there during the set-up process and decorating. I know what I will like and not like and I'm afraid it won't come out right--I know, OCD.