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I'm pretty pumped for my bridal suite. I don't live close enough where it would be an option to go home but if I did I'd still want to get a room. We're doing a pseudo-afterparty at the hotel too.
We went home after the wedding. Who cares if people think it's strange. It's your money!
I think it'd be really sweet to spend your first night as a married couple in your first home (or what I assume is your first home) together. We're staying at the B&B where we're getting married because it's too far of a drive. If that's what you guys want to do, go for it! To be honest, you'll probably just crash after all of the festivities anyways. :)
We’re planning on going home afterwards too. The venue is like a 15 drive from our house, and we’re paying for the wedding ourselves, so we’re definitely not psyched about spending an additional few hundred on a hotel room for the night. Plus, we want to come home to our kitty and see her! And I think it will be sweet to wake up in our own bed and our own home to our first morning as husband and wife :)
If the wedding is close to home, and that's what you wanna do, go for it!
A family member got married in his home town last summer, and because they had JUST moved in together a week before, and hadn't technically spent the night in their new place together, they went to their new home after the reception. The only weird part was they invited their wedding party over to play video games, but whatev!
We went home after our wedding. We were really only there for a few hours before leaving for the honeymoon, so it seemed like a waste to spend money on a hotel room we would only be using until 1 am.
Yeah, i think we will go home. It seems silly to me to get a hotel room in town if we are going on our mini-moon the next day! Unless we come across some big money ;p
I totally love the idea of spending your first night as a married couple in the home the you built together. What a wonderful way to start your marriage! Maybe you could decorate your room with candlelight and fresh flowers for the night.
We're staying in a hotel, because we live with my future in-laws, and I think it would be weird to spend our wedding night at home with his parents, haha. But if we had our own place we'd definitely we going home!
Do what makes sense/makes you happy! We went to a hotel because it was one of the splurges we decided on early on in the planning since we saved a lot of money by having our wedding in our neighborhood town center!
my dad offered to buy our hotel room, and we would stay there anyway because it's such a cute place. but i can't help but think about the wedding night, making noise, and how thin the walls might be! for that reason alone it would be nice to be in your own home!
We're staying in a hotel, best man got us a suite so we can have an after hours after the wedding since our reception is early 4-9, plus we are doing brunch the next morning with the fam. I think spending it in your new home is pretty sweeeeeet
I think spending your wedding night in your brand new house you just built together is terribly romantic, actually!! I say go for it!
My biggest fear is that since everyone (and literally my mom) know where we live, they might try some hijinks cause they're jokesters like that! But I'd love to just come home.
My MOH did this, it was fine.
Two suggestions, though:
- even if the rest of the house still has boxes, keep the master suite clear so you can create a nice feel.
- have a friend or aunt who doesn't drink or party late go back to your house before you do and set up something romantic. If she is organized, and can arrive 20 minutes before you, you could have her light candles, though don't try that if she might get there an hour before!
I totally want to go home!! The only reason I think we might not is because we'll have a bit of family staying with us (I'm guessing my parents and FI's mom)... and that might be awkward :)
We totally went home! We paid for our wedding ourselves, and we would have had to drive an equal distance whether we got a room or just went home, so it made sense. Our reception was out in the boonies, lol. Plus, we had to go home and let the dog out. ;)
I'm so glad you poasted this, because we are also going to the house we will be living in after the wedding. My parents offered to pay for a hotel room for us, but we need a hotel in Miami the next night before we fly to St. Lucia
It made more sense to have them pay for one there than here in Oklahoma. I think its very sweet that we get to spend the night as husband and wife in our house we will then be living in together! (we live seperate now) Congrats on the house building!
wow if I were in your shoes I'd TOTALLY go home! My FI and I pay the mortgage and live in a house my mom owns and we've been here for a year. I love our place but I really don't want to come home after my reception and be like..."ok time to scoop the litter box and fold laundry." I love the idea of going home to your new place as a married couple though. That is super romantic!
My FH doenst want a hotel room...he just wants to come home. I really want a hotel room! for one our venue is located in another town 30 min away (not far but enough) and for two...its our wedding night! I can spend any night at home, but i want to spend it in style haha. Its a tradition...not a must.... o and for 3....we will prob have family staying over in our house lol
We're definately going home - didn't even consider otherwise. We allready live together, and only about 15min from the venue, so it would make no sense for us to spend loads of money on a hotel room. I'm actually so looking forward to waking up in my husband(!)'s arms the day after. Must remember to make sure that there's nice breakfast ready in the fridge, though.
We went home! We had to talk people out of getting us a hotel room, because really, we just wanted to sleep in our own bed. :P And... stuff.
We live almost across the street from our venue, so we are definitely going home on our wedding night. It kinda seems ridiculous for us to rent a hotel room (also across the street from our house in between it and the venue) when home is 10 more steps. I will definitely make sure our house is spotless and dress up our room a little bit. I say go for it! That is $200+ you can spend on something else (honeymoon, a couple nice dinners, etc.).
I'm thinking that we'll go home afterwards as well. I'm totally going to dress up the room, but the thought of spending $200 on a hotel room that we'll probably spend 8 hours (tops) in is just not for me.
We plan on going home. We just got our house (this past Friday) but my FH wont be moving in until the wedding. I agree with feeling more relaxed and comfortable in your own home. especially for first timers such as ourselves :)
We plan on shelling out the bucks for a hotel for at least that night. I want to wake up and not have anything to do - I know if I'm at home, I'll want to start cleaning up, etc. Being in a hotel will make me feel like the honeymoon has officially started!
That said, I don't think people will find it strange that you want to spend the night at home. To each is own! If it feels right to you - do it!!
We were planning on going home until my mum said "So where will you two be staying on your wedding night?". Yeah, thanks mum! :) Hehe, I think FH is quite pumped to have a nice room and be able to relax after the wedding day without everyone around.
We only live about 10 minutes from where we're having the reception (at FI's parent's place) but I think it would be really sweet to stay at the same hotel that his parents stayed at on their wedding night. FI thinks it's weird, but really the closest nice hotel is further from the reception than our house is. . and I doubt that either of us will be in any condition to drive anywhere. Maybe we'll just stay at his parent's house. . . cuz that wouldn't be weird. LOL
I think sleeping at your own house on the wedding night isn't odd. I think it could be really sweet and special.
we are definitely coming home. it DOES NOT make sense when we have a huge house ten minutes away that will be sitting empty.
i'm sure the bm's and/or hubby will get it decorated cutesy, but i just want to relax after the big day, where i feel most comfortable!
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My fiance and I are building a house right now, and it will be done around the same time as our wedding day. We don't think we are going to get a hotel room since we will have the new house to go to, and also probably feel more comfortable in our own home.
Is anyone else not going to rent a hotel room after their wedding, and going to their own place? My parents think this is so strange, but really..we are spending a lot of money on the wedding itself, why spend another $200 + on a hotel room when we can drive to our own place that is less than 10 minutes away! Thoughts?