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I was talking about venues with my fiance and mother the other night, and my fiance claimed that the latest a Sunday reception could run was to six. I thought at least eight would be fine; most people we'd invite are locals, and the travelers could work out their schedules however they needed, we would understand. What's your take on Sunday wedding timing? If you had a Sunday wedding, what was your schedule like?
We're aiming to be done with our Sunday wedding around 6:30 or 7pm. We probably won't leave until 8 or so, but all the "main events" (minus send-off) will be done by 6:30 so people won't feel bad leaving.
if i was traveling far I would have to take a monday off anyway so i would stay till the wee hours if the wedding was fun, but if i was local and working Monday. 8 or 9 would be my latest.l
My Sunday wedding ended at 11:00. That's probably my latest, too. I can handle being a little tired at work on Monday if I'm having a really great time.
We're getting married on a Sunday - Halloween 
Our wedding falls under the 'destination' category b/c there are only 8 (including me and FH) people from WA and everyone else is flying into town - - thus - - our Sunday wedding is beginning at 5pm and ending at 11pm, or soon after 
7:00 or 8:00; I'd want to be showered by 9:00 and in bed before 10:00. I'm in the office at 7am, though, sometimes 6:30.
Until it was over, ha! I would have no problem partying until 11pm, 12 am or later. (and I work a 9-5 job)
my friend's sunday wedding lasted until about midnight and all the guests who were in their 20s went out to several after parties after.
It would depend on:
1) how far away I lived and if I had to work the next day
2) my work schedule the next day
3) if I had to worry with a babysitter for my kids (would i have to get them at a certain time/be home by a certain time or if they were staying over at a grandparents...)
4) traffic
It would also depend on how late YOU and YOUR FI want to stay up!
(We're having a Saturday wedding, but since most of our friends will probably be staying over, it'll run till REALLY late, lol. However, if it weren't for that, we'd be ending it early for some "us" time. ;) )
Also, consider when you want to leave for your honeymoon. If you're having one.
(we won't, since we have two kids. We'll probably take ours during the summer when we can leave the munchkins with one set of grandparents or the other.)
For me it would depend on how far away I lived from the venue. If it is close, maybe 9 or 10. A longer haul, maybe 7 or 8 - I hate driving far when I'm beat from partying hard. :)
It would totally depend on how close I was to the couple, and what the deal was for Monday. I normally work from home on Mondays, so I'd probably be more flexible abound Sundays, and if I was close to the couple, I'd suck it up no matter what and stay until it's over. My Sunday wedding ended at 12:15am and while a bunch of people left in the 10-11 range, there was a good number of people by the end. It was perfect, because we were sent off by our closest family and friends.
If I was local I would stay out until 11pm ish!
My FSIL's wedding was on a Sunday, and most people stayed til 10 or 11 pm.
If i was local and had to work the next day, I'd stay until about 10pm.
We're having our wedding on Sunday and the Monday is a holiday. Our wedding is a destination wedding to 60% of our guests, so we're planning the reception until 11pm and an after party on the waterfront for those who are making this their vacation and want to keep celebrating.
Our Memorial Day Monday wedding ended at 9.30 pm. We asked the DJ to end it so we can do our getaway (we were exhausted!) , the dance floor was still full at that time. Half the guests had taken the next day off anyway so I hear they continued to party till past midnight.
That's a relief to read the majority would stay. My wedding is on a Sunday too and at first I was against it because I always thought guests wouldn't want to stay but my FI pointed out that all the people who are important to us would stay. Plus, the next day is a bank holiday so at least the kids have it off and some of the parents.
i'm surprised to hear some bees wouldn't stay past 8...is this a personal rule for all weeknight events? that seems so early to me, but maybe i just stay up later...
We had a Sunday wedding, the next day wasn't a holiday and we had our friends and family rockin' with us until 11:30pm :)
It was spring break for a lot of our law school friends, and my college friends had taken Monday off from work so they could stay and enjoy themselves :)
@ejoyb: Mine too! Our wedding will prob end 9-10, but we may have an unplanned 'after party' in the hotel's bar after that.
9:30 latest. My FBIL had a Sunday night wedding until about 10? They got upset that everyone started to leave early (9ish). The wedding was in town.
Ours will run until about 9/9:30 but we are only having a dinner reception.
@Ms. Meowerson: :) I have to be at work around 7am, so usually I'm in bed no later than 9pm during weeknights and avoid events that go late during the week. However, for a wedding of friend, I would definitely make an exception.
We're planning to end our Sunday wedding by 7 or 8. The next day isn't a holiday and we wanted people to be able to enjoy the entire event. However our venue has no time limit on it so if it were to go later, it's no big deal for us. :)
I went to a wedding last week on a Sunday. The ceremony started at 5 and the whole wedding didn't end until 11:30. It was the strangest thing and everyone left very early. It was horrible
My wedding is a Sunday also, but it is on a long weekend. It will end at 11
oh gees, when I saw the title (before I read your post), I was like, "wellll.... I'd leave by ten at the latest, but really I'd rather be home by ten."
Six? That's crazy early! I'm with you, your FI is a pretty considerate sounding guy though!
Wow I can't believe so many people would leave so early! 8pm? Dinner would barely be over by then! My wedding is on a Sunday and I would hope people would stay til at least 9:30. I mean, it's a special occasion, and you are there for your support. You can't make an exception to your "in bed by x rule"? I guess I should get a reality check and make adjustments accordingly.
@justeen: i know! this is totally surprising me. like i said, at my girlfriend's sunday night wedding, all us 20 somethings stayed until the wee hours of the morning- maybe it just depends on each group of friends and what they're like
I am a teacher and I have to leave the house at 6:30 so I'm normally in bed by 10, but I would stay at a Sunday night wedding until 9:30 or 10. A wedding is a special event!
We are doing a Sunday wedding (due to my family's jewish beliefs) and we searched for venues that would allow us to stay until midnight. I believe that no matter what day of the week it is, it is my wedding and it is a once in a life time ordeal!!!!
@Fire: exactly- what about us jewish girls who don't want a day time wedding?
Our last Sunday wedding was about a 2 hour drive from home and we left around 9 or 9:30. A lot of people left around 8ish, but there were still a fair number or people there when we left. I think a lot of folks took Monday off and were planning to go to the after-party, but we couldn't miss work.
I've been known to stay up past midnight and get up early the next morning.
However, we ruled against a weekday/sunday wedding because we have a lot of friends who live too far away and have to work monday-friday and either don't get paid-time off or very few days off or CAN'T get the time off.
The only thing I can suggest is not be offended if people leave early due to the driving distance and/or other obligations (children, jobs, etc).
My wedding is two weeks from this Sunday. It's planned to be over by 10pm, and just today our caterer was trying to convince us to extend it until 11pm to get more time in. I think our party friends and close friends/family will stay until 10, and probably 11pm too. And the more I think about it, that could be the hour that is the most fun because its just those people we would be with. It would be the small wedding I always wanted:)
We had a Sunday wedding. Ceremony @ 4pm and drinks, dinner & dancing directly following. It lasted until 9pm. The locals were fine with it and our out of town people would have had to take off Friday anyway - so taking off part of Monday was no big deal.
I liked ending ours slightly early - not 11 or 12 since everyone is still happy and it ends leaving them wanting more with happy memories and not smashed drunk!
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