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We had a Sunday wedding :-D It started at 3 and we "ended" it at 10...most of our guests left around 7:30 which was a massive bummer...but every one had work the next day! We ended up back at our hotel around 11ish after cleaning up and were dead beat tired!! I think ending at 11 and then having alone time sounds like a great plan...so many people don't realise how exhausted you are going to be at that point!!
@Miss Otter: We're having a Sunday wedding, too. We're starting at 5pm and have our ceremony site until 10pm. It seems short, but I should also mention that we'll be taking our time setting up and relaxing earlier in the day so it'll feel special to stretch things out over the day and take away as much of the stress as possible. Also, for most of our guests, they're traveling from afar and will be arriving days earlier. So, we'll all have plenty of time together making a couple days of festivities. As for the wedding day itself, I think it'll be perfect as people will want to get back at a halfway decent hour for work the next day. Plus, new hubby and I will need some energy left for the rest of the night together... . ;)
Our ceremony starts at 3:30 and I expect everything to be wrapped up by 9, 10 at the very latest. We live 10 minutes from our venue, so it makes an after party at our place pretty easy. But honestly, I'm hoping to be in bed by 11. :)
our receomony started at 11:30 and people were cleared out by 4PM. After relaxing in the hotel room/helping clean up (because stuff had to come to our room, no privacy), my husband ended up going with his family to his aunt and uncle's townhouse in Virginia so everyone could spend time together, which was fine, and I ended up in the lobby of the hotel with my mom and others just talking. At about 8:30 my family all had a light dinner at the hotel.
It was perfect - people who didn't want to miss work the next day didn't have to, and after the wedding some people ended up doing touristy things in DC.
Thanks ladies! Well this all makes me feel much better! I should mention my wedding is the Sunday of Labor day weekend in Sept... so most people have off Monday. But I am going to stick to my guns and be bowing out at 11! I will want to unwind at our bridal suite - sounds perfect to me!
We had a semi-destination wedding so it's a little bit different. We had our ceremony start at 5:30 (well it was actually at 6 because some people were late getting ready). Then our reception ran until around 11:15 or so. We were going to do an after party but we had gone out the night before as mini bachelor/bachelorette parties so we were too tired. We also pretty much fell asleep about an hour after we got back in because we were exhausted and leaving for our mini-moon in the morning.
Also, I love your name. I absolutely love otters. 
We got married Labor Day sunday last year. Our wedding went from 5-10:30, and we had an informal afterparty with our friends right by the hotel. We didn't plan anything fancy since I didn't know how tired we'd be. But despite a busy day and not too much sleep the night before, I was full of energy at 10:30 and ready to keep celebrating. We hung out at the bar for an hour or two before heading back to the bridal suite. I don't think you have to party as late as your friends want to, but keep your options open in case you feel like staying out later than 11.
@mandb122: Yeah im totally nervous im going to pass out IMMEDIATELY. I get tired very fast! And thanks! - otters is a play on my future name ;) so you'd PROB love that name haha
@GirlWithARing: Very good call - I could see MYSELF wanting to stay out a bit later than my FI... but i dont want to committ one way or another. Id rather say im going early and stay later, than say im staying later and go home early ; ) I think in the moment I'll just go with the flow - instead of have so many rules!
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You end your reception? Did you have an after party? Were you TOO exhausted, to go back with your new hubby and EHMMM??
We are having a Sunday wedding (starting at 3pm) and I say I want to leave our reception at 11... but some friends are flabergasted by this and think I should be partying til the break of dawn. I dont want to! - I would LOVE to go back to our bridal suite and just get alone time!
What did YOU do? And did you feel bad about it {leaving your guests}?