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We're staying until they kick us out since our reception has to end at 10pm, then we are having an after party. I'm wearing my dress the entire night. My MOHs are in charge of clean up after the reception. I am giving them a list of things that need to be thrown in boxes and kept overnight for us and we will get them from them in the morning. I am not worried about keeping our gift table safe, I can't imagine our friends/family taking our gifts but again, the MOHs are picking up any gifts and holding them too.
Ask your friends to help and be really clear with them what needs to happen when your reception ends. A good MOH or BM will make sure to stay sober enough to take care of things for you.
I think I answered all your questions!! :)
Well be leaving when the last guests leave, (ie. end of the night). We're hosting this so we think it would be weird to leave early. Also, we want to enjoy every second of this.
We'll be there until the end also. We don't want to miss our party. Our venue comes with a clean-up guy. My personal effects will be picked up by my Honors...including the gifts.
We're leaving right before our guests leave at the end of the night... So around 10ish!
I'm wearing my dress the entire night. My parents hired a few people to help clean up after the wedding. The people in charge of the museum are also there to help clean up. My parents are taking everything home with them at the end of the night.
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We are planning on leaving around 12am. Guest will probably stay for 45min after that... I think we have decided to do the sparkler send off and we want to leave to go home and enjoy eachother. :) I will still be in my dress.
The parents are going to take the gifts and take them to FIL's house.
The wedding party is going to grab centerpieces, etc.
We are hanging around to the end.. then heading over to the hotel where we have rooms booked & hoping that there is an after party in the bar there! Excited!
I'll be wearing my dress the whole time. I love it, and won't want to take it off too early!
We are definately staying until the end! I am changing into a cocktail dress for the last dance or maybe cake cutting not sure yet, and im going to have my mom be in charge of watching over our gift table.
Oh yeah, and I MOST DEFINITELY will still be in my dress!! Love it too much to take off.
We will be staying until the end. were not going on our honeymoon until Monday, but getting a room for that night at the hotel.
My FI and I will probably be two of the last people out the door, with our parents and wedding party. The reception ends at 12 am and we have to make sure everything is taken down, etc. I'll be in my dress the whole night. If we afterparty I'll probably change into normal clothes.
We're going to have the emcee announce to take home the centerpieces, decorations, etc.
Well we're having our cake cutting before the dancing - we'll leave when we leave I guess, I'm keeping my dress on all night!!
were grabbing a taxi home the hotel my mum is taking all the gifts home and then we'll pick them up after the honeymoon.
Seems like a lot of you are planning on staying til the end. I'm planning to do the same .. although I like the idea of leaving a bit early.
I don't want to miss my own party! I'm staying until the very end! And definitely keeping my dress on -- it wasn't cheap, want to get the most I can out of it! Heck, I'd sleep with it, if FI let me!
Where I am from it is traditional to do a grand exit, so I'm glad its popular here to stay to the very end! The reception is at my parents' house, too, so it only makes sense. Once the last of the guests are gone except for close family and the bridal party, I'll probably change back into my getting ready outfit and open gifts until our after party later that night!
we arent leaving until the last of the guests leave. we will probably have the dj announce the afterparty plans and we will meet everyone there after we get changed!
We left around 11. Cake cutting is usually a little after dinner so you have time to enjoy the cake and then dancing.
We were the very last people to leave. I wanted to stay for every last bit of the party--we paid for it!! It wasn't part of my plan, but we did get roped into helping with the clean up. I wasn't too happy about it, but basically my mom was running around trying to do everything on her own while my MIL flaked out. I ended up helping gather stuff up a little and we had to put our gifts into our car on our own. I was pretty upset at the time, as my ILs were scheduled to take care of this and my MIL just sort of bolted instead of helping. I wasn't happy, but I didn't want it to ruin my whole night, so I had to let it go. I bet if you were staying until the end, you wouldn't HAVE to do any cleaning up if you had dependable family/friends to do it.
We have to be out of the building by 11:30 so we will probably leave sometime between 10:30-11 so that we can have the guests tell us bye.
@Jessie516 .. did you clean in your dress???????????????? That's my fear .. picking things up in my beautiful gown .. I don't have another outfit planned. We don't go on our honeymoon til laster that week.
I'm there till the very end! I want my money's worth lol!!
I'm planning on staying til the end and cleaning up. I don't think it's fair for my family to have to do it...I would love it if they offered! But I think it's my duty to help.
We're planning on staying till about 10 minutes until we are supposed to be out of our venue. We'll be leaving in our wedding attire and then our families with the help of the coordinator at the reception venue will pick everything up and my parents will take it back to their house until we get back from our honeymoon.
til about 15 mins before the end, to head to the hotel and then afterparty (aka the delis next door! :) )
We'll have the band announce when we're going to leave (as they're ending) and run off onto the boat (yep, we're leaving via boat!) on the last song!
@BELLENGA: That sounds so cool!
I forgot to add, that we are not cleaning up. My wedding planner has a crew and the venue has a crew that will clean up.
So maybe I can ask the country club's wedding coordinator to help put away whatever's leftover.
We wore the same dresses for ceremony and reception--in part because most people at the reception (in DC) hadn't been at the ceremony (which was in Massachusetts), so we wanted them to see our dresses. We stayed to the very end, then changed back into normal clothes to clean up.
I have issues with missing out on fun, I don't ever want to! I will stay at my wedding until they lock the doors and then I'm going to the after-party.
I am still trying to decide if I am going to wear my dress to the after-party. It has a larger skirt, which I am not sure if conducive to a local bar environment. I might change into a cocktail dress or jeans, depending on my mood. I am definitely wearing the dress during the full reception though.
As for cleaning up, my DOC will do that for me. But, at my friend's wedding, where she didn't have one, her bridesmaids and close friends helped clear all of their stuff out and load it into a car. Her caterer also helped out with this a lot. I believe the caterer held onto some stuff for them to pick up.
We will be there until the end. Its pretty much a party to celebrate our marriage so it would be strange for us to leave any earlier. It would be like having a bday party without the bday girl. I plan to wear my dress through the whole thing. I love it and know that I will not want to take it off.
Oh and as far as the clean-up. The venue will be cleaning everything up besides the few things that are ours. They are providing all of the reception items such as centerpieces, table, table clothes.....everything. We will take the stuff that is ours with us. I plan to send the gifts with my mom.
The reception ends at 10pm due to noise ordinances...and we are leaving when our guests do...doing the whole sparkler thing into some kind of vehicle (havent figured that out yet) but I will be changing into a kick ass sexy after party dress and we are going to an after party (mostly for the younger crowd) to continue the party somewhere else! The venue will clean up after us and my mom will take the gifts home.
We are leaving at 10 and the reception ends at 11. I wanted to do a send off and the timing worked well with how long we have hired the photographer for. I don't want to be completely exhausted at the end of the night - I'll admit that I get a bit anxious when there are a lot of people around (especially being the center of attention), so I think the day is going to be really tiring for me, even with leaving early.
I will be the last one to leave. I don't want anyone else to have to clean up/ ect. Our band goes untill 12, and we have the room untill 1. That last hour will probably be "so longs" and farewells.
I get having an afterparty if the recepton ends before midnight .. but what about those of you who have the reception going past midnight .. Will you have an afterparty too?
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Are you leaving after cake cutting? Will you be wearing your wedding dress or a different dress? Also who usually picks everything up? I don't have a planner. The frames with centerpiece numbers, pictures of lost loved ones, candles .. left over favors .. who takes those? Also .. sorry .. too many questions!! How will you keep your gift table safe?