Clean Up

We stayed after the reception and did it ourselves. But if you're not willing to do that, and your contract with your venue doesn't specify that they will do that, then you'll need to hire someone.

And of course, in figuring out how much DIY to do, you'll need to keep in mind the cost of cleaning it up (plus the cost of putting it out in the first place, if you need to hire someone to do that). Too often, people think of the cost of DIY as being only the materials used, but there are other ways in which DIY can increase your cost.

My venue takes care of clean up. We’re only required to clear our tables off and they take care of everything else

We are staying after the reception and cleaning up.

We are required to clean off the tables and take down any decor that we bring in. Our venue has a huge room filled with decor so we won't be bringing much. My in-laws & parents have offered to stay behind and clean up for us so we don't have to hire anyone. If push comes to shove and we have to hire people it will be $50 each person we hire.

We'll be doing the clean up ourselves with the help of anyone who will help. As the people start leaving i'm sure some clean up will start. My sister-in-law is a clean freak, and I can picture her cleaning the entire time LOL Her daughter is my MOH, and she'll be taking my great-nephew home with her though so my niece can have some fun. I figure she'll have a bunch cleaned before she leaves even if I don't ask her

We’re getting an extra hour of service from the catering server to aid in cleanup. After that, it’ll be us and whoever stays around to help.

We have the venue on Sunday to clean up if we dont want to do it Saturday night, but my FMIL wants to clean right after

I'm curious about this, too. Our venue us diy. We will have to bring and remove everything - linens, plates, etc. We think we are going to request family to clean up, and hire a few people in addition. I don't really want to spend an hour of my wedding night cleaning (!!)

Were doing it ourselves

We aren’t bringing in much (small additions to the centerpieces), but I’m pretty sure our venue will take care of it as we won’t be the ones setting them up.

Our venue handles that for us. They will keep everything in a room for up to a week for us to come pick up. If we don't go pick it up, they just trash it.

My friend's reception did not provide set up or tear down so myself (MOH and sole BM), FH, Best Man (and sole GM) and the parents helped with setup and anyone left at the end of the night helped with tear down. It took maybe 20 minutes and even the people they didn't ask to help (told everyone to head to the bar down the street and we would meet them after) stayed without protest. I think the general consensuses is that it is rude to ask your guests help with clean up but I think its kind of a know your crowd thing.

Diy setup & clean up. My family will help & we might “hire” some family friends from church to help us with clean up. We have our venue from Friday morning to sunday at noon. I prefer to clean everything on sat night so i can sleep in sun morning

We have our venue for the whole weekend, so our families will stay afterwards and loosely put things away for the night, and we will go the next day to finish clearing everything out!

I was all DIY until I realized the logistics of everything. Having someone put everything out and having someone cleaning everything up. I am paying for an open bar and everyone better use it so with that said, i doubt anyone will want to clean. Why I went ahead and hired a wedding decorator who will take care of cleaning (plus I won't be left with stuff I will never use again). Now I don't have to think about any of that. Come, get married, party, and leave.

Depends upon the venue. Ours is doing set up and take down included

My venue provides a lot of decor and I am only responsible for cleaning up what I brought with me. its a destination wedding though and honestly I don't have a use for the decorations after I leave that i think I will just see if my venue would like to keep them for future brides to use!

My caterer and DOC will box all my decoration up. My dad, mom or step mom will stay behind and collect all the items. Caterers will also clear tables, take out trash and break down tables.

We are doing our own clean up and setup with the help of family and friends that have offered to help.

My venue does the majority of the clean up, but we have to gather our own decorations. My plan is to just stay and get the bridal party to help gather everything. Luckily, my venue has unique charm, so I don't think I'll have much for decorations. My main worry is actually the cake stands that I'll be renting from my baker!

Since 90% of the stuff will come from the venue they will do most of it, but things I want to keep or that we can resale out I will stay and grab.