Day-After Brunch Hosting

The only way you can do this is to let your guests know that " __ and __ will be going out for brunch at ____ the morning after the wedding. They look forward to seeing you, if you also choose to have brunch before you travel home."

Keep in mind though, that it is highly likely that some people will think you are hosting.

Sometimes it is simply better to not try to do what you can't afford.

We did exactly the way muriel said it and we had a bunch of OOT guests, my in laws, and my MOH stay. It was amazingly fun (much more relaxed!) and we spent three hours brunching! It's worth it and people will come even if they have to pay. Good luck! Our brunch was a kick off to an entire weekend of celebrating!

Following! We have tons of guests who are staying to enjoy the city and we'd love to have a meal with them in Sunday (but we're broke lol).

We are planning brunch but everyone pays there own way deal. We'll tell people by word of mouth, mostly family.

We did an evening after, I know a lot of people who do brunch the next day. I don't know how youd get away without hosting it though unfortunately.

Following! I think this is such a fun idea, especially for OOT guests!

This might be tacky - but I just put it on our website that we will be doing a brunch the day after and its $16pp. It's a buffet at the hotel.

Does your hotel offer breakfast? Ours was a Comfort inn so we asked them to reserve a section for guests and we hung around for a little over an hour as people came down to eat

We put on our website optional; for tacos, music and beer the day after our wedding. It's at an outdoor Mexican spot that has live music and single tacos, super casual! People have said that they really like the option, but don't feel obligated and then they know they will be paying for whatever they eat/drink.

Basically tell people you will be eating at at this place and time if anyone is doing breakfast kind of thing.

I would just tell them by word of mouth that you plan to go out to eat at XX restaurant if they are looking for someplace to go themselves.

I wanna do this too!

We are doing a brunch, but we are hosting. We are doing a DW so we felt like we should offer that to our guests.

So FH and I were recently at a wedding at a famous (for the area) resort. The bride, a good friend of mine, texted me asking me to join them for brunch the day after the reception. She also word-of-mouth this to other guests at the reception (there was no mention of a morning-after brunch on their website). Come that morning, I didn't realize we were all required to pay for our own brunch until individual bills was passed around afterwards (the resort put us in a private room so I assumed the couple was hosting; there were about 15-20 guests at the brunch; there was only 30 guests at the reception). FH and I were surprised. I would of liked to have known beforehand. This resort charged $55pp for their brunch buffet and our hotel offered a complimentary breakfast buffet. In summary, be SURE you tell your guests you're NOT hosting the brunch if you go this route. Also, I didn't ever let on or later tell the bride (even though she's a good friend) my opinion on her lack of wedding etiquette. In the end, the damage was done, and it wasn't worth mentioning especially on her wedding weekend.

Exactly what @Muriel said.

I think brunch the next day is a great idea! We will be doing it as well, and everyone is on their own for their bill.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts! Very helpful.

I know I don't want to get up early the day after, so I will not be doing a brunch. But we will be telling everyone we will do apps and drinks that next night at a local bar and if people want to join us they can (they pay).

So I'm of the mind frame that if you aren't hosting, you don't mention it. Have brunch with your close few friends/family but extending it to everyone and then telling them you aren't paying is pretty gross/tacky IMO. Yes, morning after brunches are nice, if you have the ability to treat your guests to it, which you don't.

DUP