Hotel Check-In and Ceremony Start Time

I had an almost identical problem and we did end up pushing everything back by a half hour. The last thing I would want, as a guest, is to feel rushed and not be able to check in before the wedding and then have to check in later on when tired (and possibly drunk). If it's an option to push the time back, I would definitely do it.

ETA: To say that all of my vendors had no problem with this because it was only a half hour. But make sure you get updated versions of your contracts so that nobody shows up at the wrong time.

Thanks Kaylie! I'll definitely look into moving everything back half an hour and will be sure to get updated versions of our contracts.

If your adult guests cannot figure out that they might want to get there the day before because that's how every hotel on the planet works, I dunno.

Don't worry about this, they are big kids.

My guests just asked for early check in. We had no issues.

I think you'll be okay. If its not too much of a hassle to push back at this time then do it.

A lot of bartenders will stop serving 15 minutes to 1/2 hour before the event ends anyway so I wouldn't worry about the end time.

I moved our ceremony from 4 to 5 because check-in is at 4. Coming a day early is not an option for some people. I certainly want them to be able to check in and change clothes after driving for 5 hours (if they want).

They might be able to "check in" and leave their luggage there even if they can't actually get into the room yet if they explain the situation. I have done this before.

I would push it. I wasn't able to get into my room until the check in time the day before the wedding and it killed me! However, there may be people coming into town the night before as well. So that wouldn't be an issue for them.

Don't push it, the reason hotels have that check in time is because on days where you have 90% of the rooms turning over it is PHYSICALLY impossible to even try to clean them all and be ready on whoever's schedule feels like it.

Your guests can check the in the day before if they need the whole day to get ready.

Signed, hotel worker annoyed at people who think that even though they agreed to the guaranteed check in time they can check in whenever they damn well please.

Thanks everyone! We're going to try to move our ceremony start time to 4pm. We have the hotel block for 8/5 and 8/6, but we will definitely have guests who won't be able to come in the night before. Hopefully pushing the start time back makes things a bit easier for them.

@Auberginequeen - If I can't move the start time back, I think I'll call the hotel and see if they have a room where guests could leave their luggage and "check in" early.