How do you end the wedding night?

Oh you mean the actual wedding i was going to say by having sex Lol

We didn't do anything special. Just dance to the last song of the night and waited for everyone to leave before we did

You can have a grand exit or just have the DJ/ band announce that its the last song. Our band announced last song, the lights came on and then people started saying bye and making their way to the buses. We also had our band announce the after party at the hotel Margaritas. You don't have to have some grand exit, people understand that the party is over.

I would assume when the Bride and Groom leaves, the party (unless the DJ is just throwing down and the drinks are free) is over and people will start trickling out. We plan on making our exit before alot of people start leaving, for the exit photo op. I went to a wedding where the bride and groom were the next to last to leave outside of their immediate family and a couple of bridesmaids and there were..no bubbles blown...no send off. It made me sad.

We had the DJ announce the last song then the lights came on. We had to pack up the centerpieces and some other stuff so we did that. ETA: MoSunshine, don't be sad. I partied until the very last second. If I had left early I would have missed some great moments with my guests. That meant way more to me than a photo op ever would.

Then, if you're like me, you get sobby drunk with your husband and best friends in the hotel bar.

Thanks, ladies! I just wasn't sure how it works. In my mind the party just died down until no one was left.

My wedding isn't until next year. I thought I wanted a grand exit but I think it would be nice to have an alone moment with FH after everyone has started to leave so now I'm not sure what to do. lol.

Patricia, we had the space until midnight so we had the DJ announce last song and went with the classic "closing time" by semi sonic. We still had about 60 people there after a LONG reception! it was awesome, everyone made a circle around us and DH and I danced in the middle. We didn't plan it, it just happened. We didn't have any grand exit or anything. After that, DH and I and our families packed up gifts and decor.

We were on the last shuttle to leave for the hotel with a group of bridal party/family. I don't remember if there was a last dance call or anything.

I'm so torn with this I wanted to do a sparkler send off but I also want to stay as long as possible tell all the guest are gone in such a social butterfly hate to leave the party early lol

FMP beat me to it!!

I was totally going to say "SEX" too.

We ended the reception when it started getting dark (around 445/5), as we were at a park. Most people were starting to head out anyway.

We had a few people go to an after party at a bar with us, and we just said our goodbyes and left when we were ready.

We were supposed to pay at the end of the reception (ugh), so we stayed till the end. After we paid, there were 5 people waiting for their cab, so we just sat with them till their cab came.

My understanding is that my son and fdil will have the DJ announce the last song, have the lights turned up and they will basically wave the guests off while bridal party goes down to pack and load their stuff from the bride's room and the men's locker room. Some may even be changing clothes to party together afterward. The club will lower the lights, close the ballroom doors and my son and DIL will have a private last dance. Then they will come down to say goodbye to their wedding party and leave. I'm guessing that their gifts will be loaded in the car sometime during the reception. We don't have to pick up any of our décor etc. until the Monday after. That is as much as I know. I figure when the day of timeline gets worked out, I'll be told what I need to do.

We are going to stay until the end! We will have a last dance and call it a night! Our reception is 6-11 so it won't be too late. The B&B is only 5 minutes away from the reception, and we don't have to travel far after it is over.

Exits are always done around here - some guests won't leave until the bride and groom leave. Sparklers, glow sticks, bubbles, etc are all common.

Some of our guests (mostly the ones who had kids) left before we did, and we did our exit as it started to dwindle down. Our immediate families stayed for about 30 minutes after that to pack up our gifts and personal items and bring them back to our house for us.

We did a sparkler exit, then after-partied until 3am, then the sex.

We were scheduled to end at 9PM. Our DJ played the winding down songs. At 9, only myself and a few people were dancing. Some people had left. Most were either chatting out in the hall/lobby, at the reception tables, or had left to the lobby bar (our bar closed at 8:30). Music stopped. Lights came up. People who wanted to leave, left. Others hung out for a while but eventually left. Everyone said later it ended well; they feel when the party goes all night they're obligated to stay, and guilty for leaving "early".

I second @Rebecca, we don't usually leave a wedding until the bride and groom make their exit. I've seen a lot of sparkler exists. The DJ will usually announce it, or the Bridal party will start handing out sparklers and people get the hint.

We plan on leaving it up the DJ if that makes sense? We have the venue until midnight but if we leave around 10:30 and people still want to dance and what not we'll tell the DJ to announce the B&G last dance but to let people know the floor will still be open. If the party is dying down we will just do the last dance and call it a night. I was in a wedding a few weeks ago and the B&G left around 10ish and there were probably 15 of us still there until about 11:30 dancing and drinking. We have no grand exit planned because our venue is a hotel we are staying at so there isn't really anywhere for us to exit to lol.

We partied right till the end! Our photographers left around midnight, but the party continued until 2 am, so we didn't do any big send-off. The DJ ended up playing three "last songs" because we kept "encoring" him hahaha.

We had some friends come up to our suite afterwards to "after-party" (the wedding was at a hotel), but it got shut down pretty quick. Then it was just DH and I and some of the bridal party/his family. Finally at like 4:30 everyone left our room for good. We had to be up at 6:00 to catch our flight to the honeymoon. We took a bubble bath and ended up passing out for like a half hour nap lol. The next day was ROUGH.

This is just what we did - definitely not a recommended course of action lol. Especially the early morning flight - avoid it at all costs!!

We will be staying, I couldn't imagine leaving without helping to clean up lol.