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Isabel
Just Said Yes November 2021

i think 11pm is too early to end the reception :(

Isabel, on July 25, 2019 at 7:23 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 102
So, I do not want to sound rude at all but I find it crazy to spend so much money on a wedding that will end at 11PM. Between the ceremony, photos, speeches, cake and saying Hi to everyone when will the couple have time to actually dance, eat and drink? Am I the only one that thinks like These?

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Latest activity by Desiree, on June 12, 2020 at 10:17 PM
  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Mine ended around 11p. I think a lot of weddings end around then. There's some people who choose to do an after party after but I gotta tell ya, I was sooo tired after such a long day aha.
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  • Kelly
    Champion October 2018
    Kelly ·
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    I’ve never been to a wedding that ends later than 10 or 11. Ours was from 4-10 and it was fine.
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  • Martha
    Devoted September 2019
    Martha ·
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    We have to be out by 1 so that’s when ours will end. People will just trickle out the last couple hours. I’ve never been to a wedding where the couple had a send off, or had to have people leave by 11 (or earlier). I think it’s too early also.
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  • Yoice
    VIP March 2019
    Yoice ·
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    I agree a 100%. Mine ended at 12 and I was ready for the after party right after. I was lingering around hanging out with family and friends in my wedding dress until close to 2 am. Is just one day! Enjoy it to the max.
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  • Paula
    Super September 2019
    Paula ·
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    Ours is supposed to end at 10 which we are totally fine with. It's gonna be such a long day and I'll be ready for some alone time with my FH by then!

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  • S
    Expert October 2019
    Sara ·
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    I guess it depends on your location and what time the wedding starts. Our ceremony is 4:30-5 and reception is 5-11 (same venue) with the option to extend to 11:30. That’s actually the latest out of anywhere we looked around here (mid sized city). Most weddings I’ve been to lately ended around 10/10:30, and one was even 9:30 (that after party was a blast lol). I know I’ll be ready for bed by 11:30 though lol
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  • Kelly
    VIP October 2020
    Kelly ·
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    That'd be so late for me I'd honestly leave early. I think it's a normal time frame, I just hate being out late
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  • Samantha
    Super August 2019
    Samantha ·
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    We’re ending at 830 and moving elsewhere for an after party to actually save us some money, opting for an earlier start to things.
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  • Sonya
    Dedicated February 2021
    Sonya ·
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    This is why my FH refuses to have our reception at a venue..he wants it at our property/home... we have 6 acres so he wants to have everything there that way no one can tell you when you have to leave.. me on the other hand will probably be done by 10 or 11. I am not one to party till dawn like he and his family ..lol
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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    You can make the official end time whenever you want, but people are going to start leaving around 10. It’s up to you if you want to pay for an additional hour with your DJ, open bar etc. for the stragglers that stay super late. Maybe you could just do an after party?
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  • Selena
    Super September 2019
    Selena ·
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    Ours is 4-10 as well.
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  • Nichole
    Savvy November 2019
    Nichole ·
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    That's a normal time for the weddings I have attended. One wedding I was in, ended at 10 and the whole bridal party went to the club afterwards. We had a blast at both.
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  • Emily
    Savvy August 2020
    Emily ·
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    Mines until 10pm starts at 430 and then we’re all going out after (whoever wants to) and partying till we feel like it at some beach bars! I’ll go till I’m falling over it’s one day to have fun!!
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  • J
    Devoted October 2019
    Jacquie ·
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    Our dj leaves at 10pm but we don't have to stop socializing just have to keep noise down as the community that the rental house is in requires.
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  • Sara
    Expert October 2020
    Sara ·
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    No, I want some alone time with my husband and I'm going to be so tired by the end of that long day with no sleeping bc I'm going to be so excited.

    If your worried cut that other stuff out. Speeches, not need and just wasting time, do your picture ahead of time, you want to "visit" with me do it on the dance floor, cake literally have to slice into a cake and eat a bite-5 minutes maybe? And the venues we looked at didn't include ceremony in the 5 hours of reception time... 5 hours is enough to eat dance have cake and visit with people.
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  • Erin
    VIP September 2023
    Erin ·
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    We're doing an early afternoon wedding that will end at around 5 or 6, and I'm planning on extending the offer to anyone who wants to that there are plenty of bars in the area that we can go to if they want to keep the party going.

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  • Mcskipper
    Rockstar July 2018
    Mcskipper ·
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    I mean it all depends when you START the wedding! That said as the host I feel like there’s a lot of “there’s never enough time!!!” — I felt that strongly at my wedding as I wanted to see and do everything— I wanted to spend time with everyone AND dance with my friend AND take pictures with my cousins . Fact is, that ones not a duration issue, simply an issue that your guestlist is EVERYONE you’ve ever wanted to spend time with, so it’s difficult to allocate your time appropriately. The other flipside is: while the party will fundamentally never feel long enough for you as a host, it will definitely be long enough for your guests. They’re not coming from your perspective (they know who they know and they reach and end point)— not everyone will be ready to turn in early, but we had plenty of people that felt partied out early and were ready to go home and call it a night pretty early.

    ...the solution to the problem ? After party!
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  • Megan
    Expert November 2022
    Megan ·
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    I feel when the time comes I'll be fine with 11pm but now I'm hoping to have some type of after party or go bar hopping in the college town near me if we get married around here.
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  • Megan
    Expert November 2022
    Megan ·
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    Also I just went to a wedding recently and I drank a reasonable amount and when it ended at 11 I was ready to keep the party going unfortunately there wasn't really an after party near by.
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  • Danielle
    Devoted October 2021
    Danielle ·
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    That depends on you! You aren’t right or wrong! I’m someone who is chronically sick and I don’t get out much! Our wedding will be from 530-11. Ceremony will be from 530-6, cocktail from 6-7 and reception from 7-11. I know between getting ready and first look and formal pictures before the wedding and then the wedding that I will have probably spent so much energy I’m not used to spending that I’m going to be pooped but still there’s a part of me that doesn’t want it to end so soon! A few ways you can get more out of it is to do first look and formal pictures before the ceremony. During cocktail hour you won’t need to do a million photos which gives you time to greet and few guests and have a few moments alone with your husband, you can arrange a get together for after your reception at a near by place like a bar, our venue is a hotel so the hotel bar is open until 1pm, it’s just after the reception no more top shelf open bar 😂 , if your near a cheap hotel or like us, we get a free honeymoon room for the night, you can have people hangout for a little after the reception and plan a post wedding breakfast with any guests that stayed the night! There’s a lot of things you can do to work with what around you so you can enjoy more time if you wanted! But I’m sure when the day comes, you may not feel the same after a long day!!!! But regardless, it’s your day and you do what you want!!
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