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

I get it. Our reception was supposed to end at 10, but I changed the time so it can end at 11. However, I wouldn't be able to stretch it much more because we're getting married on a Sunday. Consider having an after party

View Quoted Comment Although, some venues do have an official end time. For us, the reception has to end at 10 and tear down has to be done by 11. Some places also have to shut down by a certain time due to township noise ordinances. That, and the staff wants to go home. I fully anticipate that people will want to go somewhere after to party, which is fine, as long as we're not hosting and footing the bill for the whole thing because of that whole "weddings are expensive" thing. I may show up, or I may stay in my hotel room with my hot new husband. 😀

Everything for us is in one location, at a hotel and their ballroom. I was soooo against a first look, until our photographer showed us sample timelines. We are not doing a first look to get majority of photos done (family will be after the ceremony). This allows us to enjoy the cocktail hour and mingle with our guests. The perks about it being at a hotel ballroom, is the hotel pub stays open till 2am. We’re having our after party there where we will provide late night party foods for everyone.

View Quoted Comment I'm in the same boat! FH and I both have IBD. It's gonna be a long day for both of us. We're doing a first look also so we can pace ourselves and not stress too much. If we don't have enough time before the ceremony, we'll finish up pictures during cocktail hour, but that's plan B.

Is it because you feel the reception isn’t long enough or that it isn’t late enough? What time are you starting? I’m usually in bed by midnight even on the weekends so even staying out until 11 would be pretty late for me on most nights lol

Our ceremony will start at 5:30 and it will end at 6. Then we will do pictures for about an hour and then reception until 10. I was worried that it will be too early but all my vendors say that is a normal time people will want to leave by. But we can always go out or go to the house if we want to celebrate longer.

Your preaching to the choir 😭😭😭 this is the one thing I hate about my venue!!!! My venue says the music ends at 1030..its like really?? I would have gone elsewhere if I had it tti fyi again. Honestly

Our day will start at 2 pm and end at 9 pm. I've never been to a wedding that ended much later. If you want it to last longer, end it later.

View Quoted Comment I have Gastroparesis ( the muscles in my stomach can’t properly digest my food) so it’s kinda like my stomach is paralyzed. From what I’ve heard, IBD has similar symptoms, nausea, vomiting, can’t go to the bathroom or going too much, bloating and pain! I can’t eat a lot of foods weight flaring up or throwing them back up! It’s definitely going to be a challenge on my wedding day to stay hydrated and fed enough for energy without feeling too sick. I’ll of course have all my meds but my FH is going to give my bridesmaids and stuff a sheet with foods I can digest easily that they should force feed me if needed at certain times through out the day! If I don’t eat ( Gastroparesis also causes lack of appetite) I sometimes get very nauseous because I forgot to eat and when you aren’t able to eat a lot throughout the day you become a tired miserable brat! I also have fibromyalgia and autoimmune issues. As someone in a similar health situation, I’m sure you know what I mean when I say “I’ll be spending all my spoons for a entire year for my wedding” only so many spoons a day and the wedding day is going to use so many spoons!!!!

Totally agree! Luckily, we have our venue from 10am-10am so we have a full 24 hours with no curfew. We also don’t have a noise curfew so the music can go on all night! We’re likely going to start with a band, then a Dj, then switch to a playlist for any of us who are left. The 24 hour rental is a very important aspect to us since we love to dance!

We are forcing ourselves to stay at this thing til 11pm and going straight home. People are more than welcome to go out and party afterward. But we will be in bed before 1am.

I guess it just depends on your guests. To me, 7.5 hours is plenty of time. I usually leave a wedding reception after 9:30 anyways.

After party sweetie solves all your issues. Mine is ending @ 10 after party right after at nightclub.

Depending on when you start ending at 11 would be fine. Our wedding is ending at 1030 but were starting early enough in the day that we will have time to fit everything in. As long as you use your time wisely everything should fit fine. Another option if it fits in your budget is extending your time frame at your venue.

For our wedding, the reception going to be ending at 1 AM, and we're having it in a banquet hall! Our families (especially mine) are big party-goers and party into the night at events like this, so 1 AM ending is perfect, but people can leave whenever they want!

Mine ended at 9 pm! I'm usually exhausted by 10 pm, and I knowing how energetic the day would be, there's no way I'd make it much later than that. To each their own though. If 11 is too early for you, it's too early for you. Expect that several people will leave before then, so just make sure to have your major activities done well ahead of time.

Ours ends at 10 and while I would've preferred 11 we weren't pushing back our ceremony anymore nor paying for an extra hour. We will go to the casino/club near our house after we tear down decor. I think 10-11pm is pretty standard. I have never been at a wedding later than this.

It's going to be a long couple days so we opted to start things earlier so we can end at 9pm

I enjoy staying up late but I know with all the emotions and dancing we'll be doing I would probably fall asleep at our reception if we went until 11pm - 12am haha.

It also might be a regional thing. The 10 + weddings I've been to in Michigan usually last until 11 or 12. Depending on the start time, people get tired around 10. Our ceremony is at 5 and we have the venue until 12. Last call is at 11:30.

Ours will be ending at 11. I honesty think this is because venues don’t want guests to get completely wasted and party all night.

No, you’re not the only one! I had to get creative since most of the venues we looked at had early end times and shorter term rentals. To not cluster everything in a day, I decided to have our ceremony Friday night in lieu of a rehearsal dinner, but I’m still having dinner. That way Saturday we can have lots of hours to party. Another idea is an informal spill over party. In European tradition, it’s common to do a brunch/ lunch bbq kind of party the day after. I think it’s a nice idea for out of town guests. Since you’re spending so much on the wedding, it is definitely hard to see it all go by so quickly!