Morning After Brunch

We hosted a brunch after daughters wedding at the reception venue. We did all the cooking all week. We had rented the venue for 5 days..

I would assume if you are hosting the brunch then its expected you would pay. unless its something impromptu and you and your Fh say to your family oh lets have breakfast together tomorrow after the wedding. You could host a brunch at your home, or at a restaurant. if it is going to be somewhat formal and pre-planned, you should plan to pay for it.

I'd assume you pay, but I don't think it has to be anything extravagant. Depending on the hotel, you could even do something there. We're getting married on a Friday, so instead of a rehearsal dinner we're going to do a family cook out at FH's parents house the next day.

We aren't looking for anything extravagant. Just a way to spend time with family the next morning since they traveled to see us and we know we won't be able to spend enough time with each person at the reception.

I had a family friend throw my brunch at her house. She baked and made punch and froze things. We also brought leftovers from the wedding. She also made some casseroles. It was wonderful!

We did one, for my daughter and son-in-law at the hotel. It was very small, just immediate family, the MOH and Best Man (the rest of the bridal party had to depart early).

The hotel put together a fabulous fruit tray for us, on them. Very nice.

We were also looking at a morning after brunch, but after the cost of the wedding and rehearsal dinner and almost our entire guest list is OOT or immediate family, we just can't add another cost. However, my sister (MOH) made the awesome suggestion of a beach day. Our venue is 7 miles from the nearest beach and a lot of people are staying on the island anyways. We don't have a honeymoon planned (hopefully in the spring) so we don't have any time issues. I love it. So we are just going to let people know and they can come between some time frame if they want. Maybe if you don't do a brunch, you can do an outing like that, a public park or attraction.

My aunt did one....she had her wedding at a local resort....they just held it in one of their dining rooms and did a little buffet...it was about 50 people out of the 216 she had at the wedding. It was fully paid for by my grandparents, so no guests paid

You host it, but keep it loose and light. People will come and go; some of them will be traveling/checking out of hotels, etc.

We are having ours at FH's parents house but we are paying. Ours will be a destination wedding in Vegas but his parents live there sp the day after we will all be gathering at their home.

We were thinking of doing a yogurt bar, fruit trays, pancakes, coffee, juice, etc.

We are - well not a brunch but a sunday dinner at the nearest pub.

Our parents are splitting (they offered - we have payed for the wedding) our immediate family are all coming (parents, grandparents, siblings that lot) and we will just tell other guests that we will be there for sunday dinner and people can come and join us for dinner or just pop in for a drink.

Not sure how many others will come - a lot our OOT and staying for a few nights so they prob will and others dont have far to go (most of the guests are staying if not all) so most will prob come

You don't need one, we are having one because all of us are OOT and our immediate family and us are staying at the venue so we would go for dinner anyway.

I have been to some - very informal, just a "lets meet at the hotel for brunch/breakfast" where we all paid for ourselves just eat together - if it is casual in a restaurant of something and is a "pop in we will be there at x eating you can join if you want" I don't mind paying.

Mary K - that's why we want to do it too. A lot of our guests are OOT so we want to do it as a way to show we appreciate them coming. Rather than seeing them at the reception and then taking off the next day, we truly want to be able to sit down with close family for some down time after. I'm not looking for anything fancy (since our wedding will be fancy enough). Just something for all of us to sit down and talk and eat breakfast.

Our hotel offers a full hot breakfast, so Sunday morning we're all going down to the breakfast area for our first meal with the family as husband and wife. The cost is already included in the hotel room rate, so it's nothing extra for us or our guests.

We will definitely host (and pay for) a morning after brunch which will be held at the hotel where we and our bridal party are staying. We are inviting our immediate family and bridal party.

You can host it anywhere that serves brunch. Or you can host it at someone's home.

In our area, there isn't always a morning after brunch, but if there is it's usually at the hotel everyone is staying at. I didn't host one, but we took his family out to Longwood Gardens which was right down the street. My friend Ryan held a special breakfast for those of us who stayed at the hotel (you actually had to have a reservation to be invited), and my friend Mandy had her guests stay at a Hilton Garden Inn which had free breakfast for all guests, so we just all headed down at the same time and grabbed a couple tables together. My cousin got married in Cancun at an all-inclusive resort and most guests were there for a week, so they actually planned a hangout every night at the resort (no extra charge since it's all inclusive) - they gave us the "schedule" of where they would be each night and we were invited to come hang out or we could choose to do our own thing.

FH's grandmother generously offered to pay for a morning-after brunch for us. It will be at the hotel and all guests staying at the hotel will be invited. Most hotels will have a private room where you can set up a small buffet or something. You can also invite people out to a restaurant or have something at a family member's house!

We hosted one at pur house when my SIL got married. It was very casually. We bought sandwich trays from Togos, picked up a few salads from Costco, a fruit and cookie tray, and beverages. Very low key.

You host= you pay, but here's another option....

We are hosting a 127 person rehearsal dinner and a 178 person wedding. We could not afford one more thing, so we blocked a hotel that does a hot, made to order, free breakfast for all guests. On an insert we printed up a "honeymoon send off" info that just said we would be in the courtyard of the hotel enjoying the complimentary breakfast between 9 and 10:30 am and we hoped guests could come say goodbye before we leave for our honeymoon.

Great plan, I think! A friend of mine hosted a brunch and said it was quite the ordeal.

What time did everyone choose? We have a 2 hour window to choose from. Debating between 9-11 or 10-12. We are thinking some people will want to hit the road earlier but some people will be hungover and sleeping in...