Noon wedding on Friday

Last month I went to my cousin’s Friday wedding in Florida with outdoor ceremony/cocktail hour followed by inside reception. They were lucky and weather was warm but not sufferable BUT that was February...They started at 430 in order to get the sunset in their photos and party was over by 9pm leaving time to break down. It was cocktail style so shorter than I’m used to.

Are there any other ceremony options? Will YOU have enough time to get ready for a noon wedding?

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We get into the venue at 8 AM so I should have time by noon but later would of course be more comfortable. We're going to wait until time change and go really study the positioning of the sun at our venue. I really just want it at a time when there's cover from the sun. 95% of my guests are Floridian born and raised and know that humidity is just a fact of life. I really just don't wan people in the direct sun. If I can comfortably move it later I will. In May when there are afternoon showers, it's usually after 3...so I was also hoping to miss that by being inside by then. Lots to think about!

I went to a may wedding in florida that was around noon or 1 pm but on a saturday. The bridal party was an hour late and I got a wicked sunburn and it was SO HOT. Please consider an indoor or evening ceremony.

Unless most of your guests are traveling and have to take off work no matter what time it is, I would not have a Friday Wedding ceremony before 5pm. We considered a Friday, but since our venue is a 1.5-2 hour drive for most guests, the ceremony would need to be at like 7pm to leave a reasonable amount of time for guests to travel.

I wouldnt attend a noon wedding unless you were a close family member. Taking a whole day off is extremely inconvenient, even with plenty of notice.

Noon on a Friday would be great for me since it's my day off. But unless you were immediate family or a really close friend I wouldn't take a day off for a wedding.

It's not the worst idea, but definitely not the best.

View Quoted Comment I scrolled past all the comments talking about the heat, your true issue is time. I've seen many posts that guests just don't want to stay longer than 4, maybe 5 hours at a wedding.

When I went to my wedding venue to ask what their thoughts were on the best day to get married she told me that Friday’s were the highest turnout! Yeah some people may have to take the day off, but you won’t be taking away from their weekend. I think it’s a great idea and moved my wedding date from a Saturday to a Friday because of what she told us. I personally think noon is a tad early considering after eating nearly half or more of the guests leave, and it’s not like guests are going to want to wait from noon till at least 5p for dinner.

It is definetly more inconvenient because those that need to travel or even fly to attend may have to take both Thursday and Friday off work to make it, but those that really want to be there will make the extra effort.

Could you do it even earlier, like 10 or 10:30, and make it more of a brunch ceremony? That way it might not be quite as warm yet. Also I’d just send save the dates out early. I know for me personally I am able to request off work 180 days in advance, so if I had 6 months or more notice I’d have no issue requesting a vacation day

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We're only inviting 3 couples that would need to travel and truly expect declines on 2 (and would no matter the day. They'd love to be here but they're raising young families and travel is just hard for them both). The other couple lives so far away that I didn't even plan to invite them but we were so close before they moved that she messaged me and told me they'd be there no matter what so travel isn't a huge issue. Both of our families are huge and local so the vast majority of invitees are family and local.

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That's possible The only struggle would be getting ready because we can't get in until 8 but I'm considering all these options now! Lol. Save the dates are already ordered and ready to go out as early as is acceptable! Thank you!

View Quoted Comment I get that! We were going to have access to the church at 10 (wedding is at 2:30) but they forgot about their Mother’s Day brunch they do every year when we booked. I also didn’t realize our wedding is the day before Mother’s Day! We can’t get in until noon now. Which also means we can’t really decorate the night before during the rehearsal! So at this point I’m actually considering getting my hair and makeup done at home, or just getting there at 12, spending a few minutes directing where everything needs to go (we have a several people from the church helping us set up), then getting ready! Good luck! I’m sure it will all work out, and honestly I think a Friday wedding is a good idea because it lets guests enjoy the rest of their weekend!

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Yeah, I'm Floridian born and raised too. I wouldn't even think about attending a wedding that was outside in May. I would decline pretty fast.

I don’t think it’s a problem. Like you said, whoever can make it will make it. Just don’t be upset if you get more declines than you might have. A lot of people might choose to just come to the reception later, so you have to decide if you’re ok with that.
Personally, I wouldn’t mind enjoying 10 minutes of Florida sun for an outdoor ceremony.

I’m having my wedding in Orlando at noon as well but it will be on Saturday. We were able to cut the cost by $1500 to have it in a beautiful location. I’m just worried is not enough time. Our wedding is 12-4