Optional camping after wedding etiquette

Are you talking about after the ceremony or after the reception?

Personally I think it would be really fun especially if you know your crowd is into that kind of thing. I'm just not sure of the appropriate way to let your guests know about your arrangements.

After the reception so if our dream date is available then Friday night after festivities, until Sunday we were thinking of staying ourselves. I just wanted to see your thoughts mainly on food for the weekend if people stay. We don't want it wedding related, just as a "Hey, we are chilling for the weekend. We know you love camping so if want to camp with us we have spots open." We have to buy spots anyway as kind of a venue fee, also parking passes come with the spots if you were wondering. We were thinking of saying on our website "We have reserved spots if you would like to stay, but you are welcome to go. Friday dinner will be provided."

I had thought about this and love the idea. Our wedding date/ location/ weather makes it a no go for me but otherwise it would be fun

I think you will be okay with ceremony at time and dinner to follow. Then just include something nice about how if they would like they can stay at the site with you. Maybe say something about how they could making it a little vacation? I feel like that would kind of imply if they stay they are responsible for anything not involved in the wedding.

My cousin had his wedding last year in our state park and it was great. They rented out campsites and paid for the cost of cars entering. Our family camps annually so everyone knew that it was on them to either bring their tent or camper and then additional snacks/food for the weekend besides the reception. They did also block a room in a hotel that was 30 minutes away that had a shuttle. A lot of people camped, some stayed in the hotel, some people drove home.

I feel like you could word this on a details card the same as you would a hotel block. Something like "RV and tent sites have been blocked for the entire weekend. Please feel free to spend Saturday and Sunday with us" kind of thing

ETA: you only have 30 guests so I'm assuming you'd also be comfortable clarifying this to them in person if need be

Our venue is a Campground Lodge, and the invites stated the available accommodations.

*Camping accommodations available, w/fee. I'm hoping everyone is intelligent enough to realize we aren't feeding everyone all weekend! Our event is pretty low key also, and although we are getting married on a Saturday, our OOT people have already planned to stay all weekend. Especially the ones with campers/RV's.

I don't think you need to pay for the campsites anymore than you would need to pay for hotel rooms for guests staying over. I'd just put on my wedding website that tent/RV sites are available through

XYZ state park office, or else ABC motel is right around the corner and QRS B&B is a 15 minutes drive in normal traffic. Bride and Groom will be staying at XYZ for a couple of nights and would be happy to chill with anyone who wants to stick around.