Send off-same night clean up!

Definitely don't ask your parents or BP to help. You can definitely to try to negotiate or hire a separate clean up company.

It may by a bit much for you and FH to clean up that night.

Hire people to clean up.

But don't do a send off anyway. Totally unnecessary.

Oh! I never even thought of a clean up company! I will have to look into that! I don't know what our small town offerings are but that was definitely never a thought! Y'all are already helping!

Does the venue let you pay extra for that service? Worth it.

What do you need to clean up? Are we talking tables, chairs?

I would ask the venues's coordinators what people normally do about this. I would assume the cater would do the majority of the clean up since that is the messiest part.

Definitely hire some people, the last thing you will feel like doing is cleaning UO after your wedding.

Skip the send off: it's just a P.I.T.A. to coordinate.

Hire a DOC.

Whether or not if you decide to do a send off---

A friend did a "fake" send off. Where everyone had the sprinkles and threw them and the bride and groom exited the venue for the photo op. But didn't actually leave. They stayed and partied and helped finished cleaning.

My venue had the same type of thing, and my parents and friends all told us they would be cleaning for us and wanted us to be able to leave when we were ready. (We didn't have an actual send off, not our style) and we were so thankful for this but when it came to the end of the night I was still dancing and hugging everyone as ppl were leaving and my husband was helping clean up and then naturally I started cleaning up too. And everyone pitched in and we got it all cleaned up and we're out of there by 10:30 which was much better than we expected. If you're set on having a "send off" you could do that then just make a loop and come back to help out. I wouldn't have felt right leaving that mess for everyone else. It felt good leaving at the end of the night knowing we helped and that no one was there later than us for our celebration stuck cleaning. Just my thoughts after experiencing it

Skip the sendoff and hire a company. Do NOT ask your BP and parents to do this.

You could ask your caterer, but I'd be shocked if they'd do it without charging you.

Definitely hire someone. The last thing you want to do is ruin the fun by having to clean up.

We have to clean up anything we brought..so basically all the decorations..and tablecloths as they are not provided from the venue. The tables and chairs can stay. We are hiring a DOC, but we haven't met with her yet!

What is it that needs to be cleaned up? Like tables and chairs and everything or just decor? We hired a lady to decorate, so we hired them to come back and pick up all their stuff, and then at then all of the stuff that Me and my mom brought, we packed up before we left. but it was only a few little things (guest book frame, some framed pictures) plus all of the gifts.. I didn't do a send off. I was the last person to leave.

Okay, then when you meet with the DOC see what they suggest.

Write that on the list of things you must talk to DOC about.

Hire somebody for the cleanup, but also get an estimate of how long that will take. If the DJ plays until 11, you've only got an hour at the most for clean-up, which honestly might not be enough time depending on what needs to be done.

Our DOC and catering staff did the clean up (we paid extra for that). They also provided all of the decorations and set everything up for us. Our DOC also helped us pack up everything that we brought to the venue. So we had to stay and check in at the end of the night and make sure we had all of our stuff.

I've been to a wedding where the couple exited to a specific song as their send off but came back in to help clean up and say goodbyes. In this case? I think a send off was not needed.

It is common for me to see family and the couple help clean and pack things up. Even when I was a guest to close friends wedding, I helped clean things up.

My venue will have a clean up crew to clean their dishes, table linens and silver wear, but anything additional that we set up, we have to pack it ourselves

ETA: we will not do a send off. The DJ will just announce the last song

And after more input maybe just not doing a send off is a better option! We are using wine bottles for center peices so basically box those up and grab all the tablecloths. Obviously a few other loose ends but something a cleanup crew could definitely handle in an hour! The caterer is going to clean up the meal mess. And the venue bartender will take care of drink dishes after! Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

You have your DOC and vendors clean up.