Sunday weddings how late ?

If I was invited to a Sunday wedding the latest I would stay (dependent on if I traveled or not) would be about 10pm. The venue we booked with actually only offers Sunday wedding hours between 10-am to 10 pm. You save a bunch of money though which is great! Maybe bump the wedding up to earlier hours and have the reception go until 10? And then you and your DH and bridal party can go do your own after party if you want to keep the party going?

I really appreciate this post there are so many great views on here I too have been thinking of my plans. I am engaged and yet have not decided exactly what day is best.

Sunday wedding! I chose a Sunday on a long weekend but a lot of FH's friends will be coming down from Bay Area so they're taking time off anyways... It's just nice to not have to worry about work next day

When I say early morning hours I'm thinking like 1AM or 2AM . All of my family is local and FH family has to commute at least a 1 hour and 15 minute drive without traffic to the city.

You do have to know your own crowd though. I don't know anyone who would leave a wedding at 9pm on a Sunday.

This is one of the reasons that I'm having a brunch wedding. Everything will be done by 5:00 at the latest, so local people will still be able to get home early enough. People who are traveling are probably going to have to take Monday off, but most of them would want to come to the rehearsal dinner. So if my wedding was on a Saturday, they would need to be there by Friday evening for the dinner, which means most likely taking Friday off. I don't think it'll make a big difference.

It should end between 9-11 PM, unless it's a holiday weekend and even then, not everyone has every Monday holiday off.

The latest Sunday ceremony I can remember is 6:00, with an end time at midnight.

I would probably be ready to go between 8 and 9. Depending on how far away it was it could be almost midnight before I get home and get settled in for bed. I definitely wouldn't be calling off on Monday for a local wedding either.

My wedding is also on a Sunday, church ceremony will be at 4pm, reception from 6-8pm and dinner at 9 (we're Greeks, we eat late!). Most elderly people will probably start leaving by 11, but the younger ones will stick around until 1am. Personally I wouldn't want it to last longer than that anyway. But it does depend on the type of guests, we're having our wedding on a Sunday as opposed to Saturday because the majority of people coming are musicians who work Saturday... so these people don't have to work Monday morning.

I would try to wrap things up by 8:30-8:45 for a Sunday night wedding that will have a work day following. This would be different if the next morning were a holiday. DH and I are typically in bed by 9:30 on work days.

We are going to a wedding this Sunday. The ceremony is at 3, then cocktail hour and reception will follow. Personally for a Sunday I would have rathered a little earlier because we both work early on Mondays. I would take that into consideration when planning

Ours reception ended at 10pm (venue rules) on a Sunday and people were leaving around 930.

My alarm for work goes off at 5am, I wouldn't personally take a day off for a local wedding. I couldn't imagine leaving a wedding at 11p or 12am. I would literally be crying at 5am lol

If I had to work the next day, I'd probably leave by about 10.

When you say you want to go into the early morning hours, are you also saying youre hoping for guests to party/drink? If I had to work Monday, I would limit myself to 1-2 drinks early in the evening, as opposed to a Friday or Saturday wedding where I might let loose a little more. So that's something else to consider

We are getting married on a Sunday, but it's Columbus Day weekend. Most of our guests aren't working the next day, but there are still some. Our church ceremony is at 3pm with the reception going 430-930. We are having an after party at the host hotel after for anyone wishing to keep hanging out.

Sunday wedding here! We are planning for a 4pm ceremony. Since it will be short, the cocktail hour will start around 4:30 to 5:30pm and reception to start right after. We will have the venue until 10pm per our contract, but will be expecting some people to leave earlier around 8 or 9pm. Those who want to stay, will stay and party. We picked a holiday weekend in hopes some will be off work Monday and will stay. But no hard feelings if anybody leaves early. That's what goes along with picking a day other than Saturday.

We had an early Sunday wedding - ceremony at 1pm and the reception was over by 5pm. People WILL leave early on a Sunday. I'd adjust your time a bit or be okay with people leaving early. Have an after party if you want to stay out late and party.

Sunday wedding also! We chose to have a late morning wedding and a lunch reception because we thought it would allow everyone enough time to get home and settled before school or work the next day. 11:30 ceremony, 12-1 cocktail hour, then reception from 1-4.

My friend had a Sunday wedding this past May and a lot of people were local. Maybe it was just this family but after the cake was cut around 8pm the reception was a ghost town.

Based on all the comments I guess it's best for us to do a Saturday wedding . Now onto the next dilemma or inside or roof-top