Thoughts on a morning wedding?

I would imagine you'd probably not get the same "party-like" atmosphere at a daytime wedding that you would an evening wedding. But, if that doesn't matter much to you, the savings could be pretty worth it! You could also go out to celebrate with people later (more of a "we'll be (insert location) celebrating later if you'd like to join us," which could give you more of the party-vibe.

I think this would be so fun! Have a brunch theme with mimosas! People love brunch. You could have waffles, an omelet station, and all sorts of fun stuff! You may not get the same party like vibe but it is so unique that I don't think people would mind! I love this!

Only concern I would have is getting ready - your day is likely starting very early for hair & makeup.

Morning weddings are fine, but the feel is going to be entirely different. Evening weddings tend to have a party vibe, but a morning wedding will be much more laid back.

Honestly we are discussing a post elopement ceremony and based on the venues I am seeing here if we were to work with a place like a country club or something we would do morning of afternoon. My friend had a lunch wedding and it was pretty nice. Best part then you do not have to shoo guests off late at night and spend that time with the hubby and some close friends. You could have an after party for close peeps if you want to keep the celebration going.

I’m having a brunch wedding for similar reasons. Mines will be 10:30-3:30. While the feel is different than an evening, it all depends on the crowd. My family will party any time of the day, so I’m not worried about that so much. And as the previous posts mention, mimosas are great!

You will have an entirely different feel than an evening wedding, obviously. But there isn’t anything wrong with a morning wedding. People will likely leave early though.

We are having a Sunday morning wedding 10-3 to save $$. I’ve never been to a morning wedding so I’m a little nervous but we decided to try and do a Sunday brunch vibe. Except my dress I fell in love with a fancier A-line dress and went with it lol

What time would you start the wedding? I am so not a morning person and honestly would be so annoyed to be invited to a wedding that starts at the same time as my work day lol. Maybe starting at 10 would make sense, for your guests who aren’t morning people? And then you could serve brunch at 11, or lunch at 12!


The only issue though that someone mentioned is getting ready... idk how long you need to get ready before your wedding but you may need to be up suuuper early

I think that it is a good idea, but the only thing is the drinking during the morning. But honestly its your wedding, it wont matter what time of the day it is, you will have fun.

I am having a daytime wedding (ceremony at 11am). We are still having an open bar, but catering lunch. We will skip the DJ/dancing but that's more just our personal preference; I've talked to my wedding party and they all said if we had a dance floor they'd be down to party!

Our ceremony is at 11am! We aren't doing dancing at our reception, but we are planning on having lawn games and photo stations. Our food is full on breakfast with a pancake bar and everything. I'm making cute newspaper themed wedding programs 😍 and we are having donuts instead of cake. We are so excited about it all! Reception will probably be done around 3 I think. Which is good because we have a 3 hour drive to our first honeymoon destination!

I think for the sake of being different and saving money, why not?!?!


We are doing Sunday evening as most of guests are local, most are school teachers who will be on summer break and family that has to travel on a work day no matter what.
So go with what is going to make your finances smile! Mimosas, omelets, waffles, and potatoes sounds fabulous!
You can totally have a royal feel with a morning ceremony followed by brunch. Then a turn up session later in he evening at your favorite spot. Bring the left over cake!

Also you’ll have to get up at the butt crack of dawn but it’s your wedding. I’m sure you’ll be up!!

It depends what kind of wedding you want. You probably won’t have as much of a party vibe with a morning wedding!

Given those hours, I’d do a nice brunch wedding instead. I originally wanted a jazz brunch wedding and had lots of cute ideas. But we decided on an evening destination wedding. So all plans changed. But I wanted a mimosa bar with various juices, coffee cart, waffle and omelette stations and other brunch buffet foods. A “champagne hour” after the ceremony with pastries, fruit and cheese.... and other cute details.


The toughest part would be on you and your BM’s having to start your day extra early. But the wedding won’t be all night. So they can rest afterward. Also, there won’t be much dancing. But a morning wedding has its own vibe.

We are doing a morning wedding! Ceremony starts at 11am, reception at noon. We opted for this because it saved use somewhere around $3k-$4k; since we are paying for the wedding ourselves, it seemed like the best route for us. We have a mixed guest list of those who like to party and those who don't. The savings will allow us to have all the other things we wanted and our intent is to host a reception during the day as we would at night, open bar, (we are in Vegas) prime rib, dj and dancing, cake, etc. We are both excited to marry early and spend the entire day together. We will also have a handful of friends/family party with us later in the day. Good luck!

I think its a fun idea!! why not?! you could also save yourself some money on the alcohol too! what if you did like beer wine and champagne only? you could have a mimosa bar! that would be fun. i personally love day drinking lol plus brunch is always a good idea

If you prefer a party vibe, definitely have the wedding in the evening. I'm not saying your morning wedding wouldn't be fun, but evening parties tend to be more lively and full of dancing, cocktails and the like! If you don't mind not having these things, then for sure go for the morning and it's a plus because in your situation, you'd be saving money!

Make a list of all the pros and cons of each and decide from there. As a guest, I wouldn't have any problem with a daytime wedding or dancing. Been to a few receptions that had dancing start midday and the floor was packed.
As a bride, how do you feel about getting up early to get ready?