Thoughts On An Early Wedding? Brunch or Lunch?

I would servr breakfast foods bc they are cheaper. I think early weddings are great!

I think a brunch style reception would be a lot of fun. With a mixture of breakfast and lunch foods.

Here are some examples, I love these pics.

Would love a brunch wedding.

A brunch sounds delicious because you cover both breakfast and lunch selections. Just be prepared for a super early start time to get ready. Your guests who want to be there will do everything they can to make it happen.

I think brunch weddings are a fun idea! You could serve a little bit of both breakfast and lunch options if you wanted to. I think breakfast is usually cheaper, but lunch shouldn't be that expensive either.

Such a neat idea! Never been to a brunch wedding. I assume no drinking and dancing then?

I would serve brunch foods. The only issue I could see you running into is hair and makeup with your bridal party because you'd have to get up super early.

View Quoted Comment I don't see why you couldn't have drinking and dancing at a brunch wedding.. serve mimosas, and bloody Mary's.. and play music at your reception.. I think that all mixes together well.. Just because it's a brunch wedding doesn't mean you can't serve drinks and have dancing if you want too!!... If you don't want to that's acceptable as well.. Have fun and good luck!!

View Quoted Comment True! Brunch drinks are disgusting to us, but I think it’s a neat idea and I’m sure many would partake.

My daughter just had a brunch wedding (ceremony at 11:00) and had a coffee/tea bar and mimosa bar with pastries during cocktail hour and then for brunch had eggs, bacon, frittatas, potatoes, biscuits/gravy, fruit salad/salads, etc. and a cinnamon roll tier instead of cake. She had a stringed duet during ceremony/cocktail hour and then a DJ once brunch started (beer, wine, champagne, and signature drinks at this time, too) and dancing after. The best part is that it was over by 5:00 and they rented a party bus so they could go out with their friends from out of town afterward and I could go to bed.😁

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Correct! We did some research and many brunch weddings don't involve alcohol and dancing, just the bride/groom dance, and the father/daughter and mother/son dance! However, it depends on what the couple would like for their wedding That's just how it usually goes according to the research we saw!

We’re having a brunch wedding. The great thing is that I was able to choose a large selection of food items with my caterer and it was much cheaper ($19 per person) than the quotes I was getting for dinner ($50+ per person). Also, people are likely to drink less so it will save you on alcohol costs and you can serve like mimosas/beers. Another thing you can look into is an espresso bar. We booked one and they will be serving lattes and cappuccinos and my FH is very excited about it. The money I saved with food, I ended up using towards booking a live band and great photographer. The nice thing is that since morning weddings usually end in the afternoon, you have the rest of the day to nap/relax and then you can plan a casual outing at night with your friends if you choose to do so. The major con though is my bridal party and I have to wake up at 5am to get hair/makeup done.

Brunch brunch brunch!!! I love it. So much. You could also serve fried chicken (great with waffles) with breakfast food so you get the best of breakfast & lunch. 🥓 🍳 🧇 🍗 🍇🍓🥐🥂

When I started planning I wanted a brunch reception!
I wanted a waffle and omelet bar along side crepes and pastries. Then grilled chicken with some savory sides (roasted red potatoes, mixed veggies).
You have so many options either way you go 😊

I'm the dissenter, here.
I've been to brunch weddings. They are totally wonderful - but if you have a night owl crowd, you'll have a bunch of very tired people! (I am a total night owl, as a theatre person. The brunch weddings I have attended were *not* theatre people, and everyone was awake and energized. I was just pleased I'd managed to put on makeup that didn't look like a toddler had applied it.)

This is a know your crowd moment.

I personally would like a brunch wedding rather then strictly breakfast or lunch.

View Quoted Comment I think it sounds quaint and charming 🤍

As long as the majority of your guests are local, and you don't mind starting hair and makeup super early in the morning, I think a brunch wedding could be fantastic. I can see a brunch wedding being difficult for out of town guests, but if most of your guests are local then I'd say go for it!

Before we postponed our wedding to 2021, we were going to have a 11am ceremony & noon reception. We were going to have more of lunch/dinner meal served; prime rib, chicken, potatoes, etc. From our experience, the overall cost of the wedding was cheaper for the earlier part of the day but there was no price difference between a traditional brunch menu and the meal we were going to serve. Maybe because the catering came from the venue and wasn’t a separate vendor.