Venue curfews

Mine doesn't have a curfew but we are setting it up the reception ends at 11. Then everyone that's staying at the hotel will be joining us at the bar for the after party.

Our venue (a hotel) has a midnight curfew - we are thinking that the reception will end around 11, however there are several bars that will be open so most likely we will just move the party. The majority of our guests will most likely be staying at the hotel where the ceremony/reception will be so this will work out well for us.

Mine will end at 10. I figure people can party after if they want, but I'll be so exhausted by that point that I'll just want to sleep

It depends on the start time of your ceremony and reception. The later they are, the less time you will have for the party. If you find a venue that you love with a 11 pm curfew, then I'd start looking into places for an afterparty. 11 pm doesn't seem unreasonable to me, especially if the reception starts by 6 pm.

Fair enough. And I mean... now that I've hit the big 3-1 it's not like I'm out partying that much anyway. I just really want to maximize the time with all the fabulous people, since many of our family and friends will be coming to VA from AZ, OH, and TX! This is all helpful, thank you.