Venues that have 2 weddings somewhat at the same time?

Are the times for the ceremony? Then they hold two receptions in separate areas?

If you're going to do this, I strongly recommend doing the earlier time, and then try to be as prompt and on-time as possible!!!!! (I cannot stress this strongly enough)

I attended a wedding a few years ago at a "wedding" venue - that's all this place did - weddings. There were four of them scheduled back-to-back, for a single ceremony space. I was attending the 5:00 ceremony. The bride for the 4:00 ceremony was 20 minutes late. And insisted on the full half hour. And threw absolutely everything off for everyone else for the entire night.

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I'm nosey and know your area, do you mind telling us the venue? I'm sure there is someone here who has either been married there or has been to a wedding there that could give you advice.

We looked at a place in PA that hosted two weddings/receptions at the same time. I wouldn't pick them because i didn't like the fact that there was only one bar for both receptions. So someone from the other wedding would be Coming through mine to get a drink. It just seemed to crazy to have two at once

It wasn't an issue to me personally until I went to a venue and it felt like a wedding factory.. The venue we picked only does 1 event at a time . but like a pp said, pick the earlier time if u can and make sure it lines up well with ceremony

My venue does 2 weddings per day.

There are 2 ceremony sites and two reception rooms, which are 10 floors apart.

I booked the earlier time for mine so I won't have to worry about starting late due to someone else going over their time. One hour is allotted for each ceremony.

At this time, no one else has booked but that can change.

I am only nervous in the event that their ceremony wouldn't be over by the time we are introduced since the coordinator stays with the ceremony. If that happens I have a backup plan to make sure that the DJ knows when to start the announcements. Once in the room the catering manager takes over.

I am going over every detail with my DJ as he will be a big part of the timeline.

I just went to a wedding in a venue that has a ballroom, but also restaurant, gift shop, etc. Everyone had to use the same ladies room (lines!), and the outdoor terrace area ended up being shared. Not as desirable as having the place to yourself.

I've been to weddings where the venue had another one going on at the same time, and I when I was shopping they told us how it works. It's all staggered and depending on the venue/layout, it's on different floors so different guests aren't bumping into each other in the restroom or other common areas.

As long as you're on time, you'll be fine. You already committed to it so I wouldn't focus on that right now.

Most of our venues do this. I'd pick 4:00 and I'm make totally sure that your BP and guests are seriously on time, as in invite for 3:30.

I can only remember one or two weddings where this has been an issue, and it's always because BP's are late, but usually the venue doesn't let that happen.

Hi FutureMrsCNC. Can you give us more details? Is it for ceremony only? Reception only? Both? What is the layout of the venue? How big is your wedding? What are their reviews like? Are the reviews on Yelp? (I don't trust Yelp so I would look at additional reviews if that is the only place they are reviewed). Will the same staff be working both weddings?

Lots of questions. I hope you don't mind sharing the details.

My venue does two as well. There are separate reception rooms and separate ceremony spaces.

Ceremonies are never at the same time and nothing gets interrupted.

I attended a wedding at this venue and the other event started a few hours later and you didn't even notice there was another event until you went on the patio.

My friend recently booked a venue that has two ceremony spaces and two reception spaces. The areas are spread out enough that the two weddings wouldnt run into each other. however, she chose the ceremony space from one area and reception space from the other. so far, no one else has booked her date but its still a year out.

I would go with the earlier time and be on time. you should be fine.

I've been to hotels that do two weddings at a time and the service wasn't an issue - the other guests were.

they shared a lobby and guests from the other wedding tried to be nosey and come into the other ballroom.

it's not my cup of tea. for the amount of money being spent, I want to be the only show that day.

It depends on the venue. A lot of places do this, and the place where my MOH got married does multiple weddings. It was beautiful but honestly really annoying. We were trying to take pictures but there were a lot of places we couldn't be because of another ceremony starting. Then, when it was time for her ceremony which was the latest, another reception had already started in the tent and they had to ask the dj to turn the music down so that it wouldn't be blasting during her ceremony.

Our venue does this as well. They do up to two weddings on the same day with the ceremony times 2 hrs apart so as to stagger everything else. The reception spaces are next to each other, but have their own lobby area, patio for cocktail hr, and even bathrooms. My date is also a Friday off-season, so we're still the only wedding booked on our day. I'm hoping it stays that way!

My venue has a garden, and an inside area for receptions (that wasn't very pretty). The garden offers two ceremony times, 11am-1pm and 3pm-6pm. The reception room can be rented for all day long.

I booked the 3-6pm slot for our wedding, and while I doubt someone will book the reception room without being able to use the garden (on a Sunday night) it is possible. I have dreams of me chasing another bride out of the garden screaming "THIS BELONGS TO ME."

If another wedding could seriously and utterly ruin yours if they were late...I'd go safe and book the 4pm slot (of course the stress is then on you to do photos and everything as fast as possible). I'm assuming it is too expensive to book for both slots? (ours was, I'm not spending another $900 just to ensure someone else doesn't have the indoor space we're not using).

Our venue does 2 also but it's separate rooms, ceremony spaces and bars so we didn't mind, we are also getting married on a Friday night so it's not as popular as say a Saturday night. We loved the spot too much to turn it down

@BeachBabe yikes!!! My bladder just shuddered thinking about it. My reception is only one event per day, but the church could potentially host two additional weddings earlier in the day. Since we're January in PA, I'm not overly concerned about sharing the day with other ceremonies BUT I also recommend picking the earlier time just to be safe; June is a popular month for weddings and one story about the other bride being late and gumming up the works is enough for me.

My venue will book part or all of the building, if you book half you risk someone being in the other half... I was more worried about a mitzvah than another wedding using the smaller section on a Friday - so I paid the extra $300 to have the hole building (which is small for the amount it cost me the rent the part I "needed) I am using one of the extra areas to have a place to lounge and chill (they can set up couches) and another area as my "in case of rain" ceremony/cocktail arear - I did not want to share a lobby and bathrooms with 13 year old kids so a few hundred bucks was worth it to me.

This was personally a deal breaker for me. I didn't want to spend so much money on a venue that was going to share, although at the venue I was at that told me this the two weddings were happening SIMULTANEOUSLY. Nope.

It's a personal choice between you and FH, I'm sure it can be done in your case effectively but I agree with the PP who said to get the earlier time.