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Emma
Dedicated November 2019

Where to stay on wedding night

Emma, on June 10, 2019 at 7:23 AM Posted in Planning 0 11
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Hoping for some opinions regarding our situation on where to stay on our wedding night after the reception. FH and I live together and our venue is close to our unit (about 15 minutes). FH would prefer to save money and just go back to our unit but said he will let me chose where I’d like to stay. I don’t want to go back to our unit as feel this will bring the whole “wedding high” down to reality very quickly. It sounds silly but I really want the whole experience of walking into a hotel lobby in our wedding attire and ordering room service the next morning! But our location makes it tricky because most decent hotels are either 1 hour (up the mountains) or 1 hour to Sydney CBD. Our wedding will be on the Saturday evening and leaving for honeymoon Monday morning- so it seems a waste saying at a hotel in Sydney for 1 night given we will arrive so late. I’m Now considering whether we should get a hotel in Sydney for 2 nights and just go straight to the airport on Monday?
But is this all a total waste of money? In reality- what is the wedding night really like after such a long day!?

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Latest activity by Becca, on June 11, 2019 at 6:00 AM
  • Laura
    Master October 2019
    Laura ·
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    I'm with you, i'd rather go to a hotel for the night, to keep the special day going a bit longer....our apartment is only a few miles from the venue, there are three hotels nearby the venue. I may rent a room the night before our wedding, also to get ready close to it...hoping to swing an extra night for our wedding...the cost is not something he is wanting though so not sure

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  • Krissyl
    Devoted October 2019
    Krissyl ·
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    Do you have a hotel block somewhere? I know in my area a lot of hotels give the bride and groom the hotel for free on the wedding night if you get a certain number of rooms booked.

    I feel like you may want to go home before the honeymoon at least for one night to make sure you didnt forget anything, etc, so maybe you only stay for one night instead of 2?
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  • CDickman
    VIP September 2019
    CDickman ·
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    Check Airbnb they most the time are way cheaper then a hotel for a a house we are renting a air Bnb the night of and the night after the wedding.
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  • C
    Master January 2019
    Cassidy ·
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    As much as I wanted to stay in a hotel, we just came back home. It didn’t kill the mood at all. We were so happy and giddy it didn’t matter. We spent an hr after we got home opening cards and gifts together. It was one of my favorite moments of the night. Plus we had to leave super early the next morning to catch our flight to our minimoon.
    And like you to stay anywhere worth it would have been more than half an hr drive and past our house.
    Whatever you decide will be perfect because it’ll be your wedding night!
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  • Jennifer
    Dedicated October 2019
    Jennifer ·
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    We're driving about 20 miles to Dallas and staying in a very fancy hotel for Friday night (wedding) and Saturday night, then leaving for our honeymoon on Monday morning! I think it makes perfect sense to not want to return home the night of the wedding.

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  • B
    VIP July 2017
    Becky ·
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    We went home after our Saturday evening wedding. It didn't kill the mood at all Smiley smile We had our parents over for brunch the next morning (we bought a quiche from our caterer that we could just heat up and got the stuff for mimosas) and opened presents, and had a great time. We were able to do our last minute packing, and feel prepared to leave Monday morning for our honeymoon.

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  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
    Cher Horowitz ·
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    FH and I are going back home after the wedding, too! I was kinda nervous about the magic wearing off, but I'm glad to hear good things from someone who did go home!

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
    MrsD ·
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    We are staying in a hotel suite. I want morning room service, a room we don't have to clean, the vacation feel, etc. But if you want to stay at home, maybe see if a bridesmaid or parent would come over & decorate with candles/balloons/roses something? And have a takeout meal from a nice restaurant in the fridge to enjoy!

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  • Emma
    Dedicated November 2019
    Emma ·
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    Yes! This is exactly how I want to feel on our wedding night/ the next morning. But it’s just not very practical to travel up to 1 hour to stay somewhere we will probably end up being so tired by the time we get there.
    Thank you for the suggestion if we decide to stay at home. My future MIL is actually wanting to use our unit to get ready the day of the wedding so I’m sure she wouldn’t mind decorating it nicely for us. We will look into it Smiley smile
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  • Emma
    Dedicated November 2019
    Emma ·
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    No unfortunately there aren’t any hotels in the area of the venue. Most guests plan to head back to their own places because it’s so close- we only have a couple out of town guests who will be staying with other family members.

    to provide some context- our place is 1 hour from the airport, and we have an early flight. So that’s why I thought we could make it worthwhile by staying 2 nights in the city (which is 15 minutes from the airport).
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  • Becca
    Expert July 2019
    Becca ·
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    Why don't you look into maybe a local B&B where they serve breakfast or even just an Air B&B. My FH and I's apt is about 15 min from the venue too but we specifically found a place that we could go to after the ceremony so that it feels different. Now granted, we don't live together so it is a bit different, but I do think it is important. Now we aren't doing a hotel because we decided to rent a house that all the guys could then go over and get ready in the day of the wedding to make things easy. It is about 5 min from the venue so we actually will just use Uber!

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