Will you be staying to help clean up after all is said and done?

I'm planning on running away.

The venue is cleaning up after us. Can't you offer to pay extra for them to clean? Cleaning in your dress blows.

What about your wedding party? My Bridesmaids have already said they will stay after and collect the vases we're buying and everything. We're going to have to recruit the Groomsmen, too. It's your wedding day! No cleaning!

We have to take our decorations out that night, but our venue packs them up for us. My dad is going to stay and make sure they get in the car.

Whaaat?? I've never heard of needing to clean it up yourselves! Maybe you can make it fun and have your bridal party help--bring an iPod dock n play some music?? Our reception ended at 11pm so we all made our way to the hotel bar across the hall and continued on til they kicked us out at 1

No way ! I have a DOC that will pack my keep sakes and my cater cleans everything else. I am going to the Bridal Suite with my "husband"

We have to too and I'm hoping people will help out

We only have to box our centerpiece items up. They'll store the leftover cake for up to 3 days, which is awesome!

Otherwise they're cleaning everything else up.

I've heard of cleaning up but usually they let you do it the next morning. But I would rather clean drunk than hungover i suppose!

Just get the bridal party to clean for you or hire someone...

We are doing it the day after.

We will all be too tired and/or to do it at 3am

Well that is what I was thinking...recruit as many people possible to pack everything up. Vases, chair covers, lines, backdrop, etc etc etc. I will ask the venue to see if there will be a place where we can store stuff for the night until the next morning.

My mother is adament about FH and I staying to clean up. But I am with you girls, I have never heard of the bride and groom having to stay and clean. I want to leave around midnight, knowing I will be wipped

That's why I hired vendors.

No NO NO!

and neither will my guests - I made sure of that when we booked our venue. I am a good friend but I had to clean up at several wedding last year - yuck!

DOC and her team cleaned up. I was too busy partying with my friends and family and didn't want to be a burden.

OH we don't have to do tables and chairs or anything - just like our guest book, card box, centerpieces, etc like Amy said. And like I already mentioned they'll pack it for us - we just literally have to drive away with it.

My venue actually cleaned. My parents and wedding party packed up our other belongings (centerpieces, decorations we brought in) and brought it to our apartment at the time.

While they were doing that... Hubby and I were in a limo joy riding and in route to our suite.

I think all the venues I'm talking to are saying that the only things we'd be responsible for cleaning up would be decorations that we bring in ourselves. Some of these places have offered to even do centerpieces, so that leaves almost no cleanup for us, even if we do have to do it... but my mom says that the "master of ceremonies" usually does this, and I'm going to be asking her brother. I can't imagine them letting us stay to help, even if we wanted to, lol.

We were supposed to but the in laws demanded the wedding party leave. Lol. We ended at 8 (Sunday afternoon wedding) and had the hall til 11. The caterer was only required to clean up their stuff but cleared tables and helped pack things up. All the in laws had to do was sweep and take the stuff to the cars. We were going to clean (I even had extra clothes) but was told I had to leave. Lol

We have our venue for three days to set up and clean up so we'll be going back the next day to clean.

Our caterer takes care of all of the cleaning and garbage. I'll have a few people designated as "stuff" people to make sure I get all of my things the next day. But I'll be out of there for sure as soon as it's over.