Daytime or Nighttime Wedding??

slm.mdd

Hi Everyone I am having trouble choosing between a daytime or a nighttime wedding.  Its going to be 6/11/2011 but I cannot decide what time of day to have it!  Opinions??

Leah&Christian09

What kind of wedding do you want to have? If you want everyone drinking and dancing the night away, evening. If you're thinking of a low key short event with some mingling and don't want to do much food, go day. Daytime can also help cut your budget if you're really tight.

pag41989

Ditto what Leah said. It all depends on what style of wedding you want.

garden10wedding

I'm new here, so here's my opinion. You should keep in mind the general range of your guests because if you're having older people they may not want to stay out late. good luck!

slm.mdd

Yeah I think I want a yellow wedding that is sunny and bright I want an outside ceremony.  then for the reception I want people to dance and have a good time and for it to just be a celebration!  I dont want anything like black tie or anything very fancy so I am leaning more towards the daytime but then I dont know if I should have an after party thing if I do daytime...thoughts?

ExpatPumpkin

Well, you really have to have some sort of afterparty if you invite people to the ceremony. It's called a reception. Your reception can be as simple as cake and punch at the church/park or it can be a dinner, etc. If you want dancing and/or a celebration that lasts for more than a few hours, you should consider an evening ceremony with a reception following it.

alithebride

well, considering you have something like 20 months you have a while to consider this. do you mean wedding or reception? will there be a break in between? you can have a daytime wedding and a night reception-even without much of a break as it stays light out until 7-8 in june. we had a 615 wedding and a 7pm reception. it was november so it was already dark for the wedding but we took pics before when it was light.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Since your wedding will be in the summer, it would be light out well into the evening. You can still have your ceremony when it's bright outside (say, 5pm) and then have an evening ceremony.

scoetto

Why not do something in the middle? We're starting at 3 and ending at 8. At first I was upset with the timing, because I thought I wanted a party where it went into the wee hours of the morning, but nope. We are inviting everyone back to the hotel bar for drinks and relaxation after. It's an unhosted event but we thought it would be fun.

kittycopan

My new hubby and I aren't really the night club, dancing the night away type.  We had a gorgeous outdoor wedding during the day and a reception immediately following.  There was a great DJ (see DJKevinWhitney.com if anyone is in need of an excellent DJ) and plenty of dancing, but people could also hang out on the outdoor patio and chat or walk around the grounds of our reception site.  We initially did day just to save money but we were really glad we did.  It was much more our style.

garden10wedding

lol! I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they wanted a "yellow" wedding.

andieportman

I have to made first a custom research papers on my wedding based on Feng Shui Experts.

Hylmarey

HI!!! My wedding is in 2011, too.  We want something very intimate and short, so we will have a cocktail or brunch reception at about 10 a.m. That let's us to have the whole afternoon for ourselves and I also want artistic photos that we can take in the afternoon with the sunset and without stress.

cminetti23

I am doing an afternoon wedding in March. We are getting married around 10:30 or 11 am and then the reception is going to be afterwards at a country club from 12 to 5. We are going to have a luncheon and dancing, after the reception we are doing just an immediate family only after party. At first I did not want an afternoon wedding, buts now I am happy we decided to do that, so we dont have to be up in the wee hours f the night at our recepetion. It is also nice cause then we can just leave for our honeymoon the next day in the morning.Also if your on a tight budget a the cost for a day wedding is much cheaper than a night wedding.

kristinkiel

We are planning a noon to 5 p.m. reception in October. We picked it for many reasons and hopefully it will go over well with our guests (read: I hope they still dance!). We are not necessarily throwing an after party, but we will let our guests know where we will be after the reception (e.g. club, hotel pool) in case they want to join us and keep the party going!

sarahchammas

My wedding is March 2010 and it will be a 10am ceremony and a 12-5pm reception.

To me, the hardest part of it is all of my guests calling to ask me why my wedding is so early!!! I just want to tell them to get over it because I am the one whos got to wake up at 5am to start my preping!

cminetti23 and kristinkiel dont you think an afterparty might be tiring afterwards? I am hoping that i will get a second wind at 5pm and stuff, but what if it doesnt happen?!?!

I am not going to plan any after party. if it happens it happens!

kristinkiel

True, sarahchammas, it is too soon to tell if we'll be in the mood for an after party. Just knowing my fiance and his friends, however, makes me think we will rally (perhaps taking a nap first!) and do something else.

lu27

We are doing a pm wedding. Getting married @ 6:30 and then having a cocktail and hors d oeurve reception. We wanted a small (75-90 ppl) at a very upscale downtown venue. Good Luck!