How do you guys feel about an outdoor wedding in January in Phoenix?
FI and I found a venue we love, but we would be outside for the most part. Obviously, we would rent heaters and provide hot drinks/food as well as forewarn people to bring a coat on the wedding website. We want to do a cocktail style reception so people would be up and moving, and the reception would be shorter overall (no 6 hours in the cold!). We would also have a back up ballroom (in case of rain) that we could maybe utilize if we end up a week out with some sort of major cold front/freak weather.
Does anybody have experience with outdoor heaters? Do they work well enough to allow our guests to be comfortable for 2 to 3 hours?
Edit: I should add that we could go with a mid-day or evening wedding, so if people think it would be too cold after sunset but nice during the day, let me know!