afternoon wedding - what to do after

kn2130

hello ladies,my reception is over at 6 pm... i'm not sure what we should do after the reception, and if it should include the guests or just be me and the hubby... thoughts?

picaritos

I think that is specially important for OOT guests. Maybe an optional after party with finger food and drinks? 

lawyer707

well we had 4 options for guests (our wedding ended at 5:30 and the bus got everyone back around 7). 1. my dad had a tab at the bar for those who wanted to hang out there, 2. my mom had her suite open with some more alcohol, snacks, and soda for other guests,  3. DH's mom had her suite open for guests, but she didn't really have much as far as food/drink, or 4. you could go back to your room. DH and I went to both gatherings. I think there should be something to do, especially if people are staying over at a hotel.

xspemt15x

our wedding is over at 530 so we are having an after party with the family, wedding party and close friends, I'm sure its going to be interresting after 5hrs of open bar.... then the rest of the weekend is JUST me and the hubby

PrincessJessica

We just let everyone do their thing after ours (did not have many OOT), DH and I ended up going to Coldstone though for ice cream!

LPQueenie99

Ours was done at 5--we all went to the hotel bar/restuarant and hung out wiht our guests and watched sports and had a great time. We were so exhausted we cut out at 10pm and passed out!

psichick

our wedding is over at 5pm and we're not planning on doing anything special. we're going to a bar in white plains with the bridal party and whoever else wants to come. that's it!

kriskaye

Our up coming wedding reception will end at 4 p.m. Our initial thought was to go a nice local maritini lounge and hang out with anyone who wanted to,. . but then we figured we might have 30 people follow us so we reserved space so no one was excluded and we could all fit. .  Well, It was a simple thought of just hanging out, which back fired because it appears our thoughtful organization has created an expectation that we are having TWO receptions and as one family member said, "we've crossed a taboo of expecting guests to pay at our reception"  Umm, our afternoon receoption is of course not on anyone's dime but ours, but this second gathering idea, (and it was only a thinking ahead idea with no formal invites) has caused enougth questions and controversy that it will just be the two of us after our wedding!