is this to much to ask for?

stargal34

so my and my Fi found our dream wedding venue, the only problem is the distance and they only had sundays avaiable. where we live, venues are very expensive, and simply cant afford it. so we found this place which we are in LOVE with but its 1 hour and 15 minutes away. about 40% of our guests are from out of town, so this venue will actualyly be closer to them. but its a drive for the rest of our wedding guests. i also worry becuase its a sunday and people will have to go to work on monday and not want to stay long at our reception(we want to have a fun reception wiht dancing, etc)  so we thought we would have our recpetion over by 9. we will also be getting a group rate for a hotel, if any guests want to stay over and not have to drive back. when we are sending out save the date cards where we will mention its on a sunday. we only invited 70 people who closest family/friends who i would hope it would be worth the drive. so are we asking to much of our guests to travel on a sunday?

janedoe1113a

I don't really consider an hour traveling so it wouldn't be a big deal to me.

alixzafiris

My venue was a three hour drive from where I live and about an hour from where most of our guests (not counting internationals) lived.Why don't you try an afternoon or brunch-style reception? Page "WadingMoose", she's having one this Sunday and might have info for you.

kschwedic

I don't think it's too much to ask them to drive...and hour really isn't that much, in my opinion.And people have Sunday weddings all the time.

kdcwedding

Our venue was 2 hours away. It made planning slightly more complicated, but other than that it was fine. No one "local" to us minded travelling to the venue. Also, I think a Sunday wedding is fine. You can have it early and still have a lot of fun/dancing.

pinkpinot

My co-worker was married on a Sunday and I drove 1.5 hours to get to the venue.  I don't think it's too much to ask but the next day at work REALLY sucked - open bar got the best of me.

britne28

I think you'll be fine.  I'm getting married on a Sunday as well.  People will either have to travel 15 miles or 3000 miles for mine, not much in between!  So don't stress.

beatlesgirl25

I don't think you are asking too much either. My wedding was on a Sunday late afternoon-evening, ended at 9:30, and most people stayed until the very end. The venue was also about an hours drive for many local guests, who went to work the next day.  I suggest that you not limit your invites based on who you think will feel your wedding is "worth the drive." Invite who you want and let them decide... you might be pleasantly surprised.

danieliza1127

I don't think it's that big of a deal especially if it's over by 9pm. 

tidetravel

Our wedding was on a Sunday, and most of our guests had to travel about an hour.  Consider having an early afternoon ceremony, 2/3pm and wrap up the reception around 7/8pm.  Depending on your guests, 9pm w/ an hour ride home may be a little late for them to be up if they have to work the next day.Sundays may also save you money on other vendors, since they aren't usually booked for those days, and you will have a greater choice of available vendors.  Be prepared - Sunday weddings have a much more "laid back" feel as opposed to a SAT night wedding "party" feel.   Although, you'll probably save money on alcohol, since many people won't drink heavily during the day on Sunday.   

beatlesgirl25

Tide speaks the truth about the "feel" of the reception and alcohol. Not many people took advantage of our open bar, therefore there were less people on the dance floor. But we still had a great time, and got a nice fat refund from the venue afterward for the pre-paid alcohol that wasn't used.

Calypso1977

i would do a morning wedding with a lunch reception.  that will make doing the trip in a day easier.  even if you end at 9, if someone has a 2 hour drive home, 11pm is late to be getting back with work the next day.we did our wedding at 11am, wtih the reception from 1230-4pm.  we had many, many guests traveling from 1-2 hours away.  this time frame allowed them to come to the wedding and not have to book a hotel, etc.  it worked out great.we also had a 75 person wedding.  of those 75, only 3 couples got hotels and tehy were folks who came from further than 2 hours and/or had to fly.

AlexiaANDRobert

I don't consider an hour traveling.I used to drive an hour and fifteen minutes every day to go to school!I think a 9 PM ending time is fine.  People can leave earlier if they want, but 9 is really not late. GL and HTH!

On_Cloud_Nine

I agree with PP that I an hour isn't really traveling. I'd say it's more than doable. I also ditto the suggestion of maybe doing earlier afternoon and ending around 7-8. Unless you have family like some of mine are that won't travel more than 20 minutes to go ANYWHERE, then I think you're fine.

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I don't think it's that big of a deal either.

Simply Fated

I don't think you are asking too much.. and I hate driving. But to a dear friend or relatives wedding is worth it, in my opinion. So long as drive between the ceremony and the reception isn't a big drive... but it doesn't sound like that in this case.