Hello all,
I'm just wondering what everyone's take on receptions that start late (around 9:30-10pm) and run very, very late is. FI's family is from Venezuela, and it's not uncommon for receptions there to run as late as 5-6am (totally not exaggerating) Basically the way it works is that up until midnight/1am, all of the normal wedding reception things happen. Dances, food, the cake, etc. At midnight, the "crazy hour" begins. Essentially it turns into a nightclub environment and it continues like that until no one is left. While I don't expect many people to stay quite that late, is it unreasonable to expect the party lovers to stay until 3/4ish?
We're planning on holding our reception on my family farm which is an hour from the church. Because we don't want to specify an end time, we naturally are concerned about drunk driving. We're planning on having food available all night (my family business is catering, so we don't have to worry about that) as well as shuttles running back and forth at regular intervals so people don't have to worry about driving. We also have space for people to spend the night if they choose to.
Thoughts? Is 10pm WAY too late to start? Is the whole idea crazy? What are the latest receptions you've been to that you didn't absolutely hate? How late would you stay if it were a great party?
Thanks!
Re: Reception: 10pm-??
[QUOTE]10pm would never fly in my family but you know your guests best. My main concern would be people having to wait until 10pm for any food. I would be starving.
Posted by daria24[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Wouldn't work in my family either. 10pm is when we started to see some people leave.
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[QUOTE]I would start your ceremony at 2-3ish, and start the reception immediately thereafter. People can party til 10pm, 2am or 6am. And I would find somewhere else to hold the ceremony, because an hour travel time between locations is way to far,
Posted by cmgilpin[/QUOTE]
<div>I agree with all of this. Personally, I wouldn't want to attend a reception that started that late because I'm usually in bed by 10. I think it's better to go with the earlier time, even if it's "shockingly early" to half of your guests. Unless "early" is 3:00 am, early is better than late.</div>
honestly people-it's a wedding. it's one night. you can sleep the next night