I have seen so much info that says different things on having a gap between ceremony and reception. We are thinking we may have a 2 hour gap between events. This is an OOT wedding. The ceremony is being held at the mob museum in las vegas. Many of our guests enjoy traveling and history and the venue has included admission to the museum for all our guests at no cost to them. I would make sure all are aware before arriving in town and give a list of other options should anyone not have an interest in it. There is very little travel time as the reception and most peoples accommodations are directly across the street from museum/ceremony.
Thoughts on this?
Re: Question about a gap.
(Though, personally, free admission to a museum would generally keep me happily occupied for an hour or more, as long as I knew not to wear heels, many guests may feel put off by being left there alone.)
If there is a two hour gap, I am skipping the ceremony. There is no way I am getting all dressed up, going to a wedding and then wandering (without being hosted) for 2 hours. Not happening.
If I'm going to a museum (which I love to do so free admission there would be awesome) I usually wear sneakers or boots because walking. So it may not work well with what your guests wear.
I think Jedi had a good idea - can you talk to the venue about hosting an extended cocktail hour during that time in the museum? My parents went to a wedding that did something similar to this.
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As an OOT guest, I HATE gaps. Look, I'm in town for the sole purpose of attending your ceremony and reception. I'm not in town to sight see or do anything else but attend your ceremony and reception. I'm not going to go out just to kill time, especially dressed to go to a wedding.
The only way I'd think this would be ok is to do as Banana said, and have your cocktail hour served at the museum. Then I'd be ok with it and take advantage of the free admission. I went to a wedding last year in Kentucky and the couple had their reception in a museum and during cocktail hour we could tour the museum for free. But there was no gap between their ceremony and the reception.
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All gaps are bad but a 2 hour one kills my soul.
Can you imagine if you were invited to a bday party and the hosts had a two hour gap between cake and opening presents? You'd probably only want to attend one or the other. Same thing with weddings.
Honestly I think you're fine.
That being said I know there are people who are bothered by it and get bored. We won't be having a gap because we have a lot of elderly family members and did not want to inconvenience them so we made sure our venue did ceremony/cocktail/reception all in one spot.
I'm sure people will be fired up but even if it's not "right" I do think some of it depends on your guest list and if you have friends/family that don't mind grabbing a beverage in between.