Comments on: The Morning Wedding: Whys and Wherefores

By: Casey

Casey — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:07:05 +0000

Love this!
We’re having a morning wedding and with a dose of Wedding Zen on our side, it will be perfect *for US*.
We’re simple, casual people, with a humble wedding budget. As you mentioned, $$ savings…maybe a little, but the other benefits are what make it perfect for us.
We LOVE breakfast foods. So, being able to have a fun brunch menu and eat french toast and bacon at my wedding reception, well…yes please!
My family doesn’t do a lot of drinking (be it because of religious beliefs or recovering alcoholic status), but his family does, and so do our friends, and well, so do we. So by having a morning reception we can skip the alcohol in respect to my family and it won’t seem too weird that we aren’t having bar options at 11am.
We don’t dance. We’re just not the night-club, party into the wee hours and dance the night away type. We’ll definitely have a “first dance”, “groom and his momma dance”, “longest married couple dance” and a few other traditionals, but in the end, we hope that the absence of a dance party reception will be more acceptable by having it in the A.M.
AND…perhaps best of all, as you said, the “after”. We’re big hockey fans and plan to go to a hockey game (yeah, in my wedding dress…can you say Jumbotron?) and then out to a local bar we love before taking the rest of the evening to savor our first hours as man and wife in the serenity and comfort that can only be offered by a private hotel room.
And that’s why morning weddings are perfect *for us*!

By: Shayleah

Shayleah — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:29:53 +0000

I’m planning a morning wedding for this coming August, and I haven’t found much for helping with planning, thank you SO MUCH!!! My biggest problem is that it’s going to be in a venue that’s indoors; without a whole lot of light. I’m from up north (think Canada) and weather is unpredictible twelve months of the year. Throw the ultimate in geeks for a husband-to-be, and well, it’s just easier to keep him inside, fed and watered. What I’ve been thinking of doing is simply bringing in as many lamps and lights as possible (I’m not a fan of the industrial lighting that’s in the building). What do you think? I’d love some feedback.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:58:14 +0000

I seriously do NOT understand people having a SUCH hard time showing up to a morning wedding. Really?! Don’t you people work during the week? Don’t you ever wake up early to go to church? What about some other special circumstance (going to an early doctor’s appointment or the DMV to get a good spot in line)? But OH JEEZ, my loved one is getting married, gosh, that is such a burden to wake up early for….

By: Cota

Cota — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:15:23 +0000

Hi, Meg–glad to find a site about morning weddings! What was your menu? And, most of all, did you (or any of you who have done a morning wedding) have a wedding cake? I thought of having a brunch, but does a wedding cake go with this?

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:02:33 +0000

Jenny-

That’s exactly what my beau and I have been talking about doing! Morning ceremony, brunch, have a little bit of chill out time, then invite people for further celebration. Almost anywhere we get married, the majority of my guests would be traveling and I want to spend a lot of time with them. A morning wedding with further festivities that evening just seems like a good idea to me, especially since most of my half of the guests wouldn’t be drinking regardless of what kind of bar I offer.

By: Chichi {From Now Till I Do}

Chichi {From Now Till I Do} — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:50:54 +0000

Meg,

Just found this post searching through weddingbee et al for info on daytime weddings. We’re having a morning/early afternoon wedding due to the fact that our church of choice had another wedding at 3pm so that meant that we had to take the morning slot. At first I was disappointed and was like ‘this is so early’ but as time has gone on, I am starting to love the idea of a daytime wedding more and more.

There are so many pros and cons like you said but one of the great things is that it allows your guests the freedom to do other things that day. You and your new hubby too can spend some alone time together without being totally knackered and in our case, everyone can get home to watch the England World Cup game! Thumbs up all round!

Really helpful post. Thanks

By: eri

eri — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:46:47 +0000

I agree! We had a morning wedding in Glacier Nat'l Park. My amateur-photographer husband and I went to take pictures of the mountains and the lake at sunrise, and had a relaxing breakfast with families. And after the wedding and lunch, we changed and went hiking with all our guests (15 people). Hiking is our favorite activity and we're so glad we got to do it on our wedding day with our families :)

By: Cate Subrosa

Cate Subrosa — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:28:32 +0000

I'm so glad you wrote this one, Meg. I wondered how the morning thing worked out for you and what you did afterwards. Glad it went so well, it sounded like a blissful afternoon :)

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:22:44 +0000

And seriously lady, a daytime wedding is NOT A COMPROMISE. It's awesome. It had great things that a night wedding doesn't (and vice versa.) Your joy will not be less.

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:21:18 +0000

Sarah,
I will warn you - that may be a little long for a daytime wedding, if our experance was any example. We started at 10:30, and ended by 2:45, and at that point 75% of the geusts were already gone. Most people left between say 1:30-2:15.

I think that sounds bad and scary, but I'm not sure it actually was. I wished more people were around for the send off, for sure, but the time stretched on forever... I couldn't have kept standing another hour.

So your experance may be totally diffrent, but I'm throwing that out there. People will give a daytime wedding about half of the day, I think.

It will, however, be fantastic. And f*ck those other brides. The don't know what they are missing.

xo