subject: Pros and Cons of a Lunchtime Wedding [print this page] Pros and Cons of a Lunchtime Wedding Pros and Cons of a Lunchtime Wedding
After having a lunchtime wedding myself, I find there are some good and bad advantages of doing this listed below:
Pros
Most important more likely to be able to book your dream wedding venue and all your wedding suppliers/businesses for any time of the year. Most wedding venues are booked out at least a year ahead, the benefit of having a lunchtime wedding is you will probably be able to get the date you want very easily. Same with the Limousine company, the DJ, the Priest/Celebrant etc.
Cost Most things including the venue should be cheaper, who normally wants a limousine for a Saturday/Sunday morning? So you will probably be able to negotiate a much cheaper price. Your alcohol bill may also be less as people tend not to drink as much during the day than night time.
Being a lunchtime wedding you could also hold your wedding on a Sunday instead of the Saturday without guests having to worry about drinking too much or having to get up early the next morning.
A lot of your guests with children would be much happier with a lunchtime wedding, if they bring their kids, they won't have to worry about leaving early because the kids get too tired. If they have a babysitter, they don't have to rush back.
Elderly people would probably also prefer a lunchtime wedding as a night time wedding can get too late for them.
Ordering Taxis to go home for your guests would be a lot easier.
Cons
Not much time to get ready in the morning. The Groom probably wouldn't care but I am sure the Bride wouldn't like to be rushed getting her hair and makeup done. Would probably also have to get up early to start getting ready. We got married at 10 am in order to have plenty of time to get the photos done in time for our Reception starting at 1 pm. I think we got up at 6 am to get ready and by the time my bridesmaids and I got our hair and makeup done, it was a rush to put my dress on and get into the Limousine to get to the ceremony.
On my wedding day it was about 24 degrees and cloudy, we spent about 2.5 hours getting photos done in various outdoor places and by the time we got to the wedding reception we were all burnt. Luckily my makeup protected my face but my chest and arms were bright red not a good look for your wedding day. So remember to use suncream and even take a couple of umbrellas to protect yourselves.
Our wedding reception was a lot shorter than normal only 4 hours (from 1 pm 5 pm).Our wedding reception venue made my husband and I leave at 4.30pm so they could get all our guests to leave by 5 pm because they then had another wedding at 6 pm so had time to clean up. Normally a wedding would last from around 6 pm midnight and it just wasn't enough time for us. But you could then depending which hotel you are staying at, book out the cocktail lounge and invite your guests to continue celebrating with you there.
If you want a whole Black Tie, long evening dress affair, lunchtime weddings are usually more casual and most of your guests would probably feel uncomfortable turning up at your wedding ceremony wearing something very dressy at 10 am in the morning.
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