Evening ceremony???!

I went to a wedding in Spain a couple of years ago and the ceremony was at 7pm. It was a bit unusual but we all had a great time. If you want to do it that way and will have enough light for any photos you may want I'd say go for it..

Laws have changed:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210713/Couples-wed-24-hours-day-176-year-ban-lifted.html

Peter

Thanks Rosco :-)

Thanks too Peter, Id read that very article early this morning.

We are still planning on a teatime ceremony so that we have enough time or photos etc before starting the reception at 7.30ish.

Thankyou very much for your thoughtfulness though :-)

xx

I once photographed a catholic wedding where the ceremony was due to start at 4 in the afternoon. Due to circumstances, the bride didn't arrive until twenty to six and the Priest was beside himself with worry due to the six o clock legal requirement deadline......I have never seen a Priest in overdrive before in order to get the vows done in time!!!!!

Peter

Hi,

Like you we are thinking of ways to save some money, and are considering a later ceremony to save money. I dont reckon its the cost of the ceremony etc but more the cost of feeding everyone !!!

Emma

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Hi, I attend a ring ceremony in last weekend. It was fantastic, all the arrangements are amazing.

We aren't having additional guests in the evening, so we are having the wedding breakfast but our venue has an options of sausage and bacon rolls in the evening, which is much more cost effective. By the time we have our sit down meal it will be about 4pm, and this is three courses, so I'm thinking that the rolls, plus the wedding cake / cupcakes should be enough....? I have been to a couple of weddings over the last few years where we have had the sit down meal at about 4-5pm, then at 8pm a full buffet has come out. By this point all the day guests were still stuffed to bursting, so a lot of the food went to waste. As we aren't having additional guests I'm hoping everyone will be too full for a full buffet but appreciate a sausage sarnie and a piece of cake

LoL!

In that case, go for it! I think a buffet would suit an evening do a bit better than a formal meal. Have you found any venues yet?

We're doing exactly this. Burgers, bacon rolls, sausage baps, chips and wedding cake. We've got about 20 evening guests turning up and have checked with them that they are happy to be fed this type of food.

I'm hoping that with having a ceremony around 6pm then photos, it will be 7.30 before we know it and we can get on with the dancing, and eating ;-)

I think bacons rolls and cake is a great idea!! We are going to a wedding in march, the ceremony is 3.30, so I imagine the meal will be 4.30/5. I have no idea what will be provided food wise at the reception though.

No venue chosen yet :-( I have a whole list of potential ones that hopefully in January we can visit and make the decision. I'm hoping its like buying a house, you just walk in and know its the right one for you?

I don't really know much about weddings or what the normal procedures are. We've been engaged 5 years but only decided within these last couple of weeks to set a date and get things moving :-)

xxx

Actually, I could do with your opinions please. We were thinking of having same amount of guests to the ceremony as the the reception with them being so close together. Providing the venue can accommodate that amount of people at a ceremony (we think about 100-110).

Is this ok? Or should we keep the ceremony small? I've never quite got who you invite to the reception and not the ceremony!

xx

The way I see it is that it's your wedding and it should be up to you how you want to do. For example, we want a hog roast as our wedding breakfast, with baps and cake in the evening. Plus we aren't having additional evening guests. But everyone is different, so its about what you want. ?

We are having a late afternoon ceremony - 3pm. As we are getting married in a church we don't want to time it too late in case of delays (as in the earlier post) but would have gone later if we could. We are then having canapes/drinks at 4pm and a BBQ at 6pm. We expect guests to get food as and when they want it rather than it still being a meal all together as the process of lining up to get the food will take a while and this will be under a canopy outside of the marquee. We are having all guests all day - about 70. Pudding will be a pick-your-own selection as and when people want it. I also want a cheese tower as a late snack as I love cheese! I think that should be enough food for everyone!

I wish we had thought more about our timings..

We're a 3pm wedding with a 3 course meal at 5pm and then BBQ for evening guests at 8:30....

I think eating at 5 and then 8 is way too much but its too late to change now as we've gone over this with the hotel...

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I think its a great idea, but don't think you'll get the venue cheaper as its not as if they can have another wedding earlier on, all the venues we looked at we're a set price no matter what time the ceremony was

We're having 100 to the ceremony, increasing to 120 in the evening if that helps? x x x

Are you having any guests with children? Late ceremonies have the potential for fractious hungry children that will need plenty to distract them. But there are some great ideas on here to help.

Spot on....

Peter

Thanks chickster. Think we will have around 100 who will attend both ceremony and the reception. Although this may change hugely if I find a venue that isnt prepared to have that amount of people at a ceremony?! I've just had a huge shock that one of my most favourite venues has emailed me to say my date (20 June 2015) has already been taken. Think I've been so naive thinking that as we're planning so far ahead, I'd basically have the pick of any venue I liked. Appears not! God I have so much to learn :-/

Hadnt thought about children foote2c. Unless anyone has children between now and then (let's face it, huge possibility!), then there will be 7 children, 3 of them being mine, who will be between 7 and 3 years old. Thanks for the advice, had better start planning what to do about them all now hadnt I!!

Huge amounts of sweets and pop for a giant sugar rush and have them bouncing off the walls?? ;-)

xxx