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Susie
Newbie August 2023 Ontario

When to end the wedding reception?

Susie, on March 17, 2023 at 15:02 Posted in Wedding reception 1 7
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Hello!!


We are working on finalizing our timeline. Our ceremony will be at 3:30-4 with supper around 6 (not doing a first look so need more time for photos). Been trying to decide when to have the reception end.
Is 1am too late?
We don’t have a time restriction with the venue since it’s a garden wedding in the country at my parents place.

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Latest activity by Hank, on March 27, 2023 at 23:19
  • Hank
    Featured September 2021 Ontario
    Hank ·
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    Are you staffing the wedding with caterers, bartenders, and a DJ? If their packages have specific hours, you can go by that as your end time.

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  • KELLY
    Super October 2023 Ontario
    KELLY ·
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    We have our reception ending at 1am also, if people clear out earlier than that it will give us additional cleanup time

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  • Amanda
    Featured August 2022 British Columbia
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    My husband and I had the same timeline as you. We had our ceremony from 330pm-4pm with dinner at 6pm. Our last call for drinks was 1130pm with everyone out of our venue by 12am.

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  • Mila
    Frequent user October 2023 Ontario
    Mila ·
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    Based on the last few weddings I’ve attended (one of them also a country wedding, 117 guests) 11pm or 12am makes most sense to me.
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  • Kate
    Featured August 2022 Ontario
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    I feel like 5-6 hours is very standard for a reception and because it is not a registered venue and no "end time" will be enforced, if you're looking to put some sort of closing time on it, I think midnight is very reasonable in my opinion.

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  • Susie
    Newbie August 2023 Ontario
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    There’s no sound restrictions and the neighbours we do have are aware of the wedding. We are having around 130 guests at our wedding.
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  • Kate
    Featured August 2022 Ontario
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    Sounds beautiful and sounds like because it is out in the country, there is no strict by-law regarding the noise? How many people are you having? I feel like you could get away with having it end before 1 am for sure. Ours began at 5pm and ended at 11pm and it was just fine but we had a smaller guest count... I feel like "standard" is 11pm-1am?

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