Benefits and Struggles of a Wedding Early in the day?

11 isn't bad but that means you have to start getting ready super early. That would irritate me. Ha

@MizzzCara. I feel like I'd be so nervous I'd be up early either way!

It's early, but worth it if people are traveling and you can still go out and do something with your new hubby if you aren't dead tired from the wedding!

We met in college, so the wedding will be where we live. Three hours drive from where I grew up and almost 5 hours from FH's hometown. I don't know how many people would want to drive there the day of the wedding, but if they don't embrace the open bar getting done around 4pm would be early enough if anyone wanted to drive home!

You'll have to be up very early. That would be my issue.

Our intimate 30ppl Nashville wedding is at 11. Luncheon is 12-4. Several of the adult guests are going to the Grand ol Opry that eve.

My hair and makeup starts at 8

My wedding is starting at 10am. We're doing an 11-12 cocktail hour and a 12-4 reception. Yes I have to get up early (hair and makeup is arriving at 7am) but it's worth it to me to have an early end time (ours is on a Sunday and people may want to drive home)

Our ceremony is at 11:30 am with a luncheon reception to follow. The only thing that is a bit different is the fact that you have to get up earlier and start getting ready earlier! But other than that I haven't noticed any other cons about an earlier start time.

I went to an 11 a.m. wedding. I was worried that it seemed odd and wasn't sure what to expect. It turned out to be a great time! People still danced, they just didn't go as crazy as they would on a Saturday night. We met the wedding party out at a bar later that night.

I am having a day time wedding. Mine will start at 12:30. I liked this idea because it gives us the night to relax. I think it makes it easier for guests as well because they can still go home at a decent hour.

As previous posters mentioned, day time weddings can be a great time, I think the hardest thing for some is just getting ready earlier in the morning. My FSIL had a wedding at 10am in December and FH and I were in the wedding. I'm not a morning person and I hated getting up early. Everyone in the bridal party struggled to get ready on time. Started about 20 minutes late with the bride taking longer than expected, but once things got underway, it was fine.

We ended up having a good time at the reception, people drank and danced and it was all over by 4pm. Only other downside I noticed other than getting ready early was that for out of towners, it was a bit of a pain trying to figure out what to do for the rest of the night if there are no other activities and you're in a town with not much going on.

We are doing a morning wedding. Super excited for brunch a drinks with our family and after enjoying a last dinner together alone at home before the honeymoon!

I've been to a couple of early weddings and they were nice. Really no cons from a guest perspective. I was a bridesmaid in a wedding that started at 11 and hair and makeup started at 8am I believe and we all had to start waking up at 6. So just keep that In mind if you're having a big bridal party as you may have to start even earlier if you have a lot of people getting their hair and makeup done

Yes you will definitely be waking up early for the day but it sounds like your ok with it. Good luck!

I am having a day wedding. The invitation time is 11am (when guests arrive they will be greeted with a champagne reception) and the ceremony start time is 11:30am. Our wedding will be no different from a night wedding. We will have the same cocktail hour, food, and drinks as a night wedding. It cost less than a night wedding which was great as well. The only thing that is going to suck is waking up at 4:30am to get ready ( hair and makeup starts at 5am). But the way I see it is at least there is no wait time in between. We get ready at 5am, pictures are at 9am and ceremony at 11:30am, and then will flow right into the cocktail hour and then reception (since my ceremony and reception are all at the same venue). I have been in weddings where we had to be up by 6:30am, start hair and makeup at 7:30am and the ceremony didn't start until 3pm, and by the time the reception came at 6pm I was already exhausted.

My sister did a day wedding. Tough part for the girls in bridal party was we had to start hair by 530 am. I had all my stuff ready to go the night before but still ended up waking up FH getting showered etc in our hotel room. Reception was still great. People didn't drink as much so she lucked out with doing consumption bar (bride and groom paid, it just wasn't a flat rate per person).

Doing a daytime wedding. Starting at noon. We are all use to being up early so it's no big deal for us or our wedding party.

I started my wedding at 11:30. It was perfect. I thought I rushed to get ready but then I went to an evening wedding where I was a bridesmaid and we rushed just as much. So I'm glad I did the lunch reception.

You're day will start early. But I've always wanted to go to a brunch wedding, seems like fun

I think it depends on two things 1) how early you want to get ready and if your bridesmaids are okay with a 6-7 am start time and 2) how far are people traveling? With that early of a start and people traveling far, you are assuming people will get up early to go to the wedding or spending the money to spend the night before at a hotel. And when are you doing pictures, before the ceremony or during your cocktail hour?