How far is too far for a venue?

Weren't you having a Sunday wedding? Or was that someone else?

Must be someone else?

I would probably move the time up to brunch/lunch. People will be likelier to stay/visit longer, I would think.

I'd drive an hour and a half for a wedding, if it was someone I liked.

Not too far.

I would drive it.

I mean, people travel for weddings. Are there accommodations nearby where people could stay or will they have to drive 1.5 hours back for the reception. I don't think that's so bad depending on the timing.

There are accommodations nearby some could probably stay at with no problem, but I'm not sure that most the others could afford it & will have to head back home same day. In my mind it's not a bad drive, but I like driving so just needing other's thoughts. Good to know others here don't think it's that bad a drive either. I have no problem bumping it up to a daytime wedding instead just to make it easier on people.

My mom just mentioned that my grandma sometimes doesn't feel well & doesn't like to travel too far from home. As far as I know atm, her not feeling well would be the biggest complication with having it that far. Other than that, I'm assuming most of the guests would be fine with the drive...hope so at least lol. I see a couple of them tomorrow, may poke around just to get an idea how they feel about it.

Most our guest are coming from 2hours to 14 hours away... an hour and a half sounds like a steal... then again, we aren't your guest, they will determine weather or not it's too far. Provide a couple room blocks at a local hotel... ETA: we have 3 hotel room blocks, 15 at each hotel with adding more as they fill up. We have approx 115 guest from OOT

And it will be dark early too that time of year. You may want to go with an earlier time.

I was thinking about that too since my venue is an hour away. We moved the date from Sept to June so at least it will be lighter longer.

Our venue is just over an hour from where we/our guests live. We loved it and we booked it. We're making sure that we have adequate hotel accommodations for all our guests so they have the choice to stay overnight and not have to make the drive back the same night.

Our venue was just over an hour from my home town, and about a 25 minute drive from DH's parents/family. People drove there without much issue since thats the closest city (think lots of people work there, have doctors there, go to mall there) - and more guests stayed over than not. We had 140 guests at our wedding and around 85 stayed over (about 20 were fairly local and still came for breakfast the next day).

If you don't think staying over is an option for most of your guests, and them attending is important to you, you may want to reconsider

I'd drive and hour and a half for a wedding no problem. I would probably get a hotel there though if it was an evening wedding. If there are hotels around, I think that's fine. Some people will probably leave sooner after dinner to make the drive home and some will stay later and get a hotel probably.

Our venue is an hour to 1.5 hours away from most of our guests. I haven't had any complaints about the drive. Most feedback has been positive because they want to make a mini vaca out of it. But my opinion on it was we usually get stuck making the long drive, for 1 day people can make arrangements or they can decline if it is that much of an issue. ETA. We have about 4 hotels near our venue.

Ours was 1hr 30 drive for some and over 2 hours for others. Have your wedding at the place you want to be a part of your story. People will make the trip for you!

If you let your guests now how far the drive is ahead of time , then I think it would be fine. I went to a wedding where the reception hall was 40 mins from the church and I did not know that. I didn't plan my time well and took an unexpected semi long drive

As a guest, I'd be fine with an hr drive; but beyond that...I would have to be close to the couple n would look into getting a room for the night instead of driving back the same day. Nothing wrong with it; but know that some may be turned off by it...but those are usually not close family/friends - they will make it.

Ours is 1 1/2 from our house, multiple hours for our 100s of OOT guests...

If you're really concerned about it and you have the budget, why not book transportation for your VIPs like grandma etc. (we were able to rent a charter bus for the night, 8 hrs for about 1k) Make it really easy for them. I feel like most people travel and book hotels for weddings, at this point, we've only had one "local" wedding, which was still 45 mins away and still booked a hotel. Another option is renting a whole airbnb for yourself and VIPS/Family so that they don't have to worry about cost, transport. I know these cost money, but if you really want everyone there, you should do a cost analysis and see what you can accommodate.

Our Venue is a minimum 30 minute and a maximum an hour and fifteen minutes for local guests. I don't think 90 minutes is too far, but I would definitely make sure you have hotel blocks with plenty of room for guests who may not want to drive home at the end of the night.