Morning or Evening Wedding; Which do you prefer and why??

We're doing 3pm-8:30pm.
We're old people (not really) who can't stay up all night anymore.
In order to make sure we wont be yawning all night long, we had to get an earlier timeframe 😂
Moreover, our flight leaves at 7am the next day, so it made sense 😊

Sunday morning here

I like both! It was always my dream to have an evening wedding because they are usually more fancy. Plus we are getting married on a Friday so I had no choice since I didnt want to ask 100+ people to take off a whole day for my wedding. I also did not want to have to wake up super early to get hair and makeup done as I am not my best in the morning lol. Ours is from 6PM to 10:30PM. A little short if you ask me but oh well.

We are doing an evening ceremony. FH and I will be arriving at our DW a few days before, and he already is a later riser, so he is going to adapt to Mexico Resort Time very quickly. Evening gives us the best chance of him getting to the ceremony on time! I would love an earlier one, but I know he would be the one to be late since he would be sleeping still.

We're doing ours at 4:30pm on a Saturday. The only way we can set up the day before is if we book the whole day. So that would be an extra $500-1,000. Made more sense to have an evening wedding, plus we like the evenings better ourselves.

We are doing ours at 10 a.m. for the ceremony and 12 to 3 reception. On a Friday. We didn't want to do a night thing and have it runs super late and supposed to be exhausted 10 to threes like the perfect middle of the day. A bunch of family is going to come in from out of town anyway our parents are all mostly retired so them taking the day off isn't hard and we're not inviting kids to the wedding and 10 to 3 on a Friday they're all in school. It seems to be the easiest way around all of that and it means we can go home that night and just relax and enjoy each other without wedding planning on the brain for the first time in a year-and-a-half.

Mine is at 4:30pm. I am not a morning person. I did not want to be tired at my wedding. Plus, I have to add time to get hair and makeup done, which means getting up at least 3 hours before the wedding, not counting trying to eat breakfast before the wedding. So, later in the day was better for me. It worked out since the times my venue had for my date was 3:30 or 4:30pm. It works out because FH and I are night owls. I feel a little bad for our moms because they both like to sleep early. Hopefully they can manage for us.

We’re getting married at 4pm. I don’t want to feel rushed during the day. I plan on getting up, eating breakfast, get hair done and makeup done (lunch somewhere in there) get dressed then head to the courthouse.

4 pm for us! I want a sparkler send off, and my family liked to party! So it's gonna be a great night!

Evening wedding just because I wanted glowsticks on the dance floor at the reception and a sparkler exit - both of which are best when it's darker outside

Hi everyone !! Sounds like everyone has a good plan there’s no right or wrong timing it’s whatever is best for the bride and groom that’s just my opinion ,My family and fiancé family usually always arrive a few mins late so we decided to do things in the afternoon lol ceremony is on a Saturday at 4:00pm and than 5pm Pics and 6:00 cocktail and party from 6-9:30 or 10 depending how long the people want to stay not everyone will show up to the ceremony which is fine

I always pictured an elegant wedding. Plus ours is on a Friday so we have to do evening. Ours is 6:30 pm to midnight

I've never been to a morning or afternoon one. Ours was from 4 to 11...

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Hi Jessica,

the part of you not wanting to be yawning made me laugh. Wish you all the best on your big day

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Like the idea of an evening wedding as well.

I like the idea of morning ones. I think having brunch is a great idea for weddings. We are doing an evening wedding 5-11p. I like the idea of having the sun set, and partying late into the night and dancing.

Sunday morning here! Ceremony at 11 and brunch to follow. Breakfast is my FAVORITE meal of the day so I am super excited to get to share that with the people I love

I prefer afternoon/evening weddings because I enjoy the party/drinking/dancing aspect. And I don't like having to get up early to go to an event on a weekend, haha!

We have an afternoon ceremony... evening reception. Idk why we never considered a morning wedding. lol. We want it to be a fun formal party. So the night atmosphere worked better for us I guess..

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I am look at a ceremony venue that only allows morning ceremonies if you don't have the reception there. So I am trying to decide whether or not to have my reception there just for the 5pm ceremony time. How did you decide on a Sunday morning wedding?