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Just Said Yes June 2022

Need help with morning of wedding itinerary 😩

Mary, on February 23, 2021 at 7:22 PM Posted in Planning 0 6
I’m sooo confused. I’m kinda far out from my wedding on 6/25/2022. I’m getting married at a church that’s 45 min east of the reception venue and the hotel where I will have blocks. My parents live 10 minutes from the church. Where do my bridesmaids and I get ready? At my parents, or do we travel from the hotel where we get ready to the church the day of the wedding?


I have only two bridesmaids that are local to my area (i have 6 total). Where should they sleep the night going into my wedding day? If they don’t sleep at the hotel, should they still get a hotel room for that night so they’re all checked in? Thank you! I’m a little bit clueless and haven’t had many friends that have gotten married yet.

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Latest activity by Mary, on February 24, 2021 at 7:04 AM
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    Champion July 2019
    Veronica ·
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    I think where you get ready is completely up to you, but I would make sure where you choose has enough space especially if you plan on having getting ready photos taken. My husband, his groomsmen, my dad, and my brother (bride's man) got ready in a hotel room at our venue (hotel) and you can tell in the getting ready photos there wasn't a ton of space so the photos look rather crowded.

    We left it up to our bridal party to figure out their own sleeping arrangements. Since our wedding venue was a hotel, some choose to stay at the venue since it was the easiest option. However, others booked an Airbnb since that was cheaper and others drove 1.5 hours home after the rehearsal dinner then drove back the next morning the wedding.


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  • Michelle
    Master April 2021
    Michelle ·
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    I’d get ready closer to where you’re having the ceremony. I’d even consider staying there...
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    Judith ·
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    I am not a fan at all of getting ready with a group of people, a recent TV inspired fad I hate. Having a peace and quit morning, free to do what you want including sleep in, with parents or maybe 1 BM or MOH, sister, or with your FI, and not having to wait for turns for any services, is by far the best. Married twice, in a whole lot of weddings, group getting ready is the worst. Our whole wedding party ,and our mothers, and I got ready in one of the two Inn or nearby resort motel, in our own rooms and bath, all in the same 1 1/2 hour. There was a salon 1/2 mile away, though in the end 2 of groom's sisters in law did it for those who needed it. My mom and MOH Godmother came in to help with my fasteners and veil, no other getting ready pictures needed
    We had plenty of all dressed pictures. A few had their own getting ready pics with each other, usually with their SO. I started with a photo time up to an hour with FI, late in the afternoon, having gone on town for lunch with my bridesmaids ( no RD needed). Then hubby and I had a nap. So no photographer to pay for early. We did a shoot with one, some of our best pictures, so happy, walking around the Inn grounds and stone courtyard. A second photographer did group shots, everything not requiring us. Not having started with photographers
    til 5 pm, we wer able to keep both so that for 2 hours after dinner during dancing, 1 photographer set up in the venue hallway with sweeping staircase, to take pictures of any family who wanted it, or any group of friends.
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    Super June 2021
    Melanie ·
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    That's a tough one. If you get ready at your parents, where is your FH and groomsmen getting ready? Veronica made a good point about pictures as well. I personally wouldn't want my getting ready pictures to be in my parents house, but that's your decision. I would normally prefer to be closer to the ceremony location, but in your situation I think it logically makes sense to get ready at the hotel.
    For coordination sake, I would have all the bridesmaids stay at the hotel the night before, but you can give them the option to meet you at the hotel the morning of if they're reliable and won't be late.
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  • Hanna
    VIP June 2019
    Hanna ·
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    Where you get ready is completely up to you! We got ready at a large suite at our hotel block (hair and makeup artists came to us) and we hired a trolley to transport the wedding party to the venue afterwards. You should give your bridesmaids the option to stay wherever they want though, because the hotel block might be out of their budget. Half of my bridesmaids stayed at our hotel block and the other half stayed at Airbnbs that were cheaper. All that mattered is that each girl showed up on time in the morning to the hotel suite!

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    Just Said Yes June 2022
    Mary ·
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    They’re probably going to have to get ready at the hotel so I’d have a limo/car sent for them.
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