Next day brunch for out of town guests

First check with your out-of-town guests to see what their travel plans are. If most of them are planning to leave super early on Sunday, then I would maybe skip the day-after event. Otherwise, a brunch or breakfast is a fun idea! It could also be held before hotel checkout (around 9 or 10am, and have it last 1-2 hours) so guests don't have to stay too late on Sunday, and so you won't have to reschedule your honeymoon.

I honestly would plan on leaving Monday regardless of out of town guests. You're going to be so exhausted the next day, give yourself that day to kind of recover and organize and pack for the honeymoon and possibly hang out with those out of town guests. My mom said they left the next day, got about 3 hours of sleep and were like zombies when they got there.

Also, if you're staying at the same hotel as your out-of-town guests, and if that hotel already includes a free breakfast, you could say something as simple as, "[name] and I will be in the lobby for breakfast from 8am until 10am on Sunday! We'd love to see you before you leave, so feel free to stop down and hang out with us during that time." That way, you can still spend time with everyone, and you can save some cash by incorporating what the hotel already offers into your plans. Or if you prefer something more formal than the hotel breakfast, you could see if you can rent out a conference room at the hotel and order catering in.

View Quoted Comment This is a great idea!

View Quoted Comment I think you’re probably right on this! I’m sure I would absolutely regret it when we’re completely exhausted sitting in the airport the next day

99.5% of our guests were from out of town (yes, I did the math), we didn't host an event the next day (though we did have our parents over for brunch and gift opening). I definitely recommend not leaving until Monday, though. We were really tired all day Sunday, and leaving Monday gave us needed recovery time before we left on our honeymoon.

We're doing a brunch. My mother in law is actually hosting it at their house the next morning, since most of the out of town people are her family. We're keeping it very casual (Like I'm wearing jeans and a long sleeve t I had custom made) but I like the idea.

My mother hosted one the day after my brother's wedding for everyone. He didn't actually even come - they left that morning for their honeymoon - but the rest of us had a blast and we could really enjoy everyone who was there.

Strong suggest not leaving for at least a day anyways. You're gonna be tired. We're taking a mini-honeymoon two weeks later, and not actually taking our real honeymoon for 4 months. I plan on spending most of Sunday (after we check out of our airbnb, come home and go to brunch) sitting on the couch with my new husband and watching some tv and just breathing.

We're also doing a brunch. We weren't sure about doing one but so many people have decided to come to it so I'm glad we're doing it. It'll be nice to sit down with everyone after the wedding and talk!

We are hosting a Welcome Dinner the night before. We have a LOT of little pockets of friends, all from out of state, that only know that small group. So, I felt having this dinner would be a nice 'ice breaker' for more people to mingle and get to know each other. Also lots of time for US to visit with everyone without the pressure of the whole wedding scene. We considered doing a pool party on Sunday, but will hold off on that until we learn more of our guests travel plans. We are not leaving for our mini-moon until Monday. Then we have our BIG honeymoon a month later (European cruise)

View Quoted Comment I love the idea of the dinner before so everyone has a chance to meet! I’ll have to consider that for sure!

We left the morning after and it was awesome! I personally woudln't change plans, but depending on what time you leave i love the idea of "we'll be in the hotel breakfast lobby from 9-10 idea.