Sunrise wedding

How early would your guest have to be there? Also take into consideration the time for hair and make up and how early you would have to get up for that. I absolutely love the sunrise. I think it will be beautiful!

I think its so beautiful! I wanted to have a brunch wedding, but the time I would have to start hair and make up would be ridiculous and I couldn't get any vendors to start that early! You may have to do DIY hair and makeup since you would likely need to start around 4 or 5 AM. I looked up the sunrise time in October for Houston, and it's around 7:30 AM. Your guests may be unhappy, especially if they live far away from the venue.

As a staunch not-morning person I can tell you the chances of me attending a sunrise wedding are incredibly slim. And if I did go I'd probably be pretty cranky. So this might be a bit of a "know your crowd" situation. Or if you're okay with the ceremony being more intimate and then having the reception later in the day for everyone else who aren't early risers.

This is definitely a know your crowd thing, and maybe you can somehow mention sunrise wedding on the save the dates to prepare them. You’d definitely have an unusual getting ready process and if you are hiring HMUA you’d need to find someone willing to be up early enough. However, I think a breakfast reception would be fun!

View Quoted Comment We figured next to no one would actually show for the ceremony, which is perfectly okay with us.

we both wanted it to be a destination wedding with just us, & a guy in sandals on a beach marrying us, but i do want to walk down an isle in my dream dress.

it gives the guest the option, but the reception would be later so everyone else could join then, plus we’d have most of the day & night to celebrate, to ensure we weren’t rushed.

in a way, we would be getting both of what we wanted!

I’m not a morning person and would be like “WTF” 😲 if I got an invitation with an early morning time on it. HOWEVER, there’s something very beautiful about it and I think you could have a wonderful breakfast/brunch reception. Then everyone has the rest of their day to take a nap or do whatever. LOL! Another thing to consider is that the commute to the location shouldn’t be too far, making your guest have to get up even earlier But I like the idea Because it gives me a “new day, new life together” feeling.

I love it! Those who would want to be there would make a point to come. I know I would love to attend a sunrise wedding. Yes it means waking up early but that's what coffee is for am I right?!? Lol. With the reception later that day guest could always get a nap in before.

Sounds cool!! You can do super casual hair and makeup to keep getting ready time to under an hour. If all you want is your nearest and dearest there then why not?! Go for it!!!

Wow! That is definitely beautiful, but unless you're having a tiny ceremony I don't know how good the turnout would be. I would only go to a sunrise wedding for someone REALLY close, like a best friend or family. Another consideration is time to get ready.

If you're okay with all of that, I mean you can go for it if you want to!

I suggested a sunrise wedding (about 7am in September where we want to get married), and my mom told me “No one will come” - which would kind of be okay with us. We love sunrise in the mountains and figure those who want to share our day with us would get over how early it was and come. I also thought a breakfast reception would be fun. You will have stunning photographs, it’s cooler in the morning, and the whole point is celebrating your love so do what you want to do. I think a sunrise wedding would be beautiful.

As long as you are already prepared that most guests won't want to come then I think it's totally fine. Have you thought of just having an immediate family wedding and maybe a small bridal party? It's your choice! I don't think you're crazy for liking the sunrise, I just don't wake up that early lol. Waking up for work is enough for me and I strictly don't wake up early on weekends anymore because of it.

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Would the reception be on another day or would it be later the same day? If I came to a sunrise wedding, I wouldn't want to be hanging around in dress clothes, all done up, all day - and I wouldn't be able to nap, unless there was enough time for an entire refresh - and that's just as a guest. When we got married, the ladies and I had hair appointments beginning at 9am, with a 6pm wedding, and there were points in the day where I would have liked to rest for a few minutes, and couldn't because my hair was done (and then of course my make-up). Just curious.

I love the idea though - and I can imagine it would be gorgeous.

I’m having a sunrise wedding so we are both crazy!!

I think it can totally work but it depends on time of year and what you expect for your big day. If you are planning anything but a really simple look you'd need time to do hair and make-up beforehand, so during summer months that would be super early. Could you get your HMUA, officiant, and all of the "must have" vendors on board? What about VIP guests and others?

I love the idea of a sunrise wedding, but I think this is better suited to a micro-wedding or elopement with just a small, selective group of people. Would you consider doing a ceremony early with just VIPs and then having your reception later in the day with additional guests? I can imagine talking a few of our closest friends into a sunrise ceremony but not our entire guest list. I personally love mornings but would really struggle to get myself put together for someone else's sunrise ceremony, especially during the longer days of the year, unless it was a person I was super close to.

There are also couples and photographers who do "morning after" photo shoots and that might be sometime to consider if you really want beautiful photos of the sunrise on the lake but don't want to orchestrate your entire wedding celebration around it.

How about something like this?

6am-7am Sunrise Ceremony (an informal, intimate celebration between couple and close family and friends)

7am-9:30am down time. (Hair & Makeup)

9:30am-11:00am Brunch

11:00am-1:00pm Downtime - informal socializing

1pm-2pm Wedding Ceremony

2pm-3:30pm Lunch

3:30pm-7pm Downtime - informal socializing

7pm-8pm Sunset Ceremony

8pm-9pm Dinner

9pm-11:55p Reception

12:00 Midnight Toast - Wedding Couple sendoff