Worried Hot August wedding

(Especially for a DW that guests are paying thousands of dollars to attend. Make sure they're comfortable.)

The indoor space is fine. A little decor and AC and you'll be ok.

No one was rude to you. You said you are worried, and multiple people told you that you had a good reason to be worried. If you can use the inside, use it.

I think the inside space looks lovely. As as guest I would prefer not to be in the heat. You can always take lots of photos outside before/after to get the outdoors feel.

As someone with an October 1st birthday, I resemble that remark!

I'm having an August wedding but I am on the east coast where August can be 105 degrees or 75 degrees. I hope it will be on the cooler end of the spectrum so I can have my ceremony in the gardens and reception in the outdoor tent. If it is too hot I will have both the ceremony and reception inside the manor house on the property.

Can you put a tent up and get a/c for it? That is an option, an expensive one, but it can be done if you are dead set on an outdoor wedding.

The inside option. The only option. Common sense.

Lol why are you talking to WW Christina? She's not here anymore! (Insert mean girls meme)

Inside looks great.

The inside looks amazing. Honestly your guests will thank you.

Your guests will die from heat exhaustion. you have two options.

1. Have it inside.

2. If you insist on having it outside, tell FH to grow up and stop being so superstitious.

But satan's birthday!

Lol Margaux- OP's FH must be 10 years old.

Is October completely marked out due to satans birthday? or just the 1st. I think October in Vegas would be nice.

Seriously. Calm yourself, OP. I read through all of the posts and no one was rude. You expressed concern and everyone agreed that you had very good reason to be concerned and gave you multiple reasons why having an outdoor wedding in Vegas in August is a horrible idea. I think the indoor option is beautiful and I would absolutely go for that.

We are slated to have an outdoor ceremony on July 31 in VA. We scheduled it for 10:30am to avoid the heat of the day, but I'm actually looking into moving it to one of their indoor locations because even if it's only 75 by the time we say "I do," everyone is going to be dressed in suits and formal-wear, so that 75 will feel like 85.

Imagine not being to do anything significant in the whole month of October because of that!

That indoor space is perfect! I would only host a wedding outdoors in August in Vegas if the ceremony was at 8 or 9 pm, assuming the heat goes away with the sun. If I were your guest I would not attend your ceremony if it were over 80 degrees and outdoors.

The inside is quite nice! However, if I learned I was going to attend a LV outdoor wedding in August, I would have to RSVP no.

I would also have to RSVP no to an outside wedding in the heat of the summer. And I hope you're giving fair warning that it will be outside. I've gotten really sick after being out in the extreme heat before and it's no fun, you don't recover from that quickly.

Let me just respond to "Has anybody ever gotten married in Vegas? The ceremonies are like 10-12 minutes long."

No, but I lived in Vegas for a decade. I probably attended upwards of 30 weddings during that time. All locals. Nobody had an afternoon wedding in the summer. Because Vegas locals know not to go outside in the afternoon in August. You sound like you may live there, so you know that some days it is so hot that you need a glove or towel to open your car door if it's been parked uncovered in a lot.

And let me share a personal story. I went to an outdoor wedding in June on the East Coast a few years ago during an unexpected heat wave where it went up to 100+ plus sunlight. There was shade, fans, water, umbrellas and there ceremony itself was only about 10 minutes long. But I had to arrive 10-15 minutes before that because,well, parking, seating, etc. Then it took another 10 minutes to clear out - and people were *rushing* to clear out. Women were talking about how their makeup had literally melted off. People had pit stains through the reception. Everybody talked about it, no joke, for years.

I just think you've decided to give your FH the power to pick the date (no matter how wacky his reasons are). That means you're going to have to concede something that you wanted - and that either means the time of day of your ceremony or the outdoor space. That is also how marriage is. TBH, I'm not a huge fan of that indoor space based on the picture, but it's still better than being that wedding everybody talks about.

Go with inside option.

OP, to answer your question I haven't been to a wedding in Vegas in August, however I have planned weddings in Phoenix in August. Your insistence on having an outdoor wedding (which again will not be 8-10 minutes, there is seating the guests (unless you aren't letting them sit down), the processional (and that is hoping you start on time), the ceremony, the recessional and then letting everyone leave) is putting everyone in jeopardy. Real, physical health harming, jeopardy. The indoor space is pretty, especially for only an 8-10 minute ceremony. Take pictures outside.