To have a 4pm wedding?

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So looking to get married in October this year (quite short notice I know) our venue is available on the date we want but they only have 12pm or 4pm, WIBU to opt for the 4pm?

I'm thinking if we do 4pm we can then feed people at a typical tea time? It won't be a fancy wedding breakfast or anything like that, think hog roast/buffet.

Does this sound OK or will people be annoyed at having to wait around all day!?

I love 4pm weddings, i don’t want to get up at the arse crack of dawn to have my hair done and i don’t want to spend 12 hours plus with people 🥹🤣 so this would be my dream!

Do it! Then you can lead straight into dinner etc with no hanging around
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Sounds great to me! No hanging around and you get fed soon after the ceremony 👍

I got married at 4. Was great - plenty of time to get ready - no early morning for me. Also people had lunch before coming and yes - dinner was at dinner time.

Another bonus was anybody travelling didn't have to come the night before as there was time to get there.

Only downside will be in October it is likely to be getting dark ish if you want outside photos...

I honestly think it's perfect, we got married at 3pm and it cut the waiting around down considerably, ceremony, eat, party and not getting up to get ready at 6am - do it!

My sister's wedding was 6pm. It did mean no morning rush

We got married at 2.15 and therefore had to provide canapés, extra drinks and snacks etc before the food. I would have preferred a 4pm wedding and avoided some of that so yeah go for it.

This is perfect. All days weddings are tiresome, there’s SO much waiting around and it’s exhausting being around people all day. 4pm is perfect, you can save money on the meal as well and just have an evening do 👍

I would work backwards and see if the timing fits in. E.g. Venue closes 11.30pm, meal served 7pm....

It will go so fast. Personally I'd go for 12 but I'd have day guests and evening guests so 2 lots of food. Depends what you want but it goes so fast

Sounds great!

People will have all day to travel (and stop for lunch wherever they want)

Then you can go from 4pm ceremony, to feeding your guests at a normal early evening time

I had a 4pm wedding. It worked really well as people who weren’t local could travel earlier in the day, check into their hotel and get ready. No-one missed lunch and we ate at a normal time for the wedding meal instead of some random time in the afternoon. It avoided loads of hanging around for people too.

The later the better. Had to attend one at noon recently, which meant hours of faffing in the morning, leaving the house at 11am and not getting home till 2am. Hell.

That would be a great time. If people are coming from elsewhere and having to book accommodation they can check in before hand. I've been to so many midday weddings where you either have to stay the night before, or piss around dropping bags off or even leave the wedding to go check in. It's really annoying! At 4pm people can have a chilled morning at home, get stuff done, then make their way/get ready for the afternoon.

Great plan. I had a 3pm wedding in autumn and it was so cozy. We still managed photos in the light. Also the day didn't go on forever like you say, and we didn't have to provide two lots of food as dinner was at about 5/6pm. (No evening guests).

We did 4 and it was great. People could travel down in the day, we had no evening guests so everyone went to the ceremony then came back for food and dancing. We had a buffet meal with salmon, salads, cold beef etc. We did sausage rolls, cheese and cake later in the evening if anyone wanted it.

When in October? Would there be enough light for photos afterwards?
4pm is a good time, probably more cost effective too as there’s less time spent entertaining people (I don’t mean that in a snarky way!).

If it's before the clocks go back then it will be light until about 6pm, so consider that when booking your photographer.

I got married at 4oclk and it was perfect. As others have pointed out loads of time to get ready and guests travelling didn't have to come the night before. We booked out the top floor of a nice pub/restaurant close to the registry office and then had a meal and drinks for 30 guests. Food was served at 6.00 and everything was done by 11.00.

This sounds perfect! 12pm is such a pain to get ready for as a guest imho. It feels like you rush to get ready, then the day goes super slowly.

I got married at 4pm. It was lovely. Most weddings are far too long and have a big, tedious break in the middle where everyone’s energy drops. 4pm is the ideal start time imo!

We had a 4pm wedding, our choice. Worked perfectly for us, ran wedding into drinks then meal then drinks/chat/dancing. Everyone was invited for everything but the non-party types could leave when they wanted.

We had a 4pm November wedding and it worked great! It was a lovely cosy boutique hotel with around 60 guests. I don't like being centre of attention much so it had a lovely relaxed atmosphere. We did a 'first look' photo shoot at around 2pm at a local garden before it got dark as we wanted some photos outside and it meant guests weren't waiting around for us to finish our photoshoot. Then ceremony at 4pm. Speeches and drinks at 5ish. Dinner at around 6pm after the ceremony and drinks. Then some dancing and drinks. All wrapped up and in bed by midnight. It was perfect for us. Congrats!

I got married at 12pm and I loved it! I wanted to enjoy the entire day and savour every second.....but that's just me! We arranged for something special to happen during the afternoon though so that our guests weren't just sat around drinking all day though.

Sounds good to me too.

I'd prefer the 4pm, as a guest.