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What time do hotel weddings finish in the uk

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TEARELBO · 12/08/2026 22:37

What time do hotel weddings typically finish in the uk
staying in a hotel all week and arrived back from my day out and there is a massive wedding taking placE, only problem is my room is right beside the event room it’s taking place in and I might as well be in the room with the guests
ive to be up early for a flight home and it’s mental

would it be unreasonable to request a room change

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OtterlyMad · 12/08/2026 22:40

I think 11pm or midnight is a normal time for a wedding to finish.

YANBU to request a new room.

ArseSkinForAFriend · 12/08/2026 22:42

If you’re going to speak to them about a room change, you might as well ask them what time it finishes.

Changingplace · 12/08/2026 22:43

Absolutely request a room change.

Justme10 · 12/08/2026 22:45

Probably midnight or 1am, you might want to ask for a room change.

CoffeeBotherer · 12/08/2026 22:47

Eleven or more likely midnight. Very occasionally 1pm but that's usually only with special license and if the wedding has taken the entire hotel.

Of course there's likely to be another 30 minutes of loud goodbyes and waiting for taxies etc.

OneNewEagle · 12/08/2026 22:49

Usually midnight then staff tidy up the function rooms so noise could go on for a long time.

Toottooot · 12/08/2026 22:51

Any hotel reception I’ve been to has always ended at 1am.

PrettyLittleRose · 12/08/2026 22:55

Request a room change. At the last wedding I went to (I was staying at the venue in a room too) people didn't start settling down til 1.30-2pm. Running around the corridors, pissed and rowdy, and noisy. (The whole hotel was booked out so no-one was affected that wasn't at the wedding.)

I was top floor thankfully, away from most of all the rabble.

Serious question though, why on earth did you book an early flight after an all day wedding, knowing it will run into the late night?

TEARELBO · 12/08/2026 22:58

PrettyLittleRose · 12/08/2026 22:55

Request a room change. At the last wedding I went to (I was staying at the venue in a room too) people didn't start settling down til 1.30-2pm. Running around the corridors, pissed and rowdy, and noisy. (The whole hotel was booked out so no-one was affected that wasn't at the wedding.)

I was top floor thankfully, away from most of all the rabble.

Serious question though, why on earth did you book an early flight after an all day wedding, knowing it will run into the late night?

I have no connection to the wedding
i I didn’t know there was a wedding
i’m here due to a family emergency and need to return home tomorrow

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Weeeeeeeeeee · 12/08/2026 23:01

Ours went on until 4am - the bar was open for guests at the hotel for as long as they wanted it to be. A large proportion of our wedding party stayed at the hotel so there were about 30 of us still going at that time.

So, basically, it'll depend what the hotel's policy is. A lot close their bars at 11pm, 12 midnight or 1am. As private events, the latest most weddings in hotels finish is 1am.

Give reception a call and ask for a room change.

hulahooper2 · 12/08/2026 23:30

won’t finish before midnight

ColdAsAWitches · 13/08/2026 00:14

I got married in a hotel in NI. Official party and music carried on until 1, but the residents bar was still serving at 5.

TEARELBO · 13/08/2026 20:03

the wedding music ended at 11.30, so was ok after that tg. I didn't fancy packing up everything and walking through reception in my pjs.

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Weeeeeeeeeee · 13/08/2026 20:38

Glad you got some rest and hope you had a decent journey home.

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