How many guests stayed till the last hour of your evening reception?

[Ccsmith91]

I got married a few weeks ago and invited 100 people to my wedding and had a few no shows. I noticed people leaving from 9pm till 11pm. I think we must have had around 50 people at 11pm. Do you remember how many people you had around the last hour of your wedding? Is this a normal amount? I’ve not been to many weddings so unsure.

I had 95% still at the end in the early hours. Big fat wedding. My husband didn't stay until the end of the marriage though 😂

We stayed at a big country hotel in Scotland and bride groom+ wedding party+ lots of guests were still in the bar when we went for breakfast. They were young though

I'm sure I've read this before. Are you the one who was miffed about people not being able to do from early doors to past midnight?

Let it go if you are. It doesn't matter OP.

Several older relatives went after the breakfast but most were present for bouquet tossing and our departure about half hour before the band stopped playing. I believe there was more partying after the band went.

No I’m not but yes I have just found it and my situation does sound lightly similar! No one was getting up at 6:30am though haha

No I am not! Bit I have read that thread. My wedding was at 3pm so not quite as long

Most people stayed till the end of mine but a) we didn't get married til 5pm so no-one had been drinking all day b) we're Scottish and c) most of our pals were in their late 20s with no kids.

In the olden days ( 1960s) most brides and grooms left early evening to go on honeymoon. A going away outfit was purchased specially. The party continued without them.

Hopefully you get invited to a Scottish wedding some time then @Parky04 😁

You're not in Ireland, we get dragged out at 4 am!!!

I think I usually mange to 9pm before heading off. Noisy discos are boring, you have caught up with people and rather sone buffet. Perfectly reasonable time to leave (and I felt the sane at 35 as I do at 50)

I didn't have my wedding in this country and probably about 60% of the guests were still dancing at 1am. I'd say it's mostly English weddings where people leave early for some reason. Probably to do with the early start to the day, abroad they start much later 4-5pm.

Also the biggest socio-demographic of posters on this site probably aren't the "party animal" types that will be staying until the end. So you'll probably get a very heavy one-side to this post.

Most of them, but we got married in our early 20s and most of our friends were the same age, and no one had any children yet. Most relatives were staying in the same venue so no real need to leave early either. It’s been very different at weddings I’ve been to more recently when people have had to get home for babysitters etc.

I had my reception in a remote castle, so they had to stay til the buses we'd laid on came to collect them 🤣

Scottish Weddings usually have 90% of people there to the very end past midnight. At our wedding this included my 2 year old nephew and 96 year old gran! We like to get our money's worth out of our wedding attire! 🤣

We invited 100 to ours. Everyone except my parents ( my stepdad was allergic to modern music) and my husbands Aunt & 2 daughters stayed till the end. Several guests went back and had a party at their hotel as well I

I got married decades ago.
As expected, some of our older relatives left quite early in the evening, but that was fine and very much expected, and the numbers were boosted by the friends who came for the evening 'do'. So the room was full at the end of the night.

(but I too am feeling very deja vu about this thread)

Welcome to the club @Kite22 but OP denies all knowledge if you read the thread

Yes, I have read, but it seems such an odd thing to be worrying about as a newly wed, it seem strange that 2 people started the same thread within a few weeks.

Probably about 20 left at the end. But none of it matters - just that we are married and happy!

I’ve read the other thread! We both had people leave early it seems!

Bit is it early?

Surely once the ceremony is over and the dinner eaten, the main parts are over?

We had 120 and I think 90+ were there to the end at 1am. Would say that's been similar for every wedding I've been to.

No idea. We left at 9.30. Our London friends left on a coach at about 10, by home friends and people who had booked hotels hung about in the garden, it was beautiful night, my parents, grandparents and a few rellies and neigh ours stayed up until gone midnight.