That’s normal I think. A lot of times there’s an “after party”

No. Typically the bride and groom crowd will have an after party smaller get together elsewhere.

It would be early for me, but doesnt seem that weird. I love an afternoon or brunch wedding where I can be home and in jammies not too late.

You do realize the cleaning people need to start cleaning the venue, the catering people need to clear the food and wash the dishes and get the place ready for the next day's wedding, etc.?

Um, that’s beyond normal. Are you OK, OP? Are you mad you’ll be on your own for late-night drinking, bummed that you’ll be cut off from freebies?

Seems like a perfect time to end. The old people can go to bed and the young people go to the after party.

Yeah, not early. We "bought" an extra hour at our wedding venue and went to 11 PM and then a bunch of folks ended up at the hotel bar until that closed at 2AM. That was with a 4PM Catholic mass. 6 to 7 cocktail hour and then dinner.

Last wedding I was in a tent that was attached to a hotel that was in the middle of town. Ended at 10PM. I'm sure visitors staying at that hotel didn't want to hear music at 11PM and later.

Our wedding reception ended at 10. Seems normal. If you want to continue the party, find a bar somewhere.

Seems normal. We paid more to extend ours to 11pm; ended up not going with one but many winery venues we looked at had a requirement event ended by 10pm. (Maybe a local noise ordinance?)

I'm usually more than ready to leave by 10:00.

Anonymous wrote:No, that seems late. What happened to wedding breakfasts and luncheons?

Yuck. My friend had a brunch wedding and we had to report to hair and makeup at like 3am.

Anonymous wrote:No, that seems late. What happened to wedding breakfasts and luncheons?

Those are for the poor.

We had an interfaith ceremony that included two members of the clergy. To accommodate that, we had to get married on a Sunday instead of a Saturday. Because people were going to have to work the next day, our ceremony and reception ran from 3:30-9:00. If a ceremony doesn’t begin until 6:30 on a Saturday night, then yeah, reception ending at 10 is a pretty short timeline.