To help save some pennies me and h2b were thinking of having the wedding ceremony in the afternoon so then we could go into the evening reception (so to speak). and it saves money by not having to cater a 3course meal for 45 people or however many!
Has anyone else had/having this? Just wondered what you all thought?

im thinking of doing this. i could save us another 1k doing it. im very tempted but partner wont allow it i dont think.

we are having a 4pm wedding, no sit down meal then an evening buffet, for 2 reasons really, the main 1 is to save pennies and the 2nd because some guests are travelling from scotland so it gives them time to travel here and get changed before the ceremony. x

we have a 3pm wedding and after buffet.because we got little ones its will be till 10pm.

This is what we are doing to cut costs too. ceremony at 4pm then a hot buffet at about 6ish. Its saved us ALOT of pennies! xxx

The latest you can get married is 6pm. When they say 6pm they mean that you have to be married and the service over by then. Its a good idea though and great way to save some pennies. Also means you get a lay in that morning and bags of time to get ready.

We are having our civil ceremony (the legal bit), at 3pm followed by a pagan handfasting, and a hog roast late afternoon. I am worrying people will be hungry later in the evening so still undecided what to do about that lol.

I want a late wedding. Only coz i take ages to get ready and i want sunset pictures

We are getting married about 3ish, and then having a big posh buffet rather than a sit down meal. I would hate to pay £40 a head and someone not eat and we want a more relaxed atmosphere too, so saving money and will have the wedding we want without me having to force feed an expensive meal down my guests throats, eat it...eat it!!! lol :)

We are having a late afternoon wedding too and just having a bbq/disco in the evening :) x

am the opposite! i liek the whole sit down meal part!! ours aint that expensvie either!! and want a early weddin as i wanna be the princess 4 longer

I am hoping to have the ceremony at about 4pm and then just have a buffet later. It saves money, everyone will be able to come to everything then so no people left our of the ceremony and i dont go out for meals and spend £40 a head when its just me and H2B so defo not wanting to do it for 50 people! The only problem is though, ive read some brochures and some venues are iffy about doing it...or sometimes they do discounts if you have both. Im going to see some venues this weekend though so hopefully ill be able to tell them what i want! =] x

were getting married at 3pm, but by the time we get to the venue and everything it will probably be about 4ish, were having a small buffet for the day guests then a bigger one for the evening guests

we're having a 3.30 service and only and evening buffet.... saved us a lot of money and thus we could have more people at the whole even

bbq for 150?? crikey! that means u can invite 250 and still be well enough food lol

Thats what Im doing - Im getting married at 4pm and the wedding reception (big party with buffet in a social club) at 6pm.. xx