Reception finish time 10pm? Rough timeline..
Hi all! Just wondering, is a 10pm reception finish time the norm? Most venues (that aren’t a big hotel) seem to have a standard 10pm finish time. Some have the option to add time for $1000s/hr (eg $1800 for 1 hr, $30/person/hr! etc.), so we’re considering just going with the 10pm finish! And although we realise it’ll be a long ass day for us, we also don’t want to feel rushed or disappointed. For context, we’re in our 40s, it’ll be a Tuesday, ceremony would be at 3pm, everything at the one venue, we’re shift workers as are most of our friends so it won’t necessarily be a workday the next day. It’s not a normal venue, it’s more of a wildlife park so there’ll be an experience or 2 for the guests to have also. Afterwards there may be a pub nearby we can go to or someone’s hotel room/airb&b to carry on if we’re feeling it, however being a weekday night it may be difficult to find somewhere still open and we were trying to avoid needing to have an “after party” so to speak.. I’ll attach a rough draft of our timeline for any feedback/advice, but any insight be appreciated - thanks in advance!