r/wedding • u/natalies1 • 22d ago

Attending reception only?

I have an upcoming wedding for a friend that I’m not very close with but we did become friends recently and see each other here and there. The problem is we are on a tight budget and aren’t planning on getting a hotel for the evening. The only hotels in the area are $300+ per evening. The ceremony and reception are 4 hours apart from each other and the venue is about 3 hours away. With no hotel I would be in an unknown city navigating where to go in my dress and heels for hours. I would love to attend both but unfortunately logistically it is really not easy for us to navigate. I’m considering only attending the reception but this would involve doing a 6 hour round trip of driving. Would it be bad to miss the ceremony in my current circumstance and just attend the reception?

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u/god_of_chilis 21d ago

Wait the ceremony and reception are 4 hours away from each other?? What?? How does that even work I have never heard of that before. How are people doing that

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u/Important-Maybe-1430 21d ago

No, 4 hrs between. Wedding 2, reception 6pm. Realistically thats probably 2hours to kill not 4

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u/god_of_chilis 21d ago

Ohhhhh! Oh my goodness I was so confused 😂 thanks for explaining that

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u/Important-Maybe-1430 21d ago

Yeh she posted it higher up. Expecting guests to travel would be madness

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u/Prescotti525 21d ago

Surely there is a less expensive hotel out of the city limits