Are they moving you to the bar area so it gives the hotel staff chance to clear up? I can understand that in a way as last orders for the party will have already gone and the dj will be finished. It's kind of standard times for a hotel. I'm sure most people will have had their fill of food by then. I can't see it being too much of a proble. If it's an issue, just get them to put your food at one end of the bar for your guests and theirs at the other x
Our venue has the capacity to hold another wedding in the pavillion that's in another part of the grounds. That bit is completely self contained but like you after a certain time any guests that are staying ver will have to move to the bar where we will be moved to. I can't see it being too big an issue. (like you I wish to be whisked away by then lol) x

We had another wedding in our venue on our wedding day. We both had small weddings - so the hotel put the other party in the function room for their reception and we had sole use of the restaurant.

In the evening both parties were in the hotel bar from about 7.30/8pm - and the hotel told us that we could bring our own CD's to be played as neither party had booked a dj. As we'd arrived in the bar first, we got our first CD put on - but unfortunately the other party were such a miserable lot, it looked like they were at a wake lol. They sat round one long table and didn't really get into the music (but at one point they started running round the table playing something that looked like musical chairs!! The mind boggles!!??!! lol)

Just before our CD finished they mumbled something about wanting their music on for their first dance, so we stopped ours. They had their first dance - then it was followed by a load of really bad dance music and they even sat down and none of them showed any interest in their own music.

In the end one of our guests (one with the gift of the gab lol) went back to the bar and got the rest of our music put back on so that our guests could have a dance etc. I didn't mind sharing the music - but the couple who had just got married looked like they were well into their 50's and all their guests looked between about 18 and early 20's - so I guess it was more the influence of the kids there with them that the music was how it was lol.

It didn't spoil our evening in any way though - in fact it made it more entertaining lol. I honestly don't think you'll have anything to worry about though if both parties are only going to be together at the end of the night - and the venue must be used to doing this so I'd trust them when they say you won't see any of the other party all day.

My venue has the capacity to hold 3 weddings, but we managed to get it exclusively for free. We would have all had use of the gardens for photo's etc. and I didn't really like the idea of having my photos taken at the same time as 2 other brides! I want to believe that I am the only bride on my wedding day! lol But if yours are completely seperate then I don't see a problem with it. As you said, you are hoping to be whisked away by the time they want to move you anyway so you probably wont see the other bride at all xxx

I think at 1am I would want to be going to be bed. Ours needs to finish at 12am, we could have got an extension but it was extra so did not bother.

I think ours would possibly be able to do two weddings if one was very small but to be honest, it's not an overly big building so to make it easier on them and everyone else they don't do it.

Our venue has 2 weddings on our date, they are both self contained up to a point, the grounds are kinda shared, but our co-ordinater says they try and stagger the weddings so the photos don't happen at the same time. Our smaller venue is off the back of the main hotel, the larger venue is a separate building 50m down the road, both have their own facilities, but after 12 the only bar open is the residents bar in the main hotel. I severely doubt I will still be going after midnight, it'll be a long emotional tiring day, but if I was and another bride was in the residents bar with me, I'd be fine about it, as long as she was also fine about it. I would get a bit angry and upset if she made it obvious that my presence offended her, like I was intruding on "her" wedding day.

It shouldn't be a problem if they are kept segregated - and at 1am most of your guests will have probably retired - weddings are looong days.

Potentially, we can have two weddings at our hotel as they have two function rooms but we have booked one for the ceromony (a stunning Georgian library) and the other for the breakfast.

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