What time did you need to be at your wedding? What time did you need to get up? How much sleep did you get?

Question

I needed to be at my wedding venue about 6:10 am to be dressed on-site and ready for my 1 hour makeup appointment. (Wedding start time was 11:30 am.) Needed to be there waaay early for makeup (1 hr. appt.), hair (1 hr. 15 min.), and photography. Had to be up 5 am. I probably got about 4 hours sleep and the groom only got 2 hours! But we were both wide awake for the entire wedding including reception. I think it was worth it to get up early, be married by noon, enjoy the rest of the day, and go to sleep early.

Answer 1

I haven't had my wedding yet.. not until May. But when my sister got married I spent the night at her house and we maybe got 2 hours of sleep. I'm sure I will be too excited/nervous to sleep. But I think with your adrenaline you can make it through the day because you are excited, happy, and nervous.  

Answer 2

I needed to be at my wedding by 1:00 pm. I had to get up at 7:00 am to pick up my bouquet and then be at the beauty salon at 8:30 am, the photographer was going to be at my house at 11:00 am to start taking the before shots of before changing into my wedding dress.

I think I slept a total of six hours and I thought that was pretty good considering I was so nervous and stressed out.  

Answer 3

We had an evening wedding.  We needed to be at the venue by 4:45 in the afternoon.  I got up about 7:00 a.m., and made breakfast for myself, my fiance and our house guests.  My hair appointment was at 10:00 a.m., a 45-minute drive away.  I did my own make-up.  We both got 8 hours of sleep and felt good on our wedding day, all through the reception ending at midnight.  It's a stressful enough day without adding in lack of sleep.  I recommend plenty of sleep and a good breakfast, with some lunch or snack before the ceremony.

Answer 4

WOW! Major props to you and the hubby.

Scares me though! Our wedding is at 10am! So early! Any tips on how to get everything done that morning in such a short amount of time?

I agree with you though that it's better to just get it done. Our reception will be over by 3:30 which will give us time to change and go to our hotel by the beach, have dinner, etc etc etc, and have a good nights sleep before we leave on our cruise the next morning!