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How common is the “morning-after” brunch? It seems a little weird for us to host a brunch the day after our wedding, since the wedding itself IS a brunch!
According to different people, the brunch is not mandatory, but a nice thing to do. In fact, paraphrasing from the knot, it is generally paid for by the bride’s family, although in this day and age it’s often paid for by the couple!
Well, as we’re poor, there won’t be any buffet. At least not funded by us! 
If so, is it going to be hosted by you or family?
We are having a dinner reception, so most people will be spending the night. Our hotel actually offers a complimentary breakfast to our guests so for lunch we are going to offer a day after lunch at a friend’s Chinese buffett restaurant as an optional choice should people decide to stick around that long.
My fiance really wants to do this. I don’t think we have the budget, so I just don’t know yet. I’d rather have a picnic or something simple, but most of our out-of-town guest may leave early. One more thing to think about & plan!
We are hosting a brunch/lunch the next day because half of our guests are traveling to our wedding. We are getting married in Rhode Island and since Federal Hill in Providence is known for great Italian food… and our favorite pizza place there is Caserta’s (which we tell EVERYONE about).. we’re having it there. Pizza party for everybody!!
i’m hosting brunch the next morning. :O
We are dong this, I guess, but pretty informally: we are hitting the hot continental breakfast in the hotel, and letting our guests know that we’ll be there.
I think it’s a nice idea especially since many guests are paying so much money to come see you for one night. Although when my brother did it (his was the first I’d ever seen) I was thinking “didn’t we make a big deal about sending you off last night?” But it was nice because it was way less formal and really just immediate family.
As for us, we have to leave at 9 the next morning to drive five hours to the port where our honeymoon cruise leaves from, so there will be no day-after celebreation. Maybe I’ll talk to the hotels and see if they can throw in a bagel or something 
We chose to have a morning-after brunch after we had to change our wedding from Saturday to Friday due to complications with our reception site. So, my mom’s best friend (who knew about the whole ordeal) offered to host a morning-after brunch for our family and bridal party. I’m looking forward to being able to spend some quiet time with the people most important to us before we leave for our mini-moon (being planned as a surprise for us by my MOH, did I mention I have the most amazing people in my life?). 
We’re having a brunch, but it will be fairly small–about 1/3 of our guest list, and is almost identical to our rehearsal dinner list: immediate family, really close friends, and extended family who have traveled for the wedding.
My parents have a large house, so we’re just hosting it there and it should cause minimal financial burdon.
Hmm…I think I’ll just make a post
My mother in law will be hosting a breakfast/brunch through the morning at the hotel.
We’re having a very informal one, just because everyone is coming up for the weekend (only 2 or 3 of our guests live within an hour of the site). Since some people will probably leaving relatively early and others will be sleeping in a bit, we’re just going to have a ton of bagels and muffins out on a table at the house (huge summer place where we’re getting married) and coffee and tea, and then eggs if anyone wants to make them for themselves, that kind of thing. So we still get the additional bonding time at minimal expense and energy expenditure.
this is a current issue for us, with a BM saying it’s pretty mandatory and me not agreeing. As an alternative (since breakfast is included) we will hang out in the lobby-ish area with snack road bags, and then hand them out over breakfast.
My parents are hosting a day-after lunch on Saturday for all of the family and friends. It’ll be a pretty casual affair at their house for people to spend more time together (since we don’t see our extended families and many friends very often). I’m planning on showing up a little late, though, since it is the morning after my wedding!
We’re planning on this — both my fiance and I *love* going out for breakfast, and I’ve always wanted to have a post-wedding brunch with close family and out-of-town guests. We’re still in the early planning stages of our wedding, so nothing official yet.
My husband and I just met with a few of our closest out of town friends at a restaurant the next morning for a no-host thing, which one of the bridesmaids ended up paying for as a gift to us. There wasn’t any official planning in all that though.
I will be hosting a day-after brunch for our parents and siblings only. It is something that I feel very strongly about, I really want to have some time just to celebrate with our immediate families, and the brunch is perfect. It’s also a nice way for us to say goodbye and wrap up the wedding festivities before we go on our honeymoon.
We told the out of town guests when and where we would be going to brunch the next day and that they were welcome to join us. We did not “host” the brunch, meaning we didn’t pay for everyone.
So many people had traveled from out of town that we wanted one more opportunity to see them if possible.
I love the brunch idea, but know that it’s not the in budget, really… I went to a cousin’s wedding last summer and it was over the top- omlette station, hot breakfast food, fresh fruit, yougurt… you name it, it was there! They also had leftover desserts from the dessert tables at the reception… everything was VERY good… but obviously, very expensive! We decided to look for a hotel with complimentary continental breakfast, so that our guests won’t need to worry about finding a place to get breakfast. My mom is also thinking about having something informal at her house later in the morning, I think- just simple foods laid out on the table.
my mom and her best friend are hosting a brunch/lunch for us the next day. we are paying for the wedding ourselves, as neither of our family could afford to… so it made my mom really happy that she could do this for us. it is going to be casual, complete with margaritas for the adults and swimming for the kids! i can’t wait
We are having a destination wedding and are doing a welcome lunch the friday before the wedding.
For the day after brunch, we are going to do it unhosted. We are just going to find a place to eat that is large enough for people to join us if they would like. I would love to pay for it but alas, its not in our budget.
Its not mandatory but it’s alway nice to spend more time with everyone before they leave.
just to add - we’re doing it mainly because we can afford to. but if we couldn’t - honestly we probably wouldn’t heh.
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