Time limit of AHR

[jeasterw]

Hello Fellow DW brides, My fiance and I are having a destination wedding in Key West, FL in March of 2013. Its going to be closest family and friends. We are planning to have an AHR when we return to Michigan. We have heard to do it sooner rather than later but my FI parents live in Florida and Tennessee so we would like to give them a rest between traveling for the ceremony and traveling for the reception. How long is too long to wait for the reception. Would July still be ok?

[kks2012]

We got married on May 8 and our AHR was May 26 (Memorial Day weekend). Pros to this, we got all wedding events finished by the end of the month and it was a huge relief to be finished. But we were also making sure final deposits were in as we were traveling to our honeymoon and when we got back. We did a cookout reception. They wore casual clothes and we wore our wedding clothes the whole time (wasn't planned that way) but people had a great time.

 

I say have it closer rather than farther away from the time. By that time you will just want to be married and enjoy your life and not want to worry about accomadating others.

[chippymunk]

Sooner rather then later is probably best. We will be having two (one in his hometown and one in mine...they are 8 hours apart, and that was a big reason we choose to have a destination wedding), both will be very casual. I'd say 4-6 months out would be the maximum wait period, anything longer and it would seem a little off...but I don't know what the etiquete actually is.

[LAtravelgirl]

I agree with chippymunk, 4-6 months seems like the longest, unless you want to call it an anniversary celebration and do it a year after.

[kmmathes]

Does anyone have an idea of how long it takes to get back wedding pictures? We were hoping to have the AHR far enough after to be able to display our pictures for those who didn't make the trip.

[Mufin1785]

Originally Posted by kmmathes 

 

Does anyone have an idea of how long it takes to get back wedding pictures? We were hoping to have the AHR far enough after to be able to display our pictures for those who didn't make the trip.

It depends on your photographer, our photographer said our photos would be ready before we leave the Dominican republic. 

[MrsElephant]

We had our AHR a week after our wedding. We didn't have any of our pro pictures to show at the reception, but we made a slideshow of some non pro pictures to show our guests during dinner. I'd say have the AHR sooner rather than later. I can't tell you how relieved we were that we were finally back to normal and don't have to deal with our wedding anymore!

[kmmathes]

Yeah that's true, sounds like a good idea!