Anyone staying at home on their wedding night?

We live in Manhattan and wanted to stay in a hotel on our wedding night. However, the Republican National Convention starts the day after my wedding (DAMN REPUBLICANS) and all the hotels are booked or a fortune. FH wants to just stay at home and not spend the money. We re leaving for our honeymoon 5 days after our wedding and are staying in great hotels there.

Anyone else staying at home the night of their wedding?

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Meeeee!!! We want to go home and spread all the "gifts" on the bed and roll around on it.

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I was originally considering going home after the wedding, because it would have been one less expense we had to worry about. But after choosing my catering hall, the is a hotel literally steps away. I figured since my guests are staying there, we would too. But we arent getting a suite or anything, just a regular room. I see nothing wrong with what you are doing. After such a long day, there's nothing better than being able to sleep in the comfort of you own bed. See if someone can go to you place ahead of time and set up some champagne and petals on your bed to add a nice touch!!

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I am pretty sure we will be going to our new home/apt for the very first time.

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It's not uncommon to stay at home on your wedding night. Fortunately, my reception is at a hotel so I'm staying there for the night but you can think of it this way: What better way to consummate your marriage but in your own home and your own bed!

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At first I wanted to stay at a nice hotel on the wedding night, but I think we're just going to go home and celebrate.

A bottle of champagne and some dessert...because I know we'll be starving!

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Posted by diamondgrlie

Meeeee!!! We want to go home and spread all the "gifts" on the bed and roll around on it.

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I went home for my wedding night. It was so much easier, than we got up the next day and left for our honeymoon!

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thanks girls! You are making me feel so much better!

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Posted by WinterBride2005

I am pretty sure we will be going to our new home/apt for the very first time.

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I was going to to go home, but my girls and I are all getting ready at my house so I really don't want to go there because I'm sure the place will look like a disaster hit it. Plus my mom said if Idon't stay there she would come by sunday morning and clean up. YEAH!!!!!

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If the wedding was close to home we would have stayed at home, but since it's in LI and we're leaving from JFK in the morning it didn't make sense to go home.

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I am running into the same issue with the Republican convention. I am even considering booking all of my FI family - who all live in the city - Lower manhattan in a hotel in Long Island, so they won't have to bother with traveling in and out of the city that weekend. AAARGHHH, but we will not be staying in a hotel, we live in Queens and live together so we will go back to our place and just relax then off to the HM three days later.

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we arent going home

i feel as if you go home..it's over

it's like coming home from a long night of partying or home from work..
sad comparrsion but i don't want to go home

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As of right now the plan is to go home. We'll have a bottle of champagne and the hundreds of boxes of desserts from the vienesse hour to munch on. We're not leaving for our honeymoon until about two days after so no point in staying in a hotel for us. I look at it this way - hotel, home - no big difference - all that matters is that we're married and together that night!

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We stayed home on our wedding night and it was great! We had some champagne, opened some gifts and just went over the whole day and night.

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I am!
It will be our first night in our new house!!!!

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We probably are- our date is right in the middle of the school year (college, lol) and we have to postpone the honeymoon until the summer.

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I am planning on staying in a hotel that night - figuring that my bridal party and out of town guests will be there.

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We are definately staying at our place on the wedding night! When I am hungover the next day, I will be happy to have my own bed, toilet etc....^ y

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We're staying at our house on our Wedding night. We leave very early the next morning for our honeymoon (plane leaves 7:00am).
Plus, we want to open our gifts, sign all our checks so that my mom could bring them to the bank while we are on our honeymoon!

I am so happy we are going to stay home!!!

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WE're staying home. We won't get home for the reception until about 2:00 and we are not leaving for our honeymoon for 2 days. We figured it's better to go home and sleep in instead of having to worry about checking out by 11:00. (NOT planning on being out of bed at theat hour!)

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We are thinking about staying at home. We love our bed and our apartment. The plan is to leave for the honeymoon the next day so I think it will just be easier. Though it's an hour and a half back to our place. I am thinking about a limo just for us!

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We are staying at home that night. We discussed getting a room in the city, but it is so expensive. Our reception goes until 12:30am and I felt it was silly to pay $400 for a room for a few hours. I am sure we will have "fun" no matter where we are staying.

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We're staying at home because the recption is only 1 neighborhood over from where I live. We thought we would be crazy to spend the moeny to stay in a hotel nearby when we could use that $ for our honeymoon.