I'm looking at having the reception at a place pretty far out east. The church is in Kings Park - How far is too far to ask guests to drive. I'm looking at about 45min to 1 hr between the church and the hall.
Bebalina
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more then an hour to me is too far
BCTM33
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Are you taking into consideration the time of year, week, etc and traffic. A Fri. night in the summer would take forever to get out east...I think anything more than an hour from the church might be a little too far....
CaCRmr
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Yea, I would go with more than an hour from church to hall would be too far. I shoudn't talk...mine is 10 mintues (lol)
james'pokey
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I think if you hit an hour it may be too far.
SeptemberBride03
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I would keep it to half hour. I had a similar situation - my church is in E. Northport and I wanted to look at the Vineyard Caterers. I didn't due to the fact that I didn't want to inconvenience my guests and I was unwilling to choose another church.
nov04LIbride
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I think anything more than a 1/2 hour is a pain...
ChristineC68
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I think somewhere at the one hour mark is fine - just make sure your guests have enough time to get there.
FLaCaTaCa
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Mine is about a 35 minutes away.
Summerbride04
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I think anything more than a 1/2 hour and most people will probably be skipping the church and just going to the reception.
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Posted by vhollo01
I'm looking at having the reception at a place pretty far out east. The church is in Kings Park - How far is too far to ask guests to drive. I'm looking at about 45min to 1 hr between the church and the hall.
That is about how far my church to hall distance is too.
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Posted by vhollo01
I'm looking at having the reception at a place pretty far out east. The church is in Kings Park - How far is too far to ask guests to drive. I'm looking at about 45min to 1 hr between the church and the hall.
Personally, I think that's fine. I wouldn't not go to a wedding because of the distance! JMO.
tina_cuse01
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I would keep it under 90 minutes - that is just too much to me. Preferably I would say 45-60 mins is good. Since you are looking at Oct, there shouldn't be as much traffic as in the summer.
I once went to a ceremony in Brooklyn and then to a reception at the Carlyle in Bethpage.
