What to Expect After Securing Your Wedding Date!
As an all-inclusive and private wedding venue, our goal is to ensure your Morningside Inn wedding feels effortless! We can take care of ALL your wedding day celebration essentials! The first portion of this Morningside Inn wedding guide will walk you through your wedding planning process to help you stay on top of wedding day details.
images by Retrospect Designs
How to Prepare for Your Morningside Inn Wedding
Log in to your custom Planning Tool provided by Morningside Inn!
- Organize and plan your Morningside Inn wedding by filling out the following info:
- Bridal Party and Ceremony details
- Enter your decoration plans for each area of Morningside Inn – our coordinator will set all of this out for you on the day of your wedding!
- Play with the Dinner and Reception Layout of your special day with our Interactive Layout!
- List all your wedding vendors (business name + contact info), this way we may contact your wedding pros if needed.
- Organize your guest list by table and let our Planning Tool automatically populate accurate guest counts for bar, catering, and food allergies.
Schedule your Ceremony Rehearsal on the Thursday before your wedding.
Contact Morningside Inn Preferred Vendors
- Preferred Wedding Vendors are listed below:
Photography: Retrospect Designs
Florals: Flowers by Wendy Carol Wedding Florist
DJ/Entertainment: Sound Station DJ Services
Tasting Event
- The invitation is emailed with your Planning Tool after the booking
- Held in January or July
- Meet our staff & preferred vendors
- Taste fresh menu choices and prepare to finalize your menu
Planning with Coordinator
- Scheduled after Tasting Event
- Review all elements of the Planning Tool
- Finalize menu and package options
- Choose linen colors
- Finalize room layout and decorations.
- Walk around the venue to clarify the placement of decorations
- Indicate gifts & decorations responsible adult who will take decorations and gifts home
Ceremony Rehearsal
- Morningside Inn Coordinator guides and directs wedding party and officiant
- Drop off your decorations
30 Days Before Wedding
- Finalize Guest Count
- Final Payment Due
- List
Wedding Day:
Relax & Enjoy. Our staff will make your day amazing!
READ all of the Morningside Inn wedding FAQ’s! (scroll ALL the way down!).
Below is an example timeline of a Saturday Evening Morningside Inn wedding and reception. Your wedding start time and length may vary. This wedding timeline example showcases a wedding timeline that we know is foolproof with Morningside Inn weddings!
A Morningside Inn Wedding Day Timeline Examples
Saturday Evening:
4:00 pm Arrival of the wedding party and vendors
6:00 pm Ceremony
6:30 pm Cocktail Hour
Downstairs Bar Open
Hor d’oeuvres
Bridal Party Photographs
7:30 pm Dinner In Dining Room
Bridal Party Introduction
Blessing & Toasts
Dinner Served
8:30 pm Reception Continues Downstairs
Downstairs Bar Open
Introduction
Special Dances
Dance Floor Opens
Cake Cutting
10:30 pm Bar Closes
11:00 pm Send-Off & Guest Departure (Morningside Inn staff will clean up!)
Looking for something unique for your wedding? Morningside Inn has an amazing brunch menu option for Saturday Day weddings. French toast and mimosas? Yes Please!
Saturday Day:
9:00 am Arrival of the wedding party and vendors
11:00 am Ceremony
11:30 am Cocktail Hour
Downstairs Bar Open
Hor d’oeuvres
Bridal Party Photographs
12:30 pm Dinner In Dining Room
Bridal Party Introduction
Blessing & Toasts
Dinner Served
1:30 pm Reception Continues Downstairs
Downstairs Bar Open
Introduction
Special Dances
Dance Floor Opens
Cake Cutting
3:00 pm Bar Closes
3:30 pm Send-Off & Guest Departure (Morningside Inn staff will clean up!)
Friday/Sunday Wedding
3:00 pm Arrival of the wedding party and vendors
6:00 pm Ceremony
6:30 pm Cocktail Hour
Downstairs Bar Open
Hor d’oeuvres
Bridal Party Photographs
7:30 pm Dinner In Dining Room
Bridal Party Introduction
Blessing & Toasts
Dinner Served
8:30 pm Reception Continues Downstairs
Downstairs Bar Open
Introduction
Special Dances
Dance Floor Opens
Cake Cutting
10:00 pm Bar Closes
10:30 pm Send-Off & Guest Departure (Morningside Inn staff will clean up!)
Your Very Own Wedding Coordinator!
Every Morningside Inn wedding receives a complimentary wedding coordinator, you can relax knowing your Morningside Inn wedding coordinator has the following tasks handled:
Before Your Morningside Inn Wedding
- Set up Dining Room as determined at Planning
- Table and chair layout and linens
- Pre-assembled and unwrapped wedding favors, centerpieces, guestbook
- Seating chart and Pre-alphabetized place cards
- Cake knife
- Preassembled and unwrapped non-floral decorations
- Set up Ceremony Site
- Chairs
- Signs, wedding programs
- Preassembled non-floral decorations
- Direct the bridal party to the correct parking area and rooms
- Direct wedding vendors and answer questions
- Move ceremony indoors (inclement weather)
During Wedding/ Event
- Direct wedding guests to the drop-off area & parking
- Greet guests and hang coats
- Assist guests with accessibility needs
- Cut and serve wedding cake – Box extra wedding cake to take home
- Perform clean-up throughout and after the reception
- Maintain wedding schedule
After Wedding/ Event
- Box up decorations in the original box and store them at the entrance for your designated gifts & decorations contact to take home
