The sendoff
A sendoff is completely optional here. Most couples head straight to dinner or their reception spot and skip it — guests drift out from the patio, and you leave when you're ready. If you'd like one, guests line the path outside and cheer you out, and you'll choose the time in the Pre-Wedding Questionnaire — anywhere from 60 to 10 minutes before your window closes. Leave 15–20 minutes after it for goodbyes and stragglers. Before the sendoff, the patio is yours for a first dance, the toast, and cake — see the patio.
What your guests can wave, blow, or toss
- Bubbles — yes, always. Bring your own; no add-on needed, and they photograph beautifully.
- Ribbon wands, flags, bells — yes. Anything waved rather than thrown is welcome.
- Flower petals — indoors only. These can be used for your ceremony but cannot be thrown outside for your sendoff.
- Rice, confetti, birdseed, glitter — no, inside or out.
- Sparklers — only through our Sparkler Send-Off add-on (Premier). We supply long-burning wedding sparklers and our team lights them outdoors, in a spot we choose, and handles safety and cleanup. Sparklers you bring yourself, fireworks, and anything with an open flame aren't allowed. Sparklers work at any Premier time and glow brightest after sunset; if it's too windy to light them safely, we'll delay or skip them and refund the add-on.
Wrapping up
Your whole celebration — ceremony, photos, sendoff, grounds — lives inside your window, and the chapel turns back into a blank canvas when it closes:
- Everything you brought goes home with you: decor, cake stands, champagne empties, vow books, the flower girl's basket, anything in the suites. Assign a wrap-up person (the music lead often doubles nicely) and bring the boxes things came in. We set out a trash can for you.
- Photos end when the window ends — including on the grounds. If photos matter most to your day, build your timeline around them: see sample timelines.
- Running late on the way out, or leaving spills and trash beyond normal use, comes out of the refundable hold — an on-time, tidy exit keeps it untouched and everyone happy.
Then: dinner, dancing, or a quiet drive through the Hill Country — our Reception Ideas has the shortlist.