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my ceremony is starting at 5 because thats when all of the golf carts should be done cruising around. we're having it out on the clubhouse deck at a golf course. the ceremony will be short so the cocktail hour will be ~5 30 and dinner will be at 6:30 :)
Our ceremony will be outdoors (on an acreage) and will start at 4:30.
Our ceremony is going to be at a church and it starts at 330. The reception is outside under a tent on the water and it will begin at 530. Theres about a half hour ride from the church to the reception, so it should work out great!
Our church ceremony starts at 12 and the reception begins at 5:30. It is an indoor ceremony and reception.
Both my ceremony and reception are outdoors. My ceremony is starting at 4:00 to leave us time to take some family as well as beach photos before the reception which starts at 6:00. I didn't want anything to start too late since we have to wrap it up at 10:00.
Our ceremony is at 2 and should be ending around 3. We will have a receiving line afterwards which will take around 30 minutes, and our reception is at 6. We wanted lots of time to take photos in between :).. and that length of time in between is actually the norm around here. Family members and close friends tend to go to either the house of the parents of the bride or the parents of the groom for some drinks and appetizers while the bridal party finishes up with photos.
our wedding is at 2 and our reception starts at 5-6. we are not having a big party, just a nice sit down meal with 20 friends. we are having a cake etc, but no dancing. and the reception will probably end around 9 but we will stay around with friends that are still there, and maybe go for a drink in town with them.
Our ceremony is indoors in a church and starts at 7 with an hors'deourve reception immediately following
I'm trying to decide whether to have our ceremony at 5:30 or 6:00 PM. It's outdoors, and the reception is indoors at the same location. The ceremony will be short, so the cocktail hour will start about half an hour after the ceremony time, and the actual reception and dinner will start about an hour later. The exact timing is still all up in the air because I have to figure out how long post-ceremony photos will take, and whether we want to do a first look or not. I'm also struggling with the fact that I dont want to serve dinner super late, but I am interested in taking sunset photos after the ceremony and before the reception actually gets started, and sunset on our date is at 7:30. Why does there have to be so much to think about? :-P
My ceremony is starting at 2pm and ending around 2:15-2:20. The horse drawn carriage is arriving at 3pm and its one hour long and then we have a boat cruise from 4-5. Cocktail hour starts at 5. It just made more sense for us. We have a lot of places we wanted pictures taken so we needed a gap in between. Whether people care or not...doesn't concern me. Everyone is going to be spending the day on the island regardless, so a 2 hour gap shouldn't be terrible. They can hang out on the front porch and look at the lake, walk around town, hang out in the hotel, etc.
5:30PM: The wedding ceremony commences - (Outside).
6:00PM: Cocktail Hour (not sure, but think outside?)
7:00PM-11PM: Wedding breakfast (Inside)
11:00 onwards: Afterparty, differet venue.
@linz09: Our ceremony is at 1. and i have been stressing about the reception! I have no idea when to start the social hour and dinner before the dance! Any thouhts? What are you guys doing in the blocked time? Pictures of course... but anything for your guests? Our ceremony and reception venue are about 15 minutes apart in driving time. And i just have no idea what to have them all do while were out taking pictures!
Our ceremony is outside and begins at 2pm, then there will be mingling and cocktails while photos are being taken, and then an indoor reception at 5pm. after that, being August it should still be quite light at 7pm, we will go back into the garden and use the indoor and outdoor seating for more mingling and drinks. no dancing, just soft background music . small wedding party of 24 people.
Our wedding is on a Friday night, and the ceremony starts at 6 pm. Then the reception will be immediately following at the same location.
Sat night, outdoor wedding. Start time is 5:30 as suggested by the venue as we're having a smaller wedding and they need a few hours to get set up after a larger wedding there earlier in the day. I think the ceremony will take about a half hour- lots of readings by the kids, a guitar solo by my brother, etc. The cocktails on the lawn I think will start at like 6:15, dinner served inside at 7pm.
Ceremony: 2pm
Reception: Starts 6pm, dinner served shortly after. We will have appys and cocktails served before while the guests are waiting while we are getting our pictures done.
The ceremony is supposed to be outdoors under a tent but can be moved inside if the weather isn't great. The reception is at the same venue in the ballroom downstairs.
@vreelans: No I'm not doing anything for my guests in particular. They are all adults and can figure it out for themselves. Every wedding I go to is like his and there is nothing planned. My parents may have an open house for anyone that wants to go.
Our cocktail hour begins at 5:30 and then dinner at 6:30. I'm sure most will go get lunch and chill out during the time inbetween, that;s what I always do!
My ceremony is outside atndstarts at 7:00pm. Then we'll all just file down off the roof into the reception venue and start the party! We plan on doing pictures before the ceremony so we have enough sunlight. :D
Wow you guys are having your ceremonys late in the day. Is that the norm in the USA?
Where I'm from it's the born to have the ceremony around lunch time, mine will be at 1pm, that lasts for an hour, then on to reception (30min journey) canapés then 3course meal at 16:30, cocktail hour at 18:00 evening reception guests arrive 19:30
Hi there my Ceremony begins at 2pm in a Chapel, and from there 3pm the guests will head to the venue
Don't have all the times nailed down yet but dinner will prob be aroun 5pm, then take it from there.... 
All outdoors at my brothers summer home on Lake Huron.
Ceremony at 3:30 which willbe about 15 minutes. Dinner will start at 6. We are only having immediate family, 30 ppl, so during the 2+ hours we are doing photos. Our gift to each family is a family portrait of their own little families. Also during this time we are serving horderves (sp), lemonade, beer and we have different activities planned like a scavenger hunt. Half of our guests are children ages 2 - 18. I hate for guests to not have anything to do during photos. Dinner and dances until the wee hours of the night.
4pm with reception immediately following at 4:30. I wish I had picked later in the day but this works out since we get to hang out with all of our out of town guests after the wedding. If we want to go into the city and party we can or we can just stay at the resort.
My ceremony is starting at 5pm and then the reception is going to be immediately after at 5:30 across the street in the ferry terminal. We are doing pictures before so I want to make sure the pictures afterwards only take a short time. We are having cocktail/appetizer hour from 5:30-6:30 then dinner 6:30-7:30. We have to be out of the venue (ie everything cleaned and closed by midnight) so we are going to shut things down at 10:30 then go somewhere else.
Guests arrive at 5, ceremony 5:30, cocktail hour 6-7, reception 7-11. I am so happy that I'm having our ceremony onsite!
@roberts2b: it's very common to have evening weddings in the US :)
Our ceremony is in a church and starts at 4pm. Everyone should be out of the church by 5ish.
Cocktail hour starts at 6 (about 15 minutes away), dinner at 7. Party ends and midnight...then the afterparty continues until 4am downstaris! Gotta love those Buffalo bars!
our ceremony is starting at 530 and reception is starting about 7p to 11pm
No clue! I am actually trying to base my outdoor time on my Canadian friends that have posted above since I'm in Western WA and we'll have similar weather. Sounds like a 2pm start time with cocktails at 3 or 4 sounds good to maximize natural light/warmth. :)
Ceremony @ 2pm (about an hour)
Supper @ 6pm
Dance to start when supper is put away and the dance floor is ready.
We didn't want to have a lot of gaps, but our church ceremony had to start at 2pm, since there was a regular mass that starts at 4. We decided to pushed the supper back to 6 to have less gap between the dinner and the dancing. We don't want to start the dancing too early - since it's August it will be light out pretty late. We'd rather have one bigger gap than two small gaps. Don't want to lose momentum!!! (As you can probably tell, we've stressed a lot over timing and gaps.) It's all good now - it's printed on the invites that are waiting to be addressed and mailed out.
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Hi
For us August brides, what are you all planning for start times? Is your ceremony outdoors and when does your reception start?
Thanks