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@StarIzInkd: If the cocktail hour is your favorite part, why not skip having a dinner and have a cocktail reception? Take the elements you like best about them and make them part of the whole evening.
@Cappugcino: THAT would be an awesome idea. I would have no problem making a 5 hour event out of cocktail hour and maybe saving some money but unfortunately I am the only one who thinks that idea is doable. The man laughs at that and both sides of parents don't think that is ok. We'll just see what they are all willing to help with $ wise since I am the only one okay with saving by doing that. Oh well lol.
I'm having the same time issue in my head. I looove cocktail hour. So many little things to choose from, drinks, up and mingling with friends and family. We are having the ceremony/reception at the same place also...while we take pictures, our guests will be drinking, mingling, eating. I'm so much concerned about missing it for pictures BUT I am just curious on how long the cocktail hour should be. I KNOW it says HOUR but is that the standard amount of time?? lol
I would never do pics before either, I just cant imagine doing that...When my sister finally arrived at her cocktail hour..there was about 15-20 minutes left. I think she was happy with that!
My best friend lucked out and the venue decided to give her an extra half hour for no extra charge because half the people had arraived and we were just hanging out in the bridal suite after the pics were taken. An hour adn a half was AWESOME. Its what I would really love to have. I don't think I'd be happy with 15-20 minutes left, I would feel rushed and overwhelmed :/
I didn't want to miss our cocktail hour either. We did almost all our photos before hand and just a few after. We were there for almost the whole cocktail hour that happened right after the ceremony. It worked great for us and I don't feel like anything was missed by seeing eachother before hand.
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So my favorite part of the wedding has always been the cocktail hour. I could care less about the dinner to be honest. However, we are looking at venues now and it seems easier to have the ceremony at the reception site to save on $$ (as long as I find a ceremony site that is up to my standards first). But it was then brought up that we would miss our cocktail hour because the guests would go off to cocktail hour STRAIGHT from the ceremony and we would be off to take photos... UNLESS we go the UNtraditional way and do photos first which is NOT EVER something I would do.
Anyone have this problem? What did you do? What do you suggest?