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That is the stereotypical Indian wedding, but I have been to many that run on time and I definitely plan to have mine run on a schedule. It is useful to have various people who are not in the wedding (I am having a selection of my parents friends and my FI's parents friends) make sure to wrangle up the stragglers and make sure people are moving according to where they need to be. I am allowing some wiggle room in all events but that is mostly because our wedding is large and it will take some time for people to get everywhere.
That's just a huge stereotype, I would personally be kind of offended if a vendor said that to me.
All of the Hindu weddings I've been to (not sure if that's what you're planning or not) have started on time, since the timing of the ceremonies is very important and predetermined, but some of the guests come late. Since its normally like 2-2.5 hours long, is it a big deal if you come an hour late? No, I don't think so. The "important" ceremonies are the last ones anyway.
If you are planning to have the reception immediately following the ceremony then everyone will already be there! If they need to move to a different location just have a close family friend or someone herding them -- like mrspeacock said.
You can also put a slightly earlier time on your invites if this concerns you (especially if you are having a shorter ceremony). I think you should just try not to let a few stragglers get to you, just keep the wedding on your own schedule and people will show up when they do, you really can't control that :)
I was completely shocked when she said it! I was like umm ok... I talked to me fiance and he said that some of his family is notoriously late but they won't be HOURS late.
But like you've both said, if our ceremony and reception is in the same place (which it will be) the whole super duper late thing shouldn't be too much of an issue. My fiance and I are going to try to make a timeline for the day's events and just try our best to keep things as close to schedule as possible.
ha my family has a member who is always hours late. my parents told him (my uncle) that their wedding was 2 hours before it was. he was still really late, and we are a really white (english/ irish etc) family so i think punctuality has nothing to do with nationality! lol I am actually worried about lateness because my fam is notorious, even if they stay in the hotel that the wedding is in lol.
I think most weddings tend to run off schedule. You still should have a timeline but be realistic in realizing if you want the first dance at 7:06 pm, its not gonna happen! So many weddings I have worked they expect the ceremony to start RIGHT on time, not a minute later. This has never happened, they always start anywhere from 5-20 minutes late but they get back on track somewhere thoughout the evening. If your guests are going to be an hour late, start the ceremony without them!!!
Timelines are the way to go for a wedding, so everyone participating has something to go by. Accounting for some extra time where guests may be late or things may generally run late is a good idea. During my wedding, I always left an extra 15 to 20 min, for every major event throughout the evening.
Good Luck!
I don't about nationality not having anything to do with not being on time. Every single Indian I know is always late for every event there is. I personally have been late to a couple of weddings. One of my goals for my wedding is for it to start on time, which I means I need to get into gear myself on all the days events.
LOL! Yeah I'm trying to remind all of our family members that we only have a limited time in the venues so everything has to start on time. We'll see what happens though. I've actually seen a few invites where the timeline was printed on them. I don't know if that's a good option though...
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I visited a few venues this weekend and was told by one coordinator (who says she's handled many South Asian weddings) that Indian weddings never start on time and planning any kind of timeline is pointless. Is this true?? My family is rather punctual and most venues only give you 5 - 6 hours of use for their facility. Should I worry about people being hours late? Is is ridiculous to keep the ceremony and recpetion on a timeline???