Timings or the day help?

Are you having guest photos at the church or just wedding party/you and H?

How many photos are you having at the reception venue? Are you serving canapes and/or drinks?

Hi Kharv

We would like a few guest photos at the church (because the reception is a golf club so we can't drag them all over the grounds! lol) but we're not planning on having many to be honest.

Then wedding party photos and B&G portraits at the reception venue.

Do you think I haven't allowed enough time at the church? I just don't want guests getting fed up waiting around the church for photos ☹️ At least the guests can sit and relax and have a drink in the bar once they arrive at the reception venue while we disappear off for more photos. Unfortunately We don't have the budget for canapes, it's so expensive already.

Thanks for your help hun

If your ceremony takes an hour, you probably want to leave half an hour spare afterwards for guest photos with a view to trying to get it done in 15 mins!

How far is it from the church to the reception venue?

When are your guests checking into hotels?

Sorry for all the questions!

Ok, it's 15 min drive to the reception from the church. So assuming we finish between 2:15pm and 2:30pm at the latest, guests should be arriving at the reception venue between 3:00pm and 3:15pm?

Oh gosh I hadn't thought of that! Most guests are staying the night before as they are out of town, the few that aren't there the night before are staying at our reception venue or the travel lodge opposite so they could be checking in before the wedding breakfast?

No, all the questions are good and helpful because I am betting I won't have thought of nearly half the things I should have!! ☹️ I've just spotted another post about timings! Lol, I'm so glad I'm not the only one panicking!

Don't worry too much about guests checking in - just contact the hotel and ask them about check in times. I put a note into my invitations advising people to check in at midnight after the evening reception (after checking with the hotel).

If you think you might lose some people for a bit in the middle as they may choose to go and check in, then I would get your big group photo etc done at the church for sure - that way all they'll be missing is the drinks reception.

So, with that in mind I would go with something like:

Ceremony: ****

Photos: ****

Drinks reception: **** (this allows people time to check in and for you to have your 'you and him' photos done at the reception venue)

Seated for dinner: 16.30

Dinner: ****

Evening guests from 19.30

How does that sound?

(I would always check your timings with your venue and church before planning too much around them!).

Ah kharv you're amazing! Lol! That sounds perfect - Obviously I need to confirm the timings with the church, reception venue and photographers but I was struggling to even get a vague framework out to them that made sense ☹️ my sense of timings all out. I'm always late everywhere and I estimate a job at 10 mins when really it takes 20.... OH much the same so we have been hopelessly lost trying to get these timings for the day together!

I'll send this along and see what they think ? Thanks for your help lovey xx

No worries - pleased I could help! ?