What time is your ceremony?

2pm and evening guests arriving at 7.30ish (I think, I need to speak to the venue about the second time to see what they suggest)

Intimate ceremony in City Hall at 11am, own ceremony type thing with guests at 3pm, dinner at 5.30/6 and then evening guests at 8pm.

Civil ceremony at 1.30, blessing at 2.15, wedding breakfast at 4. It's afternoon tea so won't take as long as a full hot meal, then evening guests are arriving around 6.30.

Our wedding service is at 3pm. Gives me time to get ready slowly and also guests can eat brunch before they leave.

our venue would allow us to go on till 1am so don't think the day will go top quick

Ours is a church service, starting at 1.30. i'd say anytime between 12.30 and 2 would be fine. when I've been to an 11am wedding the day just seemed too long.

Slightly different for us because the wedding breakfast is literally just the meal, and we're moving the speeches and cake cutting into the 'evening reception' part so everyone can enjoy them.

1.30pm ceremony begins followed by blessing

2.15pm ceremony ends, drinks in the garden.

2.30pm photographs.

3.45pm wedding breakfast guests assemble, barbecue served.

5.15pm wedding breakfast ends

5.30pm evening guests join us.

6.00pm speeches.

7.15pm cutting of the cake.

7.30pm first dance.

8.30pm evening buffet served.

11.00pm last dance, departure of the bride and groom.

Midnight - non guests must have vacated premises, residents may continue in the hotel bar if needed.

Don't worry about the day dragging - it'll rush by for you, and guests will appreciate time to mingle and chat with other guests, and if they're staying over, they'll need some time to check in to their hotel. Those with children will appreciate gaps in the programme for their offspring to let off steam, feed or sleep as required.

It's an often made mistake that we feel we have to entertain our guests all the time - they're adults and perfectly capable of looking after themselves particularly if the bar is open... and the children are the responsibility of the parents at all times.

We had a 2pm ceremony, thn drinks, canepes, hotos, wedding breakfast at 4pm eve guests arrives t 4:30. all went swimminly and perfect timmings. in fact i was all ready to go at 2pm and my brother who was giving me away asked me if i wnated to wait 10 mins. i siad no, evryon is ready, im ready and on time, lets go!

We are having our ceremony and reception in one venue so our will be 2pm and wedding breaksfast around 4pm with evening guests arriving at 7.00pm.

We're not having a sit down wedding breakfast - our timings go like this -

3pm - Guests arrive

3.30pm - Ceremony

4pm - Drinks and canapes

5.30pm - Reception Starts - includes hot finger buffet

6.30pm - Evening Guests start arriving

7.15pm - DJ Starts

7.30pm - Speeches, cut cake, first dance

8pm - Photobooth Opens

8.15pm - Second finger buffet opens

After - drinking dancing and generally having stonking good time!

Wedding is at 1pm

Canapes and drinks in the chapel gardens until 3pm

Photos etc and receiving line at Reception venue with welcome drinks 4pm

Speeches at 5pm followed by sit down dinner etc

Evening guests arrive 8pm

Were having a church wedding at 4pm

then photos

5.30-6 arrive at venue for welcome drinks

cold buffet at 6.30

then speeches,cake and first dance to lead the disco

then alot of cocktails

WSS, , ,

these are are timings too, , ,

xx

7pm, for cake cutting followed by first dance at 7:30pm

Thanks for all the ideas there guys. I think i would rather the eve do start at 7,00 than 7.30 as we have to start chuckking people out at 11.3. I'll work back from there then so we are probably looking at either 2 or 2.30. I will just have to beg the hotel to get a few more rooms available on early check in.

Hair and make up folk arrive at 10.30 (6 of us to do)

Photographer arrives at 13.30

Ceremony starts at 14.30

drinks at 15.15

wedding breakfast at 16.00

DJ starts set up at 18.15

evening guests after 19.00

I did not want to be getting really early and feeling rushed and 14.30 seems to fit in that there is not that much hanging around..if it goes to plan that is.

Ceremony at 1pm at the church. Planning the evening reception to start at 7/7.30

Check with yout TOG how much time he/she wants taking pics as some will advise you what time to have your ceremony to conincide with this

Ours is at 2pm, evening guests arrive 7-730pm

Hi greenbean

Our ceremony is at 1pm, we have to clear the room for at least 2 hours for them to set up for the wedding breakfast (apparently by Law this is recommended - having the same room for wedding breakfast as ceremony), hoping to sit down by 3.30/4pm and evening guests from 7pm onwards.

xx

Never heard that one before.

me too!

Ours will be about the same as this. Seeing venue tonight to finalise everything, but it still doesn't feel real! ?

Our cermony is at 3:30, followed by photos at church.

Then will have drinks reception at venue at 5 and more photos, followed by wedding breakfast at 6:30.

Dancing from about 8 with pork pies to finish off.

Hope it all works out as I am entrusting the timings to other people who should be better in the know

From what I've read in lots of places the only requirement is that food and drink is not served before or during the ceremony to the guests attending your ceremony in the ceremony room

Our ceremony is at 4pm. This gives us about 2 hours for photographs/mingling before the wedding breakfast at 18:30. We aren't having a lot of posed photos so having discussed this with out Tog, we're happy it's enough time.

I wanted a later ceremony to give people chance to travel, get sorted and to make sure that if I've forgotten anything, there's plenty of time to sort it out!!

1pm - Ceremony (Wanted earlier but someone got in 1st!!)

3.30-4pm - Wedding breakfast

7pm - Nite do

11.30am church service- then sit down around 3ish then evening kicks off 7ish and kick out time is 1am ?

Are you sure about that? A lot of hotels I've been to don't let you check in till 2pm or 3pm. Travelodge, for example, is 3pm unless you pay extra for the privilege of an early check-in.