I was thinking the wedding at 3:00 pm, dinner at 6:00 pm and dance start at 7:30 is that enough time to eat or should I move everything up 1/2 hour and give us two hours to eat?
2007-02-26 01:47:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
What are your guest going to be doing in between that time. I have my wedding at 430 and the reception immediately follows from 5-11. I am lucky because where we are having our wedding at the chapel is right next to the reception ballroom.
2007-02-26 02:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are having pictures done after the wedding, there may not be enough time before the dinner. Usually people have a wedding at around 2 - then gives time for pics and a break. Cocktails at 5 or 5:30, for an hour, then leave two hours for dinner, with the program. Dance would be then around 8:30.
What do you mean by the rehearsal? That should have been the evening before.
2007-02-26 02:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An hour an a half for dinner is fine. The dancing doesn't haven't to start at a set time anyway...it will start whenever the dinner is mostly done.
The times seem fine. Just make sure that the guests have something to do if there is a gap between the end of the wedding and the start of the reception.
2007-02-26 02:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by Pink Denial 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on how many people you have invited, the more you have, the longer it takes to be served. Consider how long it takes them to be served and eat. Count in any toasts, if you are going to cut the cake then, if you are going to make a special entrance, and don't forget the host's welcoming speech, and the best man's introductions of the wedding party, and the host's thank you to the chef, server's, and the site.
Maybe an hour and a half is not long enough.
I'd move the time up. If still in doubt, ask the caterer how long it should take to serve your guests. They should be able to help.
Better to have budgeted too much time, than not enough, if people have time after their meal they will socialize, and might be grateful for some time to do so, and you won't have to seem rushed to fit everything in. Your guests want to see a beaming bride, not a distraught one. And they will not be comfortable being rushed throu a meal and ceremonies.
2007-02-26 04:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the ceremony is going to start at 3, then you have to give yourself enough time to complete the ceremony and give guests time to get to the reception location. Depending on your religion, the ceremony could go for as long as 1.5 hours (my cousin's Armenian ceremony lasted for almost 2.5 hours!!!!). Then you have to figure out if you want a cocktail hour or if your guests are going to sit right into dinner and intros (chances are you'll need the cocktail hour to occupy your guests while you're taking pictures). Usually dinner starts 1/2 hour after the cocktail hour ends. Talk with your catering about doing a pre-plated salad so your guests have something to nibble on during speeches and intros. Dinner should last 1.5-2 hours, depending again on how elaborate things are going to be ... a 7 course plated dinner is going to take longer to serve than a buffet.
2007-02-26 06:09:03 · answer #5 · answered by VAWeddingSpecialist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good lord it only takes half of an hour for a nice sit down dinner and anything longer than an hour i think is too long. if wedding is at 3 it shouldnt be longer than an hour and a half then reception at 5 and dancing at 6ish
2007-03-01 14:45:05 · answer #6 · answered by galixcysmagic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to think how long it will take for everyone to get to the reception, how long it will take to get the food out, and everyone seated. i think you should give at least two hours for dinner. you also will have toasts, the first time you are introduced as a married couple and things like that.
2007-02-26 01:50:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I THINK THAT YOUR TIMES ARE REALLY GOOD.YOU REALLY DONT NEED ALOT OF TIME TO EAT(2 HOURS).IF SOME ONE WANTS TO CHAT OR SOMETHIN AFTER DINNER THEN THATS FINE BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT WANT TO BOOGIE!! SO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND WHAT WOULD SORT OF ACCOMMODATE ALL OF YOUR GUESTS SO THAT THEY DONT LEAVE OR GET BORED.
2007-02-26 02:35:30 · answer #8 · answered by misskashmere 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on how long the ceremony is, how long it takes to get from ceremony to reception site.
2007-02-26 02:16:58 · answer #9 · answered by Terri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds reasonable.
2007-02-26 02:02:57 · answer #10 · answered by theplanningdiva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋