5 hour wedding timeline

Does that include your ceremony? or just reception and cocktail hour?

Ours is

1/2 hr ceremony - 5-5:3opm

1 hr cocktail hr 5:50-6:30pm

Reception - 6:30-10:30pm

Our package was a five hour reception and we paid the extra half hour for the ceremony. Ifyours includes the ceremony in the five hours you just work it into your basic timeline (so yours would end at 10pm instead of 10:30 for example)

Everything. Set up time, ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, etc. I know the first hour will already be ruled by set up time. Thank you so much for your example!

That is a really tight timeline depending on if you plan on having dancing and dinner! make sure you budget your time accordingly!

Our ceremony and reception is 5 hours, and it's broken down like this:

5:30-6:00: Ceremony

6:00-6:15: Seating/Introductions

6:15-7:15: Dinner Service

7:15-7:45: Toasts/Cake Cutting/First Dance

7:45-10:30: Dancing (Last call at 10)

Set up does not count as part of the 5 hours, and will be taken care of by our vendors. We plan on arriving around 1:30-2:00 to take first look pictures.

I also only have a five hour timeline and chose 5 to 10. However mine is outside in June . I think sunset time is important, so keep that in mind

Ours is also 5 hours, not including set up and take down. 5 hour is for the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. My WOC is helping out with the timeline as she knows about what works best and every time I try to put it together I stress out.

I did the same thing, but nothing followed the timeline, don't stress yourself over that, things will happen it may not be as you planned, but it will all work out as long as you have General time frames.

Our ceremony and reception will only be 5 hours. The timeline should go something like:

4:00-4:15 Ceremony (we are hoping for a short ceremony)

4:15-5:00 Cocktail "hour"

5:00-5:15 Toasts

5:15-6:15 Dinner

6:15-6:30 Cake cutting

6:30-9 First Dance/Dancing/Exit

Our wedding is still a while away so things may change a bit but this doesn't include set up and break down. We are going to do a first look and formal pictures with the BP and our families before the ceremony.

Ours is 5.5 hours. I am nervous about it and wish it was a bit longer. Good luck!

6:30-7: cocktails

7 - 7:45 ceremony

7:45-8 room flip—apparently the staff can do this super fast since they only have to move chairs.

8-9 dinner and toasts

9:15 spotlight dances

9:15-10 dancing

10 cake

10:15-12 dancing

12 glow stick exit

My friends convinced me to do a bouquet toss so that will go somewhere, probably around 11. What I wouldn't give for another 30 minutes and a 6 pm start time. But it was venue rules. Oh well.

That's really not enough for setup in addition to the ceremony and reception unless you do a big fat cocktail reception (so people aren't waiting for for courses....)

Sydney, that'll give you basically a processional, "do you want to?" "Yes", "You're married". Might be fine for you.

And Amanda; things should follow a timeline especially when you have limited time. You can make that happen by setting expectations from your vendors. It doesn't "all work out" if you're going an hour overtime...

Sydney, I think you may want to combine some things.

Like wait for dinner to be served before toasts.

You may want to keep first dances to a minimum (you and hubby, then combine you/dad and him and mom).

I think you may be able to cut down cut caking time, especially if you have extra slabs in kitchen they can cut for guests. Just you and hubby do cake cutting, wait staff can bring out pieces as generally dancing starts.