Ceremony time change?

I Would talk to your officiant. There may be some wiggle room for you there.

Is it city/government construction or private? If it's government it would be hard but if it's private I would try asking the person who owns the property if they would mind stopping by around 3:30 that day since it's for your wedding. For example when we rehabbed our home if someone had come to me and said they were having a party in their yard on a certain day and could we not make any noise during that time I would have absolutely done that for them. I would have just shut down whatever we were doing during that time or done something quiet like painting. Honestly, you're still several months out so they could be totally done by then or on to another portion of the project that has another schedule. Worse case if there is noise when you are about to start I would send the GMs over there with several beers and ask if they would mind calling it an early day since you're having a wedding. No guarantee but they might or at least try to keep it down.

That is ridiculous. First, you call your officiant and see if they have another commitment that will make this impossible. Then you decide what to do next.

Is your ceremony site right on the street?

Frankly, it sounds shady to me. Construction on a Saturday? Until 4:00? And it'll be going on until three months from now?

I'd want to know more details frankly.

Celia is right. I would drive by (if you live close enough to the venue) and see if there even is construction. Maybe you can get more details, too. That seems like a long time for construction and it does seem a little odd...

What?? That's crazy! I get construction will make for more traffic too. Who's your officiant? (I'd feel bad if it's mine!)

I know a lot of construction in cities (like DC) has to be done on the weekend if it will close off parts on the road. So that doesn't necessarily throw up a red flag. Is the ceremony inside? How will they 'interrupt'?

We're getting married in the same city. It's a tourist location in the mountains.

If you do decide to change times, I would ask for a discount from the venue for the cost of reprinting invites. I think it's confusing to have 2 different times listed on invited vs. Inserts. Maybe they could reimburse you half the price at least?

Thanks everyone. I can't actually drive by because we're having a destination wedding. She said they're building a new CVS across the street. Our ceremony is out on the terrace so if there is ruckus, we'd hear it. I called and emailed our officiant, so I'm waiting to hear back from him. @Heather, it's Rev. Andrew Murphy.

That's crazy. Did they present it to you as if you have no choice? Or were they truly "asking" and you have the option to say no? If they are forcing your hand, I would send them a copy of the receipt for those invitations that have to be reprinted, and let them know they can deduct that from whatever they are charging you.

She said if I truly want to keep it at 4, that's fine, but she won't have any control over the construction if it's happening during the ceremony. We printed our own invites using kits, but I don't want to have to go buy more kits and I don't even know that I could get these same ones. The invites aren't super important to me, and FH actually suggested white out. I came up with the inserts since I thought it was slightly better without having to do them all over.

Sounds like BS to me. How would they know what construction there's going to be at 4:00 on a Saturday 3 months away? If it's construction they plan on doing then they should have it stopped in time for your wedding.

I'd see about contacting the construction folks to verify the work schedule. It's possible they won't actually be working on your Saturday. If you can't get in touch with them or get a good answer, then I do think you'll want to push your ceremony. Construction sounds would be incredibly distracting during a ceremony.

I got a wedding invite with white out once, I thought it was strange. Can you have a cocktail hour for the guests inside before the ceremony at 5? Unconventional but it might save you from having to get new invites.

@MNBride, that was another thought - to open the bar early for anyone who did show up.

@MrsA and Jessi, it's not the venue's construction. The venue is back a bit off a main road and they're building a new CVS nearby. She said she spoke with them and they assured her that they would wrap up at 4/430 daily. I can keep it at 4, but I risk disruption. Since it's a DW, I'm not sure I want to take the chance of showing up the week of and just hoping for the best.

It's not the same guy!

On your time line, is 4 the guest arrival time or the actual ceremony start time?

We said 4 pm on the invites, but my timeline has it starting at 415 to account for stragglers. I'd like to believe that they'd cut out closer to 4 on a weekend, but our coordinator seems really concerned about it. She has no reason to want me to push it later as it means she has to be there until 1 am. I'm hoping to hear back from our officiant and talk to two other prospects today if he can't do it. We've only met him once, but we liked him and FH would rather not change any vendors. Everyone else, we have for the whole day, so the time change wouldn't affect them.

I'm so sorry you have to deal with this!