Ceremony time on invitation..help!

You put the time that the ceremony starts. Most people show up 15-30 minutes before the start time.

ETA: So I'd change it to 6:30 if you just have the proofs.

Put the actual start time. So change the time on the invites. Or the ceremony time, but I'd think it would be easier to change the proof than rearrange your timeline.

I say to leave it. I like that part of the stragglers you don't want any interruptions lol

Change it!

Do NOT listen to Private User.

Always list it as the actual start time. In some cases I can see listing it as 15 minutes before. 30 minutes before is WAY too long, and there will be people who shop up 30 minutes before that time.

People will be pissed if they arrive at 6pm and it doesn't start until 6:30pm, and you don't want to piss off all of your guests.

I'd say leave it but my reason is because I was able to see everyone showing up at the correct time for our wedding. We put 5:30pm majority showed at 6:00pm and this helped regardless as we ran behind schedule anyways. Also want to say I did this on purpose as my family is late to everything so it's a know your crowd situation. Good luck!!!

I would be hella angry if I got your invitation that read 6:00 and your ceremony didn't start until 6:30. I'm a perpetually early person. I am always 15-20 minutes early especially if it's somewhere I've never been before. If I get there and find out that there is an extra half hour, chances are, I'm forgetting my card.

Leave it. In every single venue we work in, the invite is always a half hour ahead and they do a hospitality time before hand.

-your guests will be late (not al of them, but most of them will not be 20 minutes early

-your shuttlebusses and transport will be late

-there will be traffic, and your guests will act completely shocked, as if they have never encountered it before. It's Friday. There is always traffic

-unless your DOCt the venue or independent is completely on top of things, you will not be on time either. It takes an average of 15-20 minutes just to arrange a processional and get everyone on cue.

Just leave it. Ask your venue to provide water, wine and let your guests mingle for a few.

Please change it! I went to a wedding this past weekend that started about 20 min late. All the "did someone change their mind" comments were making their way around the church

Change it.

Did he put the earlier time down in error, or did he do it because his side of the family is chronically late?

Some people will tell you to leave the earlier time on the invitation; I'm not one of them. I typically arrive 15 -20 minutes early, and if I followed the time on your wedding invitation proof, I'd be sitting around for 45 or 50 minutes. That's not fair, and it's not interesting. After all, there's only so many times I can read your program and only so many times I can check my watch before I start rolling my eyes.

If nothing has been printed yet then I'd change it! I always make sure to get to the wedding ceremony 15-20 minutes early, so I'd be bummed if I was sitting there for 45-50 minutes!

My DOC said to list the ceremony as starting 30 min before it actually starts...so instead of 11 am, we would put 10:30 am. We haven't ordered our invites yet, way too early for us.

@Celia I'm glad my DOC was not wrong...I was actually going to ask this same question when it came time to order ours!

Change it..recently got married and my wedding start time was supposed to be 5pm.. it started around 5:15 because the officiant was MIA. I felt bad because there were a lot of people sitting in the hot sun waiting.

Well no, you don't invite them for 6:00, seat them in the sun and make them sit in their chairs....geez.... you make it a tiny preview of cocktail hour.

If you put the time on an invite that you want to be starting, you better to be ready to start no matter who is there. And few of my couples are.

The shuttles are the biggest culprit, but MrsB? If that was my officiant, I'd be looking for a refund.

An officiant who was MIA when the ceremony was supposed to start? No excuse for that. I hope you reviewed that individual.

Change it!! Most people will arrive early and then they'll think YOU'RE late. Either way, they'll be pissed they've been sitting around for 45 mins-1 hour.

I would change it. I'm always early and I would be irritated getting there 15 minutes early only to find the ceremony doesn't start for another 45 minutes. I think people know to get there a couple minutes early to get seated.

I think 15 minutes earlier than the real start time is totally fine and nice as a buffer for late guests, a half hour is a bit much.

Change it to the actual start time.