Distance between Ceremony and Reception?

20 miles that takes 20-30 min to drive or 20 miles that takes an hour to drive? I think the travel time makes a bigger difference. For me anything over an hour drive between will make me skip the ceremony.

The closer the better, I've travel as far as 1 hour to attend reception after a ceremony but I most likely will not if it's any farther than that.

Not to throw something else in the mix... but you also need to think about where your hotel block will be. In the middle of the two, or a triangulation, so that the time for the drive is the same to all places. Also, does the hotel give a free shuttle with

X-number of rooms reserved? Then you might just pick a hotel near the hall.

Kinda a chicken or the egg question?

Thanks for the thought Hayley!

To some people 20 miles is forever and to some it's nothing. Also depends on whether it's 20 miles of stoplights and heavy traffic or 20 miles of country roads.

It's dependd on alot. I live in one of the cites in the country. A 20 mile drive gets my almost across town. I drive that far to work every day, so for me- it's not a big deal. But I'd still be annoyed and think- really? That far if I got an invite with that distance between ceremony and reception.

In a smaller city- HECK NO! That's way too far!

I agree with LenW. In Chicago 20 miles can be a distance if you have to factor in stoplights!

Ours is about 15 minutes, which I think is long enough, especially for out of town guests.

I agree that it is the driving time and not necessarily the distance that makes the most difference. A long distance to travel can also complicate the timing a bit. I have occasionally had the experience of arriving at a reception site in what would have been plenty of time to set up for the scheduled start, only to find that that guests are already there because too much time was allowed. In a way, this is almost worse than being late because things are not prepared.

15-20 minutes is ideal, and yes, do factor in where they are staying....