How long should the ceremony last??

I'm giving it 30 minutes from the time the wedding party starts to walk down to the time me and my FH are walking away together. I figued about 10 minutes to get the wedding party down, then 15 minutes for the actual cerm. then kiss, and out...LOL

Neither one of us like to be center of attention and so that seems best for the 2 of us.

I went to my cousins wedding that was very Cathloic, very Hispanic. I think they incorporated everything they possibly could and it was about 80 minutes. As a guest, not my religion or heritage, it was hard to sit through all that. Hopefully ours will be no more than 20 minutes including r&p.

An hour for me is on the edge of being to long, remeber you have (or might not) flower girls, ring bearers, and little kids in attendance. I think 1/2 hour tops from the time the bride reaches the end of the aisle until they kiss! And please don't make your guests sit forever waiting for the ceremony to begin! I'm not sure how long our will be, I kept the whole thing short, and my sister is doing a reading, she will be reading what all 6 of my nieces and nephews think love is, so it really depends on what they write, I know my oldest nephew wrote a poem,,lol

Ours was 20 minites from beginning to end. we had oone reading and a sand ceremony. it does go fast bt i think thats plenty of time!

I have never been to a wedding that only lasted 15 minutes. My sister got married at the court and it took 25. My wedding like RacheiL7 will be at least 45 minutes cause I have a lot of singing talent in my family.Only my nephew going to sing, but the reception is going to be off the hook!!

Idk, i'd say 20-30 mins, aside from religious ceremonies that have various key steps that have to take place...now, if you want a man's POV, i can tell you if it was up to fh, i'd walk down, he'd pop up long enough to say "SUREEE!" and it'd be over...what's that?! like, *5* minutes or less? rofl..

We are doing the Unity candle, my nephew is singing and 2 bible verses being read and it wont be an hour. The Pastor said it shouldn't last more than 45 minutes for all that!

Great everyone, I thinking mine will be about 30-45 minutes from beginning to end w/ songs, vowels and poems.

The great thing these days is that we get to personalize our ceremonies and make it however means the most to us. I will say that in a couple articles I've read where they do polls of wedding guests to see what the BIGGEST complaints about weddings are....in the top 5 is always long ceremonies. Just something to keep in mind!

My daughter is getting married in oct 2014 she has a large wedding party in her wedding,she wants to play songs during the ceremony, she asking me how many songs there sould be,im not sure,i think one hour is long enough for the cememony,she says hour and half,any oprions

Sorry, but no one enjoys witnessing a long ceremony. I know people would like to think their wedding is different, special...but it's not. The #1 or 2 complaint weddings guests have is a lengthy ceremony. Keep it short and to the point or people will be annoyed, bored, or antsy.

Most wedding ceremonies are 20-30 minutes long (with the exception of Catholic wedding ceremonies which run closer to 1 hour).

Instead of thinking about the length, try thinking about the content! What different elements are you incorporating into your ceremony?

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