How long should the reception last?

Pfft that sounds like BS to me. Including dinner, I think the reception should be at least 4 hours. If he can't accommodate you, tell him you will find someone else who will.

The reception should be as long as youd like it. Normally 5hrs. Though for the 1st hr is eating

4 hours for sure. You should tell him your will to pay that amount, but you want a better time amount!

Most receptions are 4 or 5 hours. SOme shorter Some a little linger but 500 for less than 3 hours is a negative. I say go with the other dj

Yeah thats not right. Most receptions including dinner are about 5-6 hours. Mine was 6.

My DJ is charging $400 for 4 hours and that was the going rate with checking with alot of them in the area. Also, he is EXCELLENT!!!!!

4-5 is the standard for receptions. I would go with the DJ who will give you the most time for your money. AS LOng as the quality is good. you dont want someone to rush through things to be elsewhere.

My dj is charging 500 for 5hrs so thats not enough time.

Mine was 3.5 hours for budget reasons, but we also had an after-party at the hotel bar.

He pulled those 2 hours out of a hat and wants to be able to book something else on that same day.

If you think about dinner, first dance along with all the dances you have planned, cake cutting, and speeches/toasts along you're looking at 3 to 4 hours.

Our DJ usually charges $750 for a full reception coverage (beginning with cocktail hour, dinner music, then dancing making the whole thing last at most 8 hrs) but he is giving us a deal since he lives by our venue and priced us at $450. Our reception with everything will be between 6 to 7 hours.

I'd say they are probably trying to book other events since its such a popular weekend.

Yea that sounds like BS. Our DJ charges between $800 and $1100 depending on how long and where. But we know him from when my FH bounced at a bar our DJ played at so we're getting him plus kareoke (sp) for 5 1/2 hours for $300.

Our reception was 5 hours. 2 - 2 1/2 seems like a quick reception to me, but I guess that depends on the type of reception you are having. We have been to weddings where the reception was a cake only reception that lasted about an hour

Mine was 1 hour for cocktail hour and 5 1/2 hours for dinner and dancing.

4-5 hours.

In my family 4-5 hours, FH family usually 8-10 hours sometimes even longer... We settled on 6 hours for ours LOL.

Were doing ours for 6 hours and our DJ charged us 1000. Our family likes to party so i wanted a long reception!

Ours is 4 hours, plus we have the DJ for an hour for the ceremony into the cocktail hour.

Glad I got to get answer on this question as well. THanks for posting!

At least 4 hours...what a bunch of crap! With cocktail hour, we are doing 6 hours.