How many hours is your whole wedding ?

Our venue rental is for 12 hours, and everything is in one place. We get it at 2 PM, the ceremony is at 6, the reception ends at 1 AM, and we have to be out with all of our stuff by 2 AM. We are getting ready there and doing a first look, so I do wish we had another hour or so but not enough to pay the high hourly rate beyond our allotted time.

Getting ready 9-11am, drive to location ~2hr. Ceremony is at 330pm-4. Reception 4-? (we paid until 9pm, but we can stay longer)

That seems perfect!

From the time the guests arrive before the ceremony to the end of the reception (they are in the same place), we have 5.5 hours. A little shorter than I would prefer, but the venue is a working greenhouse until 6 p.m. so we can't start before then. Oh well!

This is our timeline:

Getting ready: 11 am - 2 pm

First look, kebutah signing, bridal party photos: 3 - 4:30 p.m.

4: 30 - 5 pm: drive to venue

5 - 6 pm: set up (the venue does most of it - we just have to put out photos, guest book, seating chart sign, etc.

6 - 6:30 pm: extended family photos

6:30 - 7 pm: seating/cocktails

7 - 7:45 pm: ceremony

7:45 - 8 pm: venue staff moves chairs from ceremony to around the tables, we hug and visit and get drinks

8 - 9 pm: dinner

9 - 10 pm: dancing

10 pm: cake

10:15 - 11:50 pm: dancing

11:50 pm: glowstick exit

midnight: reception ends, everybody leaves

12 am - 1 am: throw our photos, signs, gifts in the rented van. Venue handles most of the tear-down.

4:30 Ceremony

5 Cocktail hour

6:15 dinner

Party till 10

Edited to add we have venue from 10am-2am, but noise regulations cut off the DJ at 10pm.

I will be at my venue very early to get ready with my mother, BMs, FMIL, cousin & aunt (8 total)

We'll start shooting final touch photos around 3pm

430pm- hide the bride

5pm- ceremony

530pm- cocktail hour

645pm- dinner

10pm- sparkler exit