How much time between ceremony and reception

I'm far from annoyed or pissed ! The only reason I was asking the between time is because the venue wants to know the start time for the reception . And I know it's always those few people that will stop to talk , take pics , restroom , and what not between.

Oh boy! People are feisty today. LOL.

I would probably tell them that the reception would start 20 mins after your planned end time for your ceremony. If you want it to be even half hours than I think 30 mins is perfectly fine. If you have concerns about people waiting around too long, than just make sure your bar is scheduled to start right after your ceremony ends. That way people have time to mill, take pictures, find their seats, and get a drink.

If the question of when the reception starts for your venue is not when people are seated and you are walking in, but when the doors/bar should open, than I would agree with other comenters that you should consider not having any gap. That doesn't mean you can't build in a gap to your order of events though!

Good luck getting it figured out, a NYE wedding sounds like soo much fun!

I think what you mean is when should dinner start, then. If your ceremony ends at, say, 8:20 pm, guests should be funneled to the reception room to find their seats, hit the bathroom, etc. Give them maybe 20 minutes and start dinner at 8:40.

If you want to do an "entrance" I would let them start serving salads while you do it because guests will probably be very hungry that late. But since you aren't doing a cocktail hour, you may not want to do one since there won't really be a period where you disappear between the two.

In my head I'm viewing the ceremony starting at 8pm; ending at 8:30pm. At 9pm dinner is served; this gives guest time to mingle, wash hands, bathroom break, take a few selfies (or whatever) before finding their seats for dinner. No later than 11:30pm, everyone should be on the dance floor preparing to bring in the New Year..... and at 2am everyone goes home. Lol.

They might just be asking you how long your ceremony is going to be- it could be 15 minutes or up to an hour, so they are likely asking when you expect to be done.

No cocktail hour. Okay. People just need to know what they're working with to give a logical answer. I'd give people fifteen minutes to chat, find their escort cards, and run to the ladies room to reapply lipstick and eyeliner. No longer. Anything beyond that, and you'll need to host something. I wouldn't stretch it to 30 minutes.

30 minutes for a bathroom break