How much time should you have between the ceremony & reception?

Hi nikki! I wouldn't make guest wait longer than an hour or so. But that's just me. We're doing most of our pics before. Then using the half-hour between our ceremony and reception to do family pic (moms, dads, etc.).

Hi Nikki! We are going to be almost an hour and a half or an hour and 15. You don't want to go to long, as guests wait and etc...

It's standard for the Bride and Groom and wedding party to skip the cocktail hour. The cocktail hour keeps the guests occupied while you guys take pictures, etc.

Ideally, there isn't much time between the end of the ceremony and the start of the cocktail hour. Give about 10-15 min for everyone to vacate the ceremony site and factor in the drive time. In your situation, it sounds like 30-40 min until the cocktail hour should begin.

So for us - ceremony at 3:30-4:30.

The reception is about 20 min away so cocktail hour at the venue from 5:15-6:15.

At around 6:00/6:10, the venue will open up the actual reception room and everyone will start moving int there. We'll give everyone 15-20 minutes to get seated and we'll do our entrance around 6:30ish.

I'm having my ceremony and reception at the same location and We have a 45 min gap between when the guest move to the reception and when we will join them .

I am an event planner and I have seen everything from 30 mins to 6 hrs. It depends on your theme and what you are trying to accomplish. Will be happy to give you a free consultation and some ideas. Nicole 216-313-6999 ******@*********************.***

I am also in Ohio

I am an event planner and I have seen everything from 30 mins to 6 hrs. It depends on your theme and what you are trying to accomplish. Will be happy to give you a free consultation and some ideas. Nicole 216-313-6999 ******@*********************.***

I am also in Ohio

I am an event planner and I have seen everything from 30 mins to 6 hrs. It depends on your theme and what you are trying to accomplish. Will be happy to give you a free consultation and some ideas. Nicole 216-313-6999 ******@*********************.***

I am also in Ohio

I am an event planner and I have seen everything from 30 mins to 6 hrs. It depends on your theme and what you are trying to accomplish. Will be happy to give you a free consultation and some ideas. Nicole 216-313-6999 ******@*********************.***

I am also in Ohio

I am an event planner and I have seen everything from 30 mins to 6 hrs. It depends on your theme and what you are trying to accomplish. Will be happy to give you a free consultation and some ideas. Nicole 216-313-6999 ******@*********************.***

I am also in Ohio

I don't think it should be more than an hour and half, plus drive time.

It is during this time that you take pictures- at the ceremony site or reception site- not 2 other locations! If you want other locations, have those pics taken earlier in the day- don't make your guests wait.

I suggest getting as many pics as early in the day as you can. If you don't want to see your FH, do your pics with the girls and your bridal portraits. Have him do pics with his groomsmen, etc earlier.

But don't make your guests wait around for too long. They do the cocktail hour, then move into the reception area and you arrive no more than 15 minutes later.

Yes, as a guest 30 minutes before the reception starts is fine, no longer than that (however this time may cause guests to mill around the church when you want to be taking pictures so it may backfire). As was mentioned before it's pretty standard for the guests to be at the reception for an hour..however as that hour approaches guests typically start getting bored. So just keep that in mind when you make the decisions..it's not unheard of to have more time..you should be able to get pictures at 2 other locations if that's what you want to do, it's YOUR day and the pics are what last forever..just remember this may cause guests to wait for longer; or else just be quick about it..like at the other locations have most of the pics be of you and your spouse than having to assemble a bunch of other people which takes time. Good luck! :-)