Is 25-30 minute drive too far between ceremony and reception?

Not at all

As a guest, I would be ok with that. Just make sure the hotel is close to the reception venue for any OOT guests if you can.

Our ceremony is about the same distance from our reception site as yours, so we have opted to have buses transport people to and from the ceremony site. We are also having a cocktail hour at the ceremony so it lets people have a few drinks and not worry about driving.

If its in the budget I would look into offering transportation for the distance, but if its not possible I don't think it's an outrageous distance.

I don't think so. Mine will have to drive about 20-25

We are getting married at my hometown church which is 30 min from reception venue. I wish it was closer but I think it's ok. It was important to get married in the church I grew up in!

I think 30 minutes is about the maximum. Mine is about 20-25 minutes and I wish it were closer, but I think it's okay. We're offering transportation for our guests.

I don't think it's too bad. Our actual parish is super far from everyone so we went with one closer to the city. Ours is about a 20min distance.

I think 30 mins is alright. I even went to one that was 40 minutes, which was a little long, but even that was still tolerable for everyone. I second making sure that the hotel is near the reception venue, and if you could afford to offer some transportation from the hotel to the ceremony and back, I think that would be a nice touch for OOT guests, especially those under 25 who may have trouble renting cars, etc.

I wouldn't complain at all.

25 mins is ok but any thing over 30 mins? Nope! Lol but U should be fine!

That's not that bad. Just make sure there aren't any big events going on that day (like a football game or anything) that would impede traffic.

My cousin got married in a Catholic Church and then we drove a while, probably 30-45 minutes, to get to the reception. Totally worth it- they had the most beautiful wedding I have ever been too. I don't think anyone complained.

As long as the reception is closer to where people will be living/staying, then it's no big deal. I only have a problem when it's like 30 minutes to church, 30 minutes to reception, 30 minutes home. That's too much driving for an "in town" wedding.

Sounds fine.

30 should be the max. My reception venue will be about 20 minutes from the ceremony venue. OOT guests will be staying either closer to the reception or about midway between the two locations.

When I was at pre-cana there was a couple who is making their guests drive from the Catholic Church in my hometown to a reception on a boat - its about 1 hr 15 minutes in between not including traffic - and the boat is near NYC so there will be traffic. That seemed too far to me. You should be fine. I think people who go to church weddings expect to travel to the reception since it isn't at the same spot, and how many reception areas are right next to churches- I think 25-30 min is fine.

You should be fine! Ours will probably take about 25 minutes if there is winter weather (high probability of that). I made sure our reception venue was close to hotels (ours will shuttle!) and easy to navigate back home from for both sides to make traveling easier for our OOT guests.

I think that is perfectly reasonable!

My ceremony is about 20-25min from reception. The only reason the hotel we chose is closer to my ceremony vs reception is because there wasn't any around my reception.

Nope I think its fine.