Is your invitation start time your ceremony start time?

Invitation time is start time for us. I'd be peeved if I arrived somewhere on time only to realize that I had to wait 30 min to an hour.

I would be pretty angry if I had to wait an hour. That's rude as hell...

Our invitations states our start time! I get running maybe 10 minutes behind, but an hour? No way.

Our ceremony starts at 6pm, so we put 6pm on our invitations. Most adults know to arrive around 30 minutes early to the ceremony.

It's a wedding so people will be mindful to be punctual. I think you should use your ceremony start time on the invitations.

My invitations say the start time. I'm always early so I would be pissed sitting there an extra half hour just to accommodate the late people.

@MstoMrsArmstrong, the groom told us specifically to be at the wedding at 3:30 (because FH was a groomsman), and nobody else in the wedding party showed up until around 4:30. So I was there from 3:30 until 5:30 board out of my mind. Thank god for smart phones.

Yea, no. That is not ok. I would've been super pissed off.

Our start time is the same as listed on the invitation. I agree with ops. I would be annoyed with people listing the wrong ceremony time.

Put what time you want the ceremony to start. Obviously starting a bit later (10-15) mins is expected and common just in how getting everyone in position etc. can be. Adults will be early/on time and if they are not it is their problem.

Thanks. I didn't know if this was how it was supposed to be done. I am usually early too. I just don't want my ceremony to start late because I want to take advantage of the open bar I am paying for.

We had a buffer, but it was a strict 6 minutes. lol invitation time said 4:00 and we had a scheduled start time of 4:06 so that the stragglers wouldn't be interrupting me walking down the aisle and/or miss the ceremony entirely.

ETA: In my case, this was a know-your-crowd thing...my family/friends are notoriously late to everything. Including weddings.

Lol NewlyWeducated. I think 6 minutes is reasonable. My reception starts at 1:30 at a location 30 minutes away, so I really want to be there by 1:30. I had planned a 12:30 ceremony but don't know if maybe i should move it up to 12:15 and put 12:00 as invite start time.

Our invitation said 5 and we started a little before 530. This is pretty much the norm in our circles though and there were cocktails offered before the ceremony.

Of course Hs aunt still got there late and stood in the back...

Our invites will say 11am, which is our planned start time. However, our coffee/mimosa bar will be open at 10:45, so I doubt anyone will complain much if we run 15-30 minutes late lol

I was told that it's best to put 4 and then start at 4:10-4:15.

I did the same thing as LB and still had a few people who arrived late.

Our invitations say 5:15 because we plan on everyone being there between 5 and 5:15. We want to start the ceremony as soon as we get back from first looks.

Also, we're going to have drinks and snacks during so if, knock on wood, there is a delay, our guests can knock back a couple while they wait.

You could put the Ceremony time as 12:30 and then put (seating will begin at Noon) or seating will begin at 12:00

My family is ALWAYS late. Never fails. My fiancé's family...always late. Never fails. In our case we HAVE to have a buffer. If we don't, half of our family will miss the beginning of the ceremony. We set ours 30 mins early. However, I am providing my guests with a refreshment area to get drinks and small snacks prior to ceremony. We will also have a set up with photo props. So my guests who do arrive early won't be bored.

I was one that put 6pm on my invitations and my wedding was to start at 6:30 ...