Over or Under: 4.5 Hour Reception?

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That's great, Jess! How awesome, your wedding day will be here before you know it and we are so excited for you too!

Ours will be about this exact time hahaha. Meal served at like 12:20, then last dance at 4:50!

Don't know yet but I think I will be pooped after 4 hours so probably.

Over. We have the venue all night so who knows how long it will go on!

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Hi Brandi! Good deal! That's super exciting, the party never has to stop! You and your guests can dance the night away. Out of curiosity, what kind of venue is your reception taking place at?

It'll be just at 4.5 or an hour less.

Between 5-6 hours but we're having a small party of 20 people at a cabin (catered of course!)

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Hi NymphPoet! That sounds great!

Your intimate cabin venue sounds lovely too! Are you somewhere in the mountains? And will your ceremony be there as well?

Over. It was a 4 hour reception and I was expecting a 1.5 hour cocktail hour but it ended up being closer to 2 hours. I didn’t care because that time flew for me but I’m sure my guests were expecting something shorter.

UNDER.

Ours will be 4 hours.

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That's great, Brenda! I bet your longer cocktail hour was really fun, though, getting to mingle and chat prior to the reception.

Bang on or slightly over.

Ours is exactly 4.5 hours

I'm trying to get my timeline nailed down. I am having a Friday wedding. Ceremony and reception at the same place. We can't get into the venue until 1:00pm on Friday. I am thinking my reception will last about 4 hours.

Under - we have 4.5 hours to execute the entire wedding. Ceremony >> reception.

I am hoping the ceremony is around 15 minutes long.. We will be doing a first look as bride & groom and getting the bridal party pictures knocked out so that once the ceremony is over we just have family pictures and then we are done!

Good part about that too is that we arent having a cocktail hour either so guests will be waiting around for MAYBE 20 minutes after the ceremony!

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That's great, Martika! Sounds like a great plan, so far!

5 hours total (includes cocktail hour).

5 hours; 1hr cocktail hour and 4hr reception

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That's great, Angerra! Do you know yet what you will be serving at your cocktail hour?

View Quoted Comment Our venue has told us they'll be throwing in a ton of passed hor d'oeuvres for us and a fruit/cheese table during cocktail hour so our guests will have plenty of food to soak up the drinks since we'll be having an open bar during the entire reception! Haha