Traffic

I think you let adults manage their own schedules. People understand rush hour.

This is also why if you're going to have a Friday wedding, it's easier to do it later.

We're having a Friday wedding also. I still used the actual ceremony start time on the invites but I put the information about traffic on the website (more for oot guests who may not be familiar with traffic patterns in the area). Our venue is pretty strict that once the ceremony begins they actually don't let guests enter, so I didn't want that to happen to anyone.

You'd think that adults would realize that Friday = manic traffic but every week I hear, "OMG, there was so much traffic!" LIke it's a new phenomenon they have never encountered.

An earlier start time isn't an UO in my neck of the woods; literally every venue tells couple to do it, because it's a rare couple who will start regardless of who is there. The venues do a simple 'pre cocktail hour, people can mingle and hang out and we start on time. And making it later won't help, unless you make it at 8:00......

Put a reminder on your website and be prepared to start when you want to start. I can guarantee you that you'll still have late people.

Honestly I wouldn't. I agree with @sleepythedwarf that they are adults and can manage their time accordingly.

I'm doing the exact same thing Mrs.Fall is. Wedding is in north jersey on a Friday. We have a 30min buffer time. Invitations will say 5, ceremony will start at 5:30

So the latest we can be at the venue is midnight and we only have 10 hours including set up time and tear down time. so my thought was get there at 2 get ready/set up take pictures/ first look etc. and start at 5 should i say an earlier time on the invites like 4:30 and start the ceremony at 5:00 or not?

Thank you so much @Mrs.FallBride I all new at this whole thing and is it typical for a ceremony to take 30 minutes? I wasnt sure about that either. Sorry for all the questions guys!

We are putting a note on our wedding website since FH family is all from Jersey and will have to travel 76 or 95 (yay Philly traffic) to warn them that Saturday afternoon traffic turns the drive from a 1 hour drive to 2 hour since most of them were saying they would give themselves an extra 15 minutes when we verbally told them about traffic issues and were shocked when we said traffic is worse than that.

I will put a reminder on the website. You can also remind your coworkers, if the wedding topic comes up at work.

Recently I saw a website that had this issue (I assume).

They had a little thing on the top of information page that was set up something like this:

- Directions (with a link)

- Something else (with a link)

- Estimated Drive times:

-From X to venue: X minutes

- From X to venue: X minutes

-From X to venue: X minutes

- From X to venue: X minutes

-To avoid construction on X hwy - we suggest THIS (link) alternate

I know adults can figure it out, but sometimes people do need a little reminder.

YES!! That's it - the convenience factor! I guess I work with the public enough to assume that people need even the basics spelled out. lol There's always "that one". It's just nice to not make people guess and to save them from the opportunity to be a total dipshit and forget about something like rush hour traffic.

Thank you guys so much! I believe I am going to add it to my website! You all are awesome thank you