Wedding and Reception in different time zones...

Yikes...bump?

I would put both times (Ceremony at 5 Central / 6 Eastern, Reception to follow at 6 Central/ 7 Eastern). If it's good enough for primetime TV listings, it's good enough for me

I would say just include it on the invite, but everyone might not pay attention to that..

Would it help if you wrote out the full addresses? Maybe ppl would realize when they see where each place is located.

Or, create an insert and this would give you space to write it out. Put EST and CST in bold, so it stands out on the insert.

Just put 4:00 EST or 7:00 CST or whatever times. People will get it because of the location.

I agree with Shamika. Also, I would add putting it in clear verbage on your wedding website, and really pushing word of mouth. I think that will help a ton!

But isn't that sort of awesome....depending on which way you go, your reception could have a start time before the ceremony. or at the same time. I can see how that would be confusing. I'd prob put a note in to point out...'the ceremony is located in the Central Time Zone, and the reception is located in the Eastern Time Zone so please be advised' or something along those lines.

Actually...I guess since you're going Central to East, then it could look to your guests as if there is a bigger gap between your ceremony and reception.

But anyway...I think you need to tell your guests not only the time, but point out that the 2 venues are in different time zones.

What about the part on the formal inviation where everything is spelled out...

request the honor of your presence at their marriage

Saturday, the eleventh of October

two thousand and fourteen

at eleven o’clock in the morning

How do I fix the above??

I feel like its going to end up looking trashy

"Reception to follow" and then a reception card with the reception address. It would be really awesome to have both your ceremony and reception at the same time. When your kids ask "When did you get married?" You can say (for example) 5 o'clock. "When did you start to party?" 5 o' Clock

I would just say central time or eastern time (whichever i is for the ceremony) for the formal invitation the guests can figure it out I'm sure they will be thankful you put in this detail since they are probably close to the division between both time zones as well

It does look odd to do central time on the invite but it may have to work:

request the honor of your presence at their marriage

Saturday, the eleventh of October

two thousand fourteen

at eleven o’clock in the morning central time

You could do a cute note card saying something about the time zones.

I'd put the time zone like others suggested. That is a funny situation.

Does your venue have any suggestions? I'm sure this isn't the first time they've dealt with this!

Do both areas participate in Daylight Saving Time? I know there are some that do not.

How funny! I like the idea of using a separate card to explain the time zone differences, so it doesn't turn your actual invitation into a 3-page essay on different time zones.

@Nancy Yes - they both participate in Daylight Savings

That is awesome.

Just label it CST and EST in bold like the other person said. My cousin had a reception only in another timezone and she didn't list it on the reception that it was a different time zone. And we didn't know because It was RIGHT on the border of the zone and we didn't even think about it because my family has rarely ever left the time zone. Some people will ignore it, but you'll have that in a situation like that. But the people who do read it will appreciate that you mentioned it.

How COOL! I would just have something that says: reception to follow. We are not noting anywhere on the invite the official time of the reception, because people will just head over there right after the ceremony. I would suggest not confusing people with the time of the reception.