Wedding Day Schedule

This is what mine looks like so far:

10:00 AM - Coordinator Arrives

10:00 AM - Bridal Party arrives at venue to start hair & makeup, snacks & lunch served

- Hair & Makeup arrives

12:00 PM - Grooms Party has lunch at hotel restaurant

1:30 PM - Grooms Party heads to venue to get dressed in groom's suite

2:00 PM - Groomsmen start to get ready

3:00 PM - Photographer & Videographer arrive, Caterers arrive

3:15 PM - Groomsmen take pictures

3:45 PM - Bridesmaids take pictures

4:15 PM - Bride & bridesmaids puts on dresses

4:30 PM - First look with bride & father

4:45 PM - Groomsmen head out to ceremony space, guests start to arrive & sit down

5:00 PM - Ceremony begins

5:30 - 6:30 PM - Cocktail hour, wedding party/bride & groom portraits/family pictures

6:15 - 6:40 PM - Guests are seated to plated salad

6:40 PM - Bride & Groom, wedding party entrance

6:45 - Bride & Groom first dance

6:50 - Dinner (We haven't decided plated or buffet, leaning towards plated. Plated will take 15 minutes to serve to 175 guests.)

7:15 PM - MOH, BM, FOB speeches

7:45 PM - Cake cutting

8:00 PM - Father/Daughter dance, Mother/Son dance

8:15 PM - 10:30 PM - Dance floor open

9:00 PM - Bouquet Toss

9:05 PM - Garter Toss

10:30 PM - Grand Exit, buses arrive

11:00 PM - All guests out of venue

12:00 AM - All vendors out of venue

It can be as detailed as you want it to be. I wouldn't necessarily add in things like coffee. Mine thus far is "8am-12pm: hair and make up, 1pm-2pm: getting ready and getting ready photos, 2:10pm-3pm: first look, 3pm-4:30pm family and group photos, etc. " To me, the more written down, the more overwhelming it looks.

I started a rough draft and it's kind of in between detailed and basic. Not putting anything on it that would happen before anything actually wedding related but I do have the time and a slight description of who, when, and where. For example, 9:30- wedding party arrives to venue. 10:00- wedding party to start decorating in pavilion. Etc.

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Hahahaha! I hope it helps!

Here is my rough draft timeline:

7:30am - Pick up breakfast

8:00am - Hair & Make-up arrives

8:30am - Hair & Make-Up Begins

Bride & Flower Girl 1- 8:30-10 (Hair)

MOG - 8:30-9:15 (Makeup)

Bridesmaid 1 - 9:15-10 (Makeup) & 10-10:30 (Hair)
Bridesmaid 2 - 10-10:45pm (Makeup)

Flower Girl 2 - 10-11 (Hair)

MOH - 10:45-11:30 (Makeup)

Bride - 11:30-12:30 (Makeup)

12:00pm - Photographer Arrives

1:00pm - Hair & make up is done/Everyone should be dressed

1:30pm - Leave for first look location

2:00pm - First Look/Wedding Party/Family Photos

3:45pm - Head to venue

4:00pm - Arrive at venue

4:45pm - Doors open for the ceremony

5:00pm - Invite start time

5:05pm - Officiant walks in and makes welcome announcement

5:10pm - Processional begins

5:35pm - Recessional; wedding party leaves for pictures; cocktail hour begins

6:30pm - Wedding party returns to venue

6:35pm - Cocktail hour ends/Grand Entrance

6:50pm - Groom gives thank you speech & blesses the food

7:00-8:00pm - Dinner is served/Toasts begins

8:30pm - Dessert is served

11:00pm - Reception Ends

I have to ask the florist when the bouquets, bouts and corsages will be ready for pickup. Once confirmed, I'll add to the timeline.

I had one for bridesmaids, one for groomsmen, and then and overall one for myself.

Groomsmen:

10:00 Arrive for haircuts/hot shaves
12:00 Photographer arrives at barber shop
1:00 Groom/GM/Photographer arrive at venue
1:25 Groom gets ready (anyone assisting him should already be dressed)
1:35 Groom/Groomsmen pictures
2:00-3:30 Chill...drink a beer (ONE)...try not to sweat. Best Man, please make sure you have the rings together and safe after photographer is finished with them.
3:30 Verify officiant is miked up, everyone has boutonnieres and corsages
3:45 Line up for processional
4:00 Ceremony begins
4:30 Group and family photos
5:35 Bridal party and bride and groom grand entrance
5:55 (brother of groom) gives blessing
6:00 Dinner
6:40 BM/MOH toasts
Etc....have fun!!!

Bridesmaids:

9:00 Meet at bride's house. Pick up food for the day and coffee.
9:30 Arrive at venue for hair and makeup
12:00 Photographer arrives on site for getting ready pictures (have area "picked up")
1:00 Take groom's "details" package to his dressing room in time for him to get dressed
2:10 Bride gets dressed (MOB, MOH, and step mom should be dressed by now to assist)
2:30 Bride and bridesmaid pictures together and separately

The rest looks like the groomsmen's...

Mine was just kind of a mash up plus a few things my husband needed to do before hand, a few things I needed to finish before hair and makeup started, plus details like the processional order was in mine. After the grand entrance, I really left it up to the DJ and photographer to tell us where to be and when. I had both of their detailed timelines I had looked over and made sure they matched up, but then I didn't worry about it as it was going on. When he said it was time for cake cutting, we made our way to the cake. When the photographer said it was time for sunset pictures, we went.