Wedding Day Timeline: Help me!!!

Wedding Day Timeline

8:30 a.m. Arrival of bride, mothers, and bridesmaids at Keystone Conference Center. 17-104 Essayons Road, Annville, PA 17003. Panera breakfast and lunch for girls. Guys on their own.

Make up/Hair schedule

8:30-9:15 a.m. Jennifer

9:15-10 a.m. Lauren

10-10:45 a.m. Erin

10:45-11:30 a.m. JoAnn

11:30-12:30 p.m. Brandy

11:00 a.m. Arrival of photographers Erin, Krista, and Alyssa. Julie arriving with boxed cupcakes.

12:00 p.m. Arrival of Videographers Brad and Kerri

12:30 p.m. Stephanie leaves KCC to head to hotel in Grantville to meet up with the guys.

12:45 p.m. Girls and photographers leave for Milton Hershey School to take bridal pictures and all the pictures with the bridal party.

12:45 p.m. 2nd photographer Sabrina arrives at Holiday Inn in Grantville 640 Station Road, Grantville, PA 17028

1:00 p.m. Arrival of Catering

1:45 p.m. The guys arrive at Milton Hershey School for first look and remaining wedding party pictures.

2:00 p.m. DJ Tariq Smith arrives for set up. Mothers set up cupcakes.

3:00 p.m. Arrival of officiant Tracey Jester. Arrival of Joslin photo booth attendant

3:30 p.m. Arrival back to Keystone Conference Center to relax before ceremony. Mothers light the candles

4:15 p.m. Ceremony Start

4:40-5:00pm (Estimate and ideal) Ceremony complete, bride, groom, wedding party, and family exit for family pictures.

4:40-5:40 p.m. Cocktail hour. Photo Booth 5:00-9:00 p.m.

5:50 p.m. Grand entrance for wedding party and bride and groom

6:00 p.m. First Dance

6:10 p.m. Officiant Tracey Jester says blessing before dinner then dinner to follow

6:40 p.m. Maid of honor and best man speeches

7:30 p.m. Cutting of the cake

10:00 p.m. Closing time and clean up.

I was going to recommend this one too! Jamie has some amazing vids. I have the newest one (reception regrets) on repeat.

Did you ever come up with a timeline? I'm currently working on mine and totally stumped

Do you need the timeline for just the ceremony/reception or the whole day?

I don't have the whole day done yet, but this is how my event looks so far

4:30: guests arrive
4:45: Bridal party arrives

4:50: groomsmen and groom stand
5:00 ceremony starts

5:15: ceremony ends

5:20: cocktail hour starts (photos)

6:15: Introductions

6:20: First dance

6:25: Toasts

6:30 dinner starts

7:15 Cake cutting

7:30 mother/son dance

7:35: bridal party/parents dance (having bridal party dance with their spouses)

7:40 dance floor opens

11:00 Reception ends

The only thing I can strongly suggest is please don't have a 30 minute gap between your ceremony and reception if they're at the same location. I went to a wedding like that and it's just so annoying as a guest. We felt like we were in the way of their photos no matter where we went and we just kinda stood around awkwardly and hungry lol. I'd either start your reception right away (and you can have guests file into the room but not serve food yet or anything, and it'll take at least 10-15 minutes to get everyone into the room and seated anyway...) or have a cocktail hour in between the ceremony and reception. But if you are having everything in the same location you really should not have a "gap" where there is no set place to go / nothing to do for your guests!