Went to a wedding this weekend...PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!

I'd probably do 15 minutes. Say 3 and start at 315 even 30 mins I'm unsure of. But yes 1 hour is crazy and even at that the doors should have been open 30 mins prior to invitation time, not prior to real

Time

I would have been extremely pissed to show up and find out that the start time was 1 hour later than the invite said! Like you, I could see 15-30 mins max!

Wow! That is terrible! Yikes! I was soooo tempted to put an early start time but this actually makes me glad I didn't.

Wow! Just wow. I'm putting 6pm on my invitation, which is the actual start time. If people show up late they will be missing the ceremony! Haha.

That happened to us once!!!! I forgot exactly what the invite said (it was last summer). So the day of I was rushing so we wouldnt be late. Turns out we thought we were like 20min late, but ended up waiting for at least 45min-1 hour. omg.

Im putting 3pm on my invites and the ceremony start at 3:15. Were having an outdoor ceremony. I would not make my guest wait an hour in that heat. Thats uncomfortable and rude!

Sorry you had to deal with that!

I'm just going to start without them if my guests are late. I would not have been happy about the hour wait either!

WOW, ridiculous! I'm with Kaity; I'm putting the real start time... show up or miss it!

I'm putting the real start time too but my ceremony is outside so if people show up late there will be no awkward opening of a church door in the back haha

10-15 min max should be how long you make the guest wait. I had one do 30 minutes, and it was ridiculous because we showed up earlier and had to sit there for much longer than 30 minutes.

Putting the real start time for ours too show up and or miss we have had to miss before on a wedding it happens.

As the officiant, I see you sneaking in the back -- even if the ceremony is outdoors.

I'm putting the actual time.

Wow. Yeah no, I only put 15 mins on mine. But my venue is open to the guests one hour earlier. So regardless our guests won't encounter this issue. Although knowing them, I'm going to be the one waiting for them. LoL.

I'm putting the actual time. I don't want people to miss the ceremony, but I also don't want to sound super neurotic about it. So if we say the ceremony is at 4, then it's AT 4!

I'm partial to being on time, and assuming others are capable of doing the same. I say, put the correct time on your invites and don't worry about other people's time management skills (or lack there of). It's on them if they're late.

I put the starting time on my invites. Sense Everyone will be under the same roof the night before and the day of, they better be on the beach at 4:45

@ ToBeMrsM - LOL I don't care if people show up late but if they walk in my pictures they better know I will be slapping them!

We put 4 pm on our invites with the intention of starting as soon as most people were there and settled into their seats. I was not near a clock at all on my wedding day, so I have no idea how close to 4 things started, but I am pretty sure there wasn't much delay. Putting a time on the invite that is intentionally earlier than you plan on starting, especially a whole hour, is not needed.

And if anyone came late to my ceremony, I did not notice. There were much more important things to pay attention to. So future brides, do not worry about stragglers!

Who does that?! I've never heard of anyone putting anything other than the actual ceremony time on the invite. I would have been really upset by that. That is unbelievably rude in my opinion, and totally disregards the value of your guests' time.