When are you supposed to open up wedding gifts?

In my experience people usually open gifts the day after the wedding.

No one wants to sit there at the reception watching gifts being opened. That's what showers are for.

Lol actually back in the day it was that they would open the gifts after dinner but before the dance. I still remember my cousins wedding where she did this. Ha ha I was maybe 5 or so and kept getting balloons and giving them to her. now almost everyone opens them asap ha ha I think it's more from being like a kid at Christmas. Another thing I have heard some bride's do is wait till the shower to open them.

Opening At the wedding is just rude ...unless you're having a really small and casual brunch with no DJ..

We opened gifts That were brought to wedding day after , any thing shipped to us we opened before. And I'm glad we did , cause someone gifted us champagne fluted which we ended up being able to use at wedding

Thank you notes still in process. I also want to wait for pictures ..

In my family, it used to be considered gauche to bring wedding presents to the actual wedding (I say used to be because we've done it once or twice when the registry didn't have an address.... Which was super weird!). I can't even imagine having a couple open the gifts at the reception. That just seems weird to me... Like a birthday party.

I say open them as you receive them and get thank you notes out so people know you received their present.

I always thought you were to open them as they arrived. Also around here a lot of people bring the gift to the reception. And it's customary to open them with immediate family the next day for lunch or something. Which I am dreading because I just wanna sleeeeeeeeep after my wedding lol. Anyway that's what usually goes on around here.

We open them to check for any shipping damage and to record in a spreadsheet, but we are waiting until after the wedding to use the gifts and to send thank yous (I already sent out my shower thank yous immediately after the shower). We arranged with the photographer to have a wedding photo on the thank you cards, and I think etiquette says that you have ~2 months after the wedding to send them out (if you don't send them as you receive the gifts). For early gifts, I've contacted the giver just to let them know it arrived!

Open them to check for damage.

Do not use them before the wedding (they should be returned if the wedding doesn't happen).

Send TY notes immediately so senders know gifts were received.