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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Your wedding in numbers! How long is your reception?

Lynnie, on April 24, 2018 at 2:22 PM

Posted in Wedding Reception 140

Share your number! How many hours long will your wedding reception be? Photo by {chennergy} in NYC Next Question: How many pre-wedding events? Previous Question: How many guests are you inviting?

Share your number! How many hours long will your wedding reception be?


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140 Comments

  • Mrs. Sponge
    Master April 2018
    Mrs. Sponge ·
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    With cocktail hour our reception was 6 hours long.

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  • joey
    Expert October 2019
    joey ·
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    Whole deal is 6 hours for everything. For me it will be a long day because I'll be there 3 hours ahead of time and 1 hour after. Can't wait for it to be over.

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  • T
    Super December 2018
    T P ·
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    We plan for six hours at reception and an hour for cocktails. With the ceremony, the whole event should last eight hours for any guest that stays. Hopefully, we will have enough fun that nobody will mind.
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  • N
    Dedicated June 2019
    Nicole ·
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    5 hours of fun!!!
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  • Janice
    Beginner November 2018
    Janice ·
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    With cocktail and dinner 6-7 hrs
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  • kymarmck
    Super March 2020
    kymarmck ·
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    Including dinner, our reception will last 6 hours due to our DJ! It will go from 3 - 9pm.

    If anyone wants to go out after the reception ends, we will be more than happy to go out though!

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  • Danielle K
    VIP June 2019
    Danielle K ·
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    Tentatively

    ceremony is from 4:30-5ish

    20 minutes travel

    cocktail hour 5:30-6:30

    reception 6:30-10:30

    about half of the guests will leave by 8:30

    most left will leave at about 10:30 but we have the venue bar and dj till 12 for those partiers who have booked a room at the hotel Smiley winking

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  • Christie
    Beginner April 2019
    Christie ·
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    Ours will be 4 hours but there will most definitely be an after party at the hotel after because our friends and some family will want to continue the party on a more intimate level.

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  • EllieRose
    Expert February 2020
    EllieRose ·
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    Our reception will be about 7 hours but will end earlier in the evening because of the winter season and the fact that it's a Sunday!
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    Beginner June 2018
    Esmeralda ·
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    Our reception will be about 6 hours
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  • Holleigh
    Dedicated June 2019
    Holleigh ·
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    5 hours including cocktail hour
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  • Jenna
    Devoted October 2018
    Jenna ·
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    Reception will run from 7- midnight so roughly 6 hours nor including cocktail hour.

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  • J
    Just Said Yes December 2018
    Jessica ·
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    30 min to and hour. We are just having apple cider and cake in the narthex of the church after the ceremony.
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  • Jennifer
    Super December 2019
    Jennifer ·
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    The thought right now is 5-6 hours - have to be out completely including clean up by midnight so need to end the party at 11 at the latest so it will depend on when we start our ceremony at the church and the travel time to the reception venue at that time of day.

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  • M
    Savvy October 2018
    Melissa ·
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    7 hours in total if counting the ceremony, and we will be having a bonfire/after party in a separate barn on site. So...all night?!! (Bed & Breakfast most guests are spending the night).

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  • L
    Super August 2023
    Lunajay ·
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    We decided that we're doing cocktail hour at 6, our reception is going to be about 5 hours, and I'm planning on doing an after party celebration, so that might end at, like 4am

    So 9 HOURS OF FUN 👰🤵💃🥃💃🍸🍹🍾🥂🌮🍸🍹
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  • Andrea
    Master January 2021
    Andrea ·
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    I would say most likely 2-3 hours. It's going to be at a restaurant, so yeah ! LMAO!

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  • Karen
    Dedicated October 2026
    Karen ·
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    The whole night will last less than 6 hours.
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  • Tamber
    Just Said Yes April 2022
    Tamber ·
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    We’re shooting for a 2-3 hour reception
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  • Brittany
    Savvy July 2021
    Brittany ·
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    Dinner starts at 6 so after that until midnight
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