Ceremony time!

Our ceremony time was based on the contract by the venue.

Most weddings we have been to have had a 4pm ceremony time so we just stuck with this. Our wedding coordinator said that if we wanted to a longer cocktail hour (to allow us to get more photos in between ceremony and reception) then she would recommend a 3pm ceremony but that was the only other time that was even mentioned to us.

I had the same thought when we picked our 5pm ceremony lol. Thankfully we will be doing a first look, so we will be together from 2pm on!

We had no choice - we're getting married on a Sunday, so the only time the church will perform the ceremony will be at 3pm.

We are getting married at 1pm! I wanted this time because I wanted to spend more time in my dress, and I didnt want to wait the whole day to finally get married. it works well for us, just after lunch time and then our cocktail hour starts at 5pm!

I was told to be at the salon by 8am to start our hair.... I kinda hate that but oh well! I will get lots of sleep the night before (thank you melatonin) and then coffee in the morning!

100% agree with all of these. Although we are starting hair and makeup early, its only because of first look pictures which I am ok with!

Also didn't want a huge gap for guests with our ceremony and reception being at the same space!

Our venue gave us the option of 1:30 pm or 3 pm and we went with 3 pm for a few reasons:

1. I didn't want to get up super early to start hair and makeup, we'd probably have to start at 7:30 am as opposed to 9 am.

2. I didn't want a huge gap between ceremony and reception. We'll still have a 2 hour gap with a 3 pm ceremony, but at least it's not 3 1/2 hours.

3. It gives closer out of town guests the option to drive down that day, that way they only have to spend 1 night at the hotel.

Lol me too! Lots of coffee for sure!

I agree, we wanted to avoid the big gap, especially because our ceremony and reception are at the same place. We would have had to pay for a room rental (smaller room at the venue) for guests in between.

Ours is still 9 Am start for hair and makeup... which still isn't my friend haha. Lots of coffee will be my savior I am sure.

Oh definitely.

We are going to a wedding in a couple weeks though... their ceremony is at 12, and reception starts at 4:30... no idea what we are going to do in between, and that's what I wanted to avoid with ours. Especially since so many people are out of town guests.

Also we are getting married in august... I feel like 1 PM is going to be scorching hot haha. And FH burns like a lobster within 10 minutes haha.

That will be such a beautiful time in September.

I picked our time based off of that as well! But still having to start hair and makeup at 7:30 because of first look! But it's all good!

I feel like later ceremonies are becoming more popular, especially since many venues do ceremony and reception and people want that smooth transition from one to another.

We had a choice of 1 or 4 based on our venue. We picked 4.

I'm not a morning person and did not want to be up at 7 am.

Plus I felt like it was too long of a break until a reasonable dinner time if we got married at 1. We have a lot of out of town guests as well... so this allows them to travel the day of if they want, as opposed to paying two nights at a hotel.

It will be a little rushed for photos, as we don't want to do a first look. But we have allotted some time after dinner as well to grab a few sunset moments.

Oh for sure, like, we will try and get as many pictures done prior to the ceremony but I'm sure I need a couple of us after we are officially married so that should give the guests enough time to all grab a beverage and find their seats. Oh, and that way we can sneak off and do the official signing of papers

It is really great when venues give the Bride and Groom the option to pick the ceremony time. I feel like you have more freedom to plan out your day the way you want it

This was our second choice for ceremony time! And for you, if you have a nice hot day you won't be dying in the heat in the middle of the afternoon for pictures!

Earlier is better sometimes! Then you aren't rushing around when you have to go to your reception after pictures.

It makes it so much easier when you can make your own timeline! I am honestly a fan of smooth transitions. Our cocktail hour will be short, but just so we can do the big family pics and then party!

We are getting married in a church and we choose the time. It is at 4pm.

We had a church wedding and the only times they gave us was 12pm or 2pm. So we ended up going with an earlier time since I already calculated the time to get ready and the transition to that going to the church. We were planning to get all our photos done in-between the ceremony and reception so doing it was better for us in the interest of time.

Not much story over here. Our venue for the ceremony is the same as the reception and we aren't doing a cocktail hour because we are doing first look photo's so it will be a smooth transition. So then it was really only a matter of when do we want to eat supper? I guess 6 is good, so we went with a ceremony time of 5:30!