Fall wedding day timelines

We're doing a 3pm ceremony and it shouldn't take longer than 15-20 minutes. Then taking a 2 hour break for photos and doing our grand entrance at 5:30, during our cocktail hour and start dinner at 6:30pm.

We're getting married at the end of next September and will probably go with a 3:30 ceremony time. We're not doing a first look and will have a 2hr cocktail so we figure that'll be enough time to get photos and dinner done at a decent time, and be able to get outside again just before 7pm for sunset photos.

Congrats on the engagement!!

As an October Bride myself I will be having our ceremony at 5:30 PM, then we are skipping cocktail hour but giving all 250 of our guests time to grab a drink and find their seats while we get a few pictures after we actually tie the knot (first look photo's will be before the ceremony). Supper should start at 6 or shortly after because we will have a short simple ceremony.

Congratulations and welcome to the wedding wire community! If you are nervous about getting photo's done and being too dark- specially if you aren't doing a first look- I would recommend doing a 3-3:30 start and then doing earlier dinner and so forth.

Our venue only offered a 4:30pm ceremony start time, which we are planning to have outside (weather permitting). We are going to do a first look and photos prior to the ceremony. Not 100% what time this will begin, I suspect around 1pm. We go from ceremony right into cocktail hour into reception. Congratulations! Fall weddings are so beautiful