Hi All!
Even with my wedding being just under a year away now, I'm starting to plan out the little things (i.e., where I'll be getting ready, timeline, etc). My fiancé and I are planning on doing a first look at the Fairmont Palliser as that's where I'll be getting ready (super excited since the hotel is so iconic) then travelling to the venue together. He'll be getting ready at home but then travelling to the Palliser to do the first look since we plan on staying the night there as well.
I'm trying to figure out if we should do our family portraits before or after the ceremony. My only concern with after the ceremony is that we won't get the beautiful portraits in front of the fireplace mantel that we'll be getting married in front of as venue staff has to immediately start changing over the space for dinner. We also have 3 sets of parents, 2 sets of grandparents & we each have 2 siblings with their SO's.
But with before, I'm not sure what time to have everyone come to the venue as we plan our ceremony to be at 4pm. I was thinking 3pm, in case guest start arriving at 3:30 but then I'm not sure what I'd do for with 30 minutes before as there is no real place to hide inside of the venue (it's a beautiful restaurant venue).
Any input is appreciated! I'd ideally like to have everything sort of figured out before I meet with my coordinator again in a few months to make an official timeline.
