When to start your wedding at?

You have to think of the guests when making that decision...do you want them to be able to go home while you take photos or do you want them to head to the reception.

I am starting ceremony at 1pm , just because on average wedding photos take 2 and a half to three hours. I think 2pm or 4pm is too late if you want to take photos afterwards.

I would encourage you to give yourself the extra time and make it 4:00. If you get the venue at noon, count on 2 hours for decorating. Then you still have to get ready and you don't want to be rushed. You want to have time to put your feet up and relax before the ceremony.

Hi SamtamI am having everything done at the same venue. I was thinking of getting a photobooth to give my guests something fun to do while they wait for us to get our pictures done.Thanks for the advice 🙂

I think it depends on the reception. Do you have separate ceremony and reception venues or will they be in the same place? If they're separate locations, you want to give people time to travel to the next location before the cocktail hour starts. If it's the same location, what are your guests going to do to kill time between the ceremony and reception? If you're going to do the ceremony so early, you should give your guests something to do while you take pics. If you do push back the ceremony a bit, just keep in mind what time sunset is to factor in to taking pics.

Of course! Good luck!

Thanks Lyz 😍 Thanks for the help 🙂

I would say 3 or 4 pm in your case would be best

Thanks for the help. I think that's a good time to start too because you don't want to feel rushed.

I have a similar situation. We only have access to the venue at noon and we have to set up the decorations but can't do it til then. The ceremony is at 4:30, then pictures then dinner at around 6ish or 6:30 I believe