I don't want my guests to have a huge gap between the ceremony and reception. Do you think if we are having a 4:30 ceremony and the cocktail hour starts at 7, is that too much time gap? The places are only about 10-15 minutes away from each other. How much time do you need to take pictures if you are only going to the church and hall and nowhere in between? I'm so confused!!! :)
If you are willing to take pictures before the ceremony you will take a lot of pressure off yourself, and avoid any significant gap for your guests. The amount of time needed to take pictures depends on how many combinations of people are involved.
Everyone knows that there is a gap between the ceremony and the reception. They usually get together and go in little groups either to someone's house or somewhere local until the reception starts.
our church is 1:30, but our cocktails are not until 6. given that 99% of our guests are local, we figure everyone will just come to the church casual and go home in between and relax and get ready.
Well my ceremony is at 3:30pm and my reception starts at 7:30pm, they are about 20-30 minutes apart(Queens to Great neck). I expect people to go to either my house or FI's house(we only live 2 blocks apart) in between for refreshments and snacks while we go and takes pics.
My ceremony starts at 2 and the reception is at 6:30. by the time receving line is done at the church it will be 3:00. I'm sure that people will go back to my parents house and FILs houses. The church is about 10 min away from there houses. The reception hall is about 20-25 min and if there is traffic on 347 it will be a lot longer. Hopefully it doesn't feel too long for people!
I think as long as you have somewhere for people to go or something for them to do, a gap in between is okay. I went to a wedding and had 3 hours in between and went home, but I felt like I was in limbo waiting around for the reception to start.
My ceremony (actually a full mass) is at 2. By the time we get out of church, have a receiving line (which is going to form even though I do not want one) and take pictures, we should be leaving between 3:30-3:45. We have to travel from Bklyn to Massapequa (Manor East). So I am figuring that everyone (including us) should be there between 4:30-5 p.m. We are having a precocktail hour which starts at 5:30 p.m.
Thanks so much girls!!!
our ceremony was at 4pm(not a full ceremony). the recept was 15min away at most. our reception was at 7(cocktail hour) we had just enough time to get our pics done.
my mom and mil invited guest back to there homes for drinks and stuff. it worked out well.
We are going to have a big gap also for the pics. So I think we are going to have sort of an open house. We are giving someone the key to our apartment and FI is going to set up some wine and cheese so that those who want can hang out and relax for a while.
