Reception times

I was just wondering what time everyones reception starts? I was looking at having a Friday night reception butmy parents feel that 8:30 is late.
thanks for you help

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our reception starts at 8:30 too

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Ro where is your reception?

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our cocktail hour starts at 630- i have been to a wedding that started at 830 - for me it wasnt at all a problemm - i remember people arriving a little early and them starting the cocktail hour a little early to accomodate guests

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we are gonna do a daytime wedding so most of those start at noon!

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Ours is a Saturday night. Cocktail hour is at 8 and the reception starts at 9. A little later than I wanted, but Fox Hollow would not budge. I'm assuming they stagger their times so that everyone is not arriving at the same time.

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I'm on a Friday night, Ceremony is at 7:30pm, cocktail hour starts at 8pm and Reception is at 9, over by 1am. I don't think beginning at 8:30 is too late. My friend is having a day time church ceremony and not starting her reception until 9:30pm. That's going to be a looong day!

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I'm on a Friday night, Ceremony is at 7:30pm, cocktail hour starts at 8pm and Reception is at 9, over by 1am. I don't think beginning at 8:30 is too late. My friend is having a day time church ceremony and not starting her reception until 9:30pm. That's going to be a looong day!

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Saturday night.... cocktails at 630.... reception 730 to 1230

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Saturday night as well. Cocktail Hr at 6 and reception from 7-11

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mine is a Saturday night as well.
since its one event per day we could pick the start time.. decided to start cocktail hour at 5:30 (b4 its totally dark), then reception 6:30-10:30

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Mine is a Saturday night. We can't even start our ceremony til close to 9 because of the Jewish Shabbat,so our reception won't start until 1030!!!!!!!

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Our wedding is on a Friday. ceremony is at 3:30, our cocktail hour starts at 6:30/7-8 and reception starts at 8:00.

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Our wedding reception started at 8:30 and it ended 1:30, it wasn't too late...it gave our guests enough time to beat the Friday night rush hour.

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We are getting married on a Friday, I wish I would've started 30mins later. Our hospitality hour is 530-630, ceremony is 630-700, cocktail hour 700-800 reception is 800-100. I ordered my invited without thinking it thru, hopefully ppl are able to make the ceremony. We kind of tricked ppl and have 530 on the ceremony, but there will be an open bar, champAign, and passed hor devours for an hour before.

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I think 8:30-9pm is pretty normal for a Friday night reception start.

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Our church cermeony will start at 5 and our CH starts a 7. IMHO, I feel like having a reception start at 9 wont have people eating dinner until around 10 & I couldn't do that to my grandparents and aunts and uncles.

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My CH starts at 6:00pm it's an hour and half long. My reception starts at 7:30pm.

edit: Sunday wedding- Sunday before Memorial Day

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Saturday wedding: Church at 2pm, Cocktail 6:30-7:30, Reception 7:30-11:30
Our church is about 30 minutes away. I want enough time to take pictures and we are attending the cocktail hour.

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Sat wedding....church at 3pm....Cocktail hour from 7:30-9....reception 9-1

We have a big gap between church and cocktail hour but everything is in the same town so people can go home after church to hang out or go back to my parents house for food and hanging and to get changed.