Our ceremony is at 7pm we put 6:30pm on the invite.
I don't think it is. You have to account for the stragglers who have a tendency of always being late. We put our start time 30 min earlier also.
30 minutes earlier is what I did also..this was recommended by my venue as well..
we did 30 minutes early as well....and our ceremony starts early to.
My ceremony starts at 1 and I put down 1. If I put 12:30 then people will show up at 12 and then they will just be sitting there for 45 mins - an hour with nothing to do and then wondering why it's not starting at 12:30. We are also taking pictures up until 12:30 and I don't want people seeing me before I walk down the aisle. If people can't get there on time for your special day, then sucks for them for missing the ceremony!
Posted by DNTP97
My ceremony starts at 1 and I put down 1. If I put 12:30 then people will show up at 12 and then they will just be sitting there for 45 mins - an hour with nothing to do and then wondering why it's not starting at 12:30. We are also taking pictures up until 12:30 and I don't want people seeing me before I walk down the aisle. If people can't get there on time for your special day, then sucks for them for missing the ceremony!
We put the actual start time of the ceremony on our invitation, not 30 minutes earlier.
Posted by DNTP97
My ceremony starts at 1 and I put down 1. If I put 12:30 then people will show up at 12 and then they will just be sitting there for 45 mins - an hour with nothing to do and then wondering why it's not starting at 12:30. We are also taking pictures up until 12:30 and I don't want people seeing me before I walk down the aisle. If people can't get there on time for your special day, then sucks for them for missing the ceremony!
We put 30 mins before.
I put 15 minutes before. Ceremony starts at 1030 we said it starts at 1015
I am putting 1/2hr early, but we are also having a hospitality thing prior to the ceremony at Fox Hollow, so I would like people to get there a little early
We're doing a half an hour of hospitality as well. So the invite time is 4, our wedding will start at 4:30. People will come in late, so it's good to build that time in. Plus, who cares of people come half an hour early? That's fine, let me sit in the room and wait for you!
I didn't put any extra time. If I were the guest who was late, I might not even go. Or I would drive by/walk in to see if it was already started. I would hope people know not to interrupt if they are late. I just know when I am a guest that if they say the ceremony starts at 2:45, I am going to plan to get there at 2:30...I mean movie theaters or broadway shows don't tell you 15 minutes before the show starts.
Posted by cconaty94
I didn't put any extra time. If I were the guest who was late, I might not even go. Or I would drive by/walk in to see if it was already started. I would hope people know not to interrupt if they are late. I just know when I am a guest that if they say the ceremony starts at 2:45, I am going to plan to get there at 2:30...I mean movie theaters or broadway shows don't tell you 15 minutes before the show starts.
We are going to put 7pm it starts at 7:30. We are lucky and our venue is doing a hospitality hour for those that come too early where they will serve champagne and cold hor de vours (sp?)
Posted by DNTP97
My ceremony starts at 1 and I put down 1. If I put 12:30 then people will show up at 12 and then they will just be sitting there for 45 mins - an hour with nothing to do and then wondering why it's not starting at 12:30. We are also taking pictures up until 12:30 and I don't want people seeing me before I walk down the aisle. If people can't get there on time for your special day, then sucks for them for missing the ceremony!
We put the actual time from word of mouth and common etiquette people should arrive early and if we don't start at exactly six I am ok with that bc cocktail hour is immediately following
We put the actual time from word of mouth and common etiquette people should arrive early and if we don't start at exactly six I am ok with that bc cocktail hour is immediately following
Posted by cconaty94
I didn't put any extra time. If I were the guest who was late, I might not even go. Or I would drive by/walk in to see if it was already started. I would hope people know not to interrupt if they are late. I just know when I am a guest that if they say the ceremony starts at 2:45, I am going to plan to get there at 2:30...I mean movie theaters or broadway shows don't tell you 15 minutes before the show starts.
