Your wedding ceremony timeline is what’s going to preserve your wedding ceremony day (and all of the individuals related to it) on monitor. When you create it, you’ll wish to be sure that your distributors, wedding ceremony celebration, and anyone else who must arrive at a sure time will get a duplicate. 

In the event you’re working with a planner or coordinator, they are going to sometimes create a marriage day timeline for you. If not, you possibly can at all times ask your DJ. Alternatively, your wedding ceremony photographer may also assist.

Earlier than you give you your wedding ceremony day timeline—by yourself or with the assistance of a vendor—you’ll wish to reply these questions first:

1. Do you wish to have a “first look?”
2. Is your ceremony/reception on the similar location?
3. How lengthy will it take you to journey to/out of your numerous places (similar to your getting-ready lodge to your venue)?
4. What time would you like your ceremony to begin?
5. What number of hours do you will have your venue for (together with setup and breakdown)?
6. What number of hours have you ever booked your hourly distributors for? IE: A full-coverage images bundle is normally 8 hours.

Vendor Arrivals

Hair + Make-up

• quarter-hour earlier than their particular person begin instances

PHOTOGRAPHER

• If full-day protection: Arrives at prep location about 4 hours earlier than ceremony 
• If no getting-ready photographs: Arrives at venue round 2.5 hours earlier than ceremony

FLORAL

If having private flowers (similar to corsages and bouquets), ideally they’ll ship these to your prep location if you’re getting dressed

DJ

CAKE/DESSERT DELIVERY

OFFICIANT

• 45 minutes earlier than ceremony

How Lengthy Issues Will Take

HAIR + MAKEUP

Generally the marriage celebration’s HMU can take much less time. Simply be sure you’re beginning first in case there are any points.

LUNCH

GETTING DRESSED

PHOTOGRAPHY

• First Look/Couple Portraits: half-hour (intention to do that two hours earlier than your ceremony)
• Wedding ceremony Occasion Images: half-hour
• Household Images: half-hour

CEREMONY

• Sip of Champagne/Collect Out of Sight from Visitors: half-hour earlier than invitation time.
• Pre-Ceremony Music Begins: half-hour earlier than

Your precise ceremony begin time needs to be about quarter-hour after you invitation time

• Ceremony Itself: half-hour (1 hour for some non secular ceremonies)
• Freshen Up/Bustle Your Costume/Extra Images Publish Ceremony: quarter-hour

RECEPTION

In case your reception is at a distinct location, have your cocktail hour begin not more than an hour after your ceremony ends, relying on journey time.

• Time to usher visitors to dinner: quarter-hour
• Entrance/Intros: 10 minutes
• Dances: 5 minutes every
• Welcome Toast: 5 minutes

• Dinner: 1 hour
• Toasts: 5 minutes every 

Intention to have 1-2 speeches of not more than 5 minutes every.

Intention to have your cake reducing 2 hours earlier than reception ends

• Bouquet or garter toss: Proper after cake reducing
• Wedding ceremony Exit: 5 minutes (give out any provides to visitors, like sparklers or bubbles, 5 minutes earlier than)