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What is the appropriate timing for a wedding ceremony?

I’m planning my wedding and not sure what time and how long I need to book the ceremony location for. We are having an outdoor non-religious ceremony so it should be reasonably quick, around 30 minutes. How long do we need to leave for photos between the ceremony and the reception? Also, what should guests do after the ceremony but before the reception officially starts?

Our outdoor wedding ceremony was VERY short! It was hot outside and we didn’t have a reading or singing or any of that. We just wanted short and sweet!

My advice, have an hour before the wedding for the grooms pictures and the brides pictures (separate if you are traditional or just don’t want to see each other). That gives 30mins for the guys and 30mins for the girls. Then plan a little extra time for the ceremony. We started about 10mins late because my husbands sister was late. You want to make sure all the family is there before the wedding begins.

Then, you should only have an hour after the wedding for pictures of everyone together! Go straight from the ceremony to a place where guest can’t get to you because they will all want to congratulate you but they can do this at the reception. Otherwise, it takes too long!

During this time, have a cocktail hour. If you can’t afford alcohol, then just do drinks and snacks! This will keep your guest content while they wait for you.

I would say to book 3 hours just to be safe for the ceremony, unless you aren’t doing picture before or you are doing them at a different location. Then just do 2 hours. That will give you an hour for the ceremony (in cast it goes over or you start late) and an hour for the photos!

Hope this helps! Congrats!

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