Hi ladies ~
My fiance and are ademant about not having a long lag time between the end of our ceremony and the reception. Our cocktail hour begins at 5 and the church is about 15 minutes (if that) from the reception venue.
With that being said, I wanted to start our wedding at 3:30 in hopes to have a 20 minute ceremony followed by a 15-20 minute receiving line. At that point we would be ready for pictures and the guests could mingle and head to the reception. I figure that we would have until about 5:45 at the latest to arrive at the reception for a 6pm announcing of the bridal party.
Am I underestimating the time for pictures between the ceremony and the reception? How much time is everyone giving? My pastor recommended that we start the wedding at 2 or 2:30 rather than than 3:30 which just seems ridiculous and unnecessary.
Just wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations!! Thanks in advance!!
Also, I thought about starting the wedding at 3:15 but I heard from numerous people that it's unlucky to start with the hands on the clock going down that they should be pointing up. Has anyone else heard this?
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