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Time of Day for a Wedding

rachael027rachael027
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My fiance and I just got engaged, so we are just starting the wedding process.

We are planning to have a large wedding (probably 200 to 250 guests), and we still want to have a meal for our guests, without having to pay a whole lot for dinner.

Would a lunch buffet be appropriate? We were thinking about having the wedding around 2:00pm. Would we still be able to do a lunch after the ceremony? Or should we have the ceremony around 1:00pm?

Just wanted to get different opinions on this, as I am a little lost! Smile
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    inkygirlinkygirl member
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    edited December 2011
    If you're wanting to have a lunch meal, I'd say do the ceremony at 11:30.  If I'm invited to a wedding at 2pm, I'm certainly not expecting a meal and would be bewildered by it.  We did a 2:30 ceremony and then had a dessert reception afterwards which worked perfectly for us, but we didn't want to serve a meal because of the cost. 
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    squirrlysquirrly member
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    edited December 2011
    I agree - lunch buffet ceremony needs to end before 12:30, so that guests are eating by 1 at the latest.  I'd probably start the ceremony at 11:30 if it's at a different site than the reception, or at noon if it's at the same site.   
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    rachael027rachael027
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks for the suggestions!
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    truegirl89truegirl89
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    edited December 2011
    rachael~ Same boat girl. :) GL! I hope things work out for you.
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    ebrasieebrasie member
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    edited December 2011
    where we are having our reception a plated meal is alot cheaper than a buffet just fyi and we though about just doing buffett lunch but  dinner plated was cheaper.
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