Set up time

abbywis · October 2011

How much time do you think it takes to set up the reception area?

MaggieandJake · October 2011

It depends on what you have to set up.

My florist set up our entire reception and assembled all of our centerpieces on the spot. I believe that she started at 3 or 3:30 for a 5pm reception, but I'm not sure when she left.

She set up:

-3 different sized vases with submerged orchids and a floating candle on 6 of the tables

-30" pilsner vases with rocks and up-lighting in the bottom, with a floral pommander on top on 6 tables.

-Decorated our cake and h'or d'oeuvres table with flower petals, more vases/orchids,

My BM's/coordinator at the hotel also helped to set up chair covers/sashes the morning of and it took probably 1.5-2 hours to 120 chairs, as well as alphabetize and set up my escort cards-another 20-30 min.

graysquirrel · October 2011

Yes, I think that it depends on what you all have to do. If your vendors are helping, much less time. If you are DIYing, more. It probably took our GM 1-2 hours to set up before the wedding.

aligross · October 2011

I'm having a bunch of people help out on Friday and it should take only 2 hours at max - but I am really organized and have this completely set and ready for everyone. All they have to do is look at this chart, grab their box and put out the table set up!

colstj1 · October 2011

It depends on what you have to set up and how many people you have help. I had a reception that I helped set up and there was a ton of details for a wedding of about 300 and we have a good 12 people helping. We got everything done in less than an hour. But I know for my wedding we won't have that many people setting up so we are planning on giving it more like 3 hours ahread of time to be safe. We also have a large wedding.

Set up time

Re: Set up time

Choose Another Board

Search Boards