Reception time

marip123 · April 2013

My daughter's wedding ceremony at the church will start at 3:30. Will last till 4::00. The reception is a half an hour drive from church. What time should reception start? Maybe 5:00?

MyNameIsNot · April 2013

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[QUOTE]My daughter's wedding ceremony at the church will start at 3:30. Will last till 4::00. The reception is a half an hour drive from church. What time should reception start? Maybe 5:00?
Posted by marip123[/QUOTE]

<div>4:30. There shouldn't be any break between ceremony and reception other than drive time.</div><div>
</div><div>If the couple will be finishing pictures or otherwise not right there, do a cocktail hour at the start of the reception. </div>

JoanE2012 · April 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Reception time : 4:30. There shouldn't be any break between ceremony and reception other than drive time. If the couple will be finishing pictures or otherwise not right there, do a cocktail hour at the start of the reception.
Posted by MyNameIsNot[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Ditto. 4:30 is perfect. As a guest, I'd hate to have to sit out in my car in the parking lot for a half hour. Have a cocktail hour, then go into the reception.

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lyndausvi · April 2013

4:30pm

AddieCake · April 2013

Yes, 4:30. Even if the drive to get there will take 1/2 an hour, you should still have it start immediately in case it DOESN'T take someone 1/2 an hour to make the drive.

QueerFemme · April 2013

Yep. I agree with everyone else. Host cocktail time beginning at 4:30 when the guests will start to arrive.

Steph250786 · April 2013

30mins seems very short for a church ceremony... plus your guests will then have to make their way out the church and then inevitably hang around to take pictures etc... before making their way to their car. I know I'm going against everyone else, but a 4:30 start doesn't really allow for any delays. What if the ceremony doesnt start right at 3:30, and then doesnt last exactly 30mins, and then guests don't get straight in their car and head straight to the reception without hitting traffic - cocktail hours are usually th emost expensive hour of open bar (if you're having open bar) If it were me, I'd want to make sure evryone was there to appreciate it and the food ... I'd look at closer to 5pm

MyNameIsNot · April 2013

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[QUOTE]30mins seems very short for a church ceremony... plus your guests will then have to make their way out the church and then inevitably hang around to take pictures etc... before making their way to their car. I know I'm going against everyone else, but a 4:30 start doesn't really allow for any delays. What if the ceremony doesnt start right at 3:30, and then doesnt last exactly 30mins, and then guests don't get straight in their car and head straight to the reception without hitting traffic - cocktail hours are usually th emost expensive hour of open bar (if you're having open bar) If it were me, I'd want to make sure evryone was there to appreciate it and the food ... I'd look at closer to 5pm
Posted by Steph250786[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>So the guests that dawdle around will be there for cocktail hour, but the guests that are prompt can sit in their car or stand around and wait for you to get around to hosting them? So rude!</div><div>
</div><div>Cocktail hour is designed to make sense for people to be arriving as it goes. People shouldn't have to wait around for everyone to get there for cocktail hour to start.

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Steph250786 · April 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Reception time : So the guests that dawdle around will be there for cocktail hour, but the guests that are prompt can sit in their car or stand around and wait for you to get around to hosting them? So rude! Cocktail hour is designed to make sense for people to be arriving as it goes. People shouldn't have to wait around for everyone to get there for cocktail hour to start.
Posted by MyNameIsNot[/QUOTE]

<div>Im not saying the delays will be due to dawdling - I'm just saying that delays are inevitable. Just putting another opinion out there. </div>

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