Wedding Day Timelines

[Jenn060306]

I need help trying to figure out my Wedding Day timelines. I want to figure this out for the most part so i can figure out ow long i will need a photographer for.
The ceramony is at 3pm, and should about about 45 minutes long, and our reception site is about 30 minutes away. The photographer has said she will need 2 hours for all the group photos. There is a cocktail reception starting at 5pm for our guests, but i don't know when to plan dinner, how long i should expect for the receiving line. But i'd like dinner to be between 6 and 630pm
Is there a good website to help me figure this out? Have you found anything that has worked for you.
Thanks

I think this is what your looking for > http://www.onewed.com/articles/articles_TC.html

[sstark1218]

Very useful articles. I honestly didn't know this site had all of these things. Thanks!

:D Yep, we have lots of articles. We even let the public submit articles to help other brides plan their wedding. We also have this Chat board ;p, budget calculators, guest list manager, wedding dresses, cake photos, and more.

Planning to have a Q&A soon as well as a wedding websites, wedding blog, forum tickers, and reviews on wedding destinations. :wink:

[wedbyjean]

the following is a basic day-of timeline. Of course, it is generic, and there are still other details that have to be determined. Hope this helps.

1:00 pre-ceremony photos start

2:15 pre-ceremony photos end (can do more photos with bride and her ladies as long as they’re not done on the alter)

2:30 guests start to arrive and are seated by ushers

2:57 mom’s go down aisle and light unity candle

3:00 bride’s attendants go down aisle, followed by the bride; ceremony starts

3:45 ceremony ends

3:50 receiving line* and after-ceremony photos

4:30 guests leave ceremony site to go to reception

5:00 cocktail hour begins

6:00 cocktail hour ends

6:00 bride & groom and the bridal party arrive at reception site

6:10 bride & groom and the bridal party arrive are announced in at reception site

6:15 best man’s toast, followed by any other toasts, and a blessing before dinner

6:30 dinner starts

7:15 cake cutting ceremony

7:30 first dance, followed by other traditional dances

*the length of the receiving line depends on the number of guests. A good estimate is 15 - 30 seconds per guest. A nice option to the traditional receiving line is to have the bride and groom release their guests themselves instead of having a couple ushers do so. It still guarantees that the b & g have personally thanked each guest, but goes much quicker than the traditional line.

[CarlosHoney]

Thanks for the timeline info. I'm not quite there yet, but glad to know that it's there once I need to plan all that stuff.

Looking forward to more features on Onewed.com!!

[Jenn060306]

Thank you so much Wedbyjean! I really ahve been struggling to wrap my head arround this.
We're having a photos taken at the reception site since it is such a beautiful place. So the bridal party will be doing the photos while guests are arriving for the cocktail party part.