Average Length Of Wedding Reception
How long each event lasts depends on your party is it a simple cocktail wedding reception or a seated dinner. Some couples will extend the party by planning a five or six hour reception while others plan an after party at a second location.
Guests who are invited to an after party can plan to spend an hour or two at this event.
Average length of wedding reception. Civil ceremony a very simple ceremony with no readings special wording or photographs can be as short as 10 minutes. However assuming you are having your ceremony and reception at the venue and you have a hard stop of 10 p m here s how i would plan your wedding timeline. On your wedding invitation as you always want to give 1 2 hour for guests to arrive.
Although there is no specific length that a reception should last most receptions that include a full sit down meal last around four hours. She also worked as a luxury wedding planning producing over 100 high end weddings and events over four wedding seasons in colorado. Church of england 40 to 50 minutes catholic with.
Jaimie mackey was the brides real weddings editor from 2013 to 2015. The average reception with full meal lasts for about four hours keep. Church ceremony religious ceremonies can vary in length and we recommend you discuss it with your church.
Here s the traditional order of wedding reception events based on a basic four hour celebtation. However most ceremonies usually take approximately 20 to 30 minutes. A guide to a typical wedding timeline.
Ceremony starts however you would say 4 p m. We ve included all the events that typically happen at wedding receptions and this simple five hour timeline can be customized for any style of reception whether you re hosting a seated dinner a buffet style meal or a wedding brunch feel free to remove any of the sections that are not applicable to your event.
