{"id":5622,"date":"2018-08-28T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.wordpress.com\/?p=5622"},"modified":"2019-05-08T17:26:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T21:26:24","slug":"wedding-timeline-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/blog\/wedding-timeline-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Timeline Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creating the order of events for your wedding day<\/a> is no easy task but, we\u2019re here to help!\u00a0 While we believe that everyone should tailor their wedding timeline<\/a> to best fit their needs, these tips should help you create the perfect timeline for YOUR wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ceremony \u2013 Approximately 30 minutes:<\/strong> From processional to recessional, it\u2019s very rare that a wedding ceremony<\/a> would take more than thirty minutes.\u00a0 Exceptions include traditional religious ceremonies<\/a>, which can take 45 minutes to an hour.\u00a0 Talk to whoever is performing your ceremony to get a more finite time frame.<\/p>\n

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Cocktail Hour \u2013 Approximately 45 minutes:<\/strong> Immediately following your ceremony, if you are hosting your ceremony & reception<\/a> in the same place, will be your cocktail hour.\u00a0 This is where guests will have the opportunity to mingle, have some tasty hors d\u2019oeuvres, and enjoy cocktails if they are being served at your wedding. During this time, the newlyweds<\/a> are typically taking staged photos with their families and wedding party<\/a>.\u00a0 We recommend your cocktail hour to be 45 minutes to an hour long.<\/p>\n

Announcements \u2013 Approximately 15 minutes:<\/strong> When cocktail hour dies down and you are transitioning to the party, most couples will make the switch with announcements.\u00a0 This is where the wedding party and newlyweds are introduced to join the reception, while friends and family are at their seats hyping up the party.\u00a0 Some couples introduce their families as well, but it is most common to only include the wedding party<\/a>.\u00a0 Announcements typically only take 15 minutes when you include having your guests be seated, lining up the wedding party, and introducing everyone by name.<\/p>\n

First Dances \u2013 Approximately 5 \u2013 10 minutes:<\/strong> After announcements, you have the choice to jump into your first dances (i.e. newlyweds & parent\u2019s dances) or to sit down and begin meal service.\u00a0 In most cases, couples choose to get their first dance done immediately after announcements, while they still have their guest\u2019s attention.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t want to have the parent\u2019s dances right away, then having them right after meal service creates a great opportunity to open up the dance floor.<\/p>\n

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Above: Kelly Stinson Photography<\/sub><\/p>\n

Meal Service \u2013 Approximately 20 \u2013 40 minutes:<\/strong> Determining the duration of meal service depends on your guest count and type of meal.\u00a0 However, most meal services don\u2019t take more than 20 \u2013 40 minutes for all guests to be served.\u00a0 During this time, the couple is usually going from table to table thanking their guests for coming.<\/p>\n

Toasts \u2013 Approximately 5 to 20 minutes:<\/strong>\u00a0 Toasts are the most difficult event to set a time for, but I have never seen toasts run longer than 20 minutes.\u00a0 There is no way of telling how long speeches will take, unless you ask those giving a speech to keep it under a certain amount of time.\u00a0 Regardless of how long their speeches are though, we recommend having toasts towards the end of meal service.\u00a0 This ensures that you have everyone\u2019s attention and doesn\u2019t require you to gather everyone up from different areas of the venue.\u00a0 We also recommend that you do the traditional cake cutting<\/a> immediately after toasts so dessert can be served as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

After these main events, the rest of your wedding should be filled with dancing, catching up with old friends and family, tossing your bouquet, or taking photos at your photo booth!\u00a0 If you plan your timeline accordingly, and have a wedding coordinator<\/a> to keep you on schedule, you should have plenty of time to really ENJOY your wedding day!<\/p>\n

We hope you found these tips useful in creating your wedding timeline.\u00a0 Please contact the experts at info@lesnerinn.com<\/a> if you have any questions about your Lesner Inn<\/a> wedding in Virginia Beach<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Creating the order of events for your wedding day is no easy task but, we\u2019re here to help!\u00a0 While we believe that everyone should tailor their wedding timeline to best fit their needs, these tips should help you create the perfect timeline for YOUR wedding. Ceremony \u2013 Approximately 30 minutes: From processional to recessional, it\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,58,30,33,60,34,39,50,51,52,53,55],"tags":[109,117,133,258,269,291,292],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}