As a Guest, How Early Do You Show Up To The Wedding?

I usually aim for 15 minutes early - I'm always afraid of hitting traffic and being *that person* who rolls in after the ceremony has started. It also gives me enough time to find a seat and socialize before the ceremony begins.

Hi ! I do arrive a little bit early, just in case... But I'm against the idea of putting 5:45 on the invitations just to be sure that all the guests arrive at 6 sharp...

I try for 15-20 minutes before the time that is listed in the invitation, but if I'm driving a further distance, I give myself a 30-45 minute extra buffer in case there's an accident or traffic. If I end up getting there super early, I'll hang out in my car until 20-30 minutes before hand, then I'll go in.

I usually try to arrive about 10-15minutes early for weddings. For other events its a different story lol but I would HATEEE to walk in during the middle of a ceremony. For our minimony, I actually told my mom not to let anyone in if they showed up during the ceremony that they would have to wait in the hallway until the ceremony was over.

I try for 15 mins early.

That's a good point - I do leave room if it's a long drive, than look for a starbucks if I am too early!

I ALWAYS try to be on time everywhere, so I usually plan to arrive about 20-30 minutes prior. If nobody else has arrived yet or the seating isn't open, I just wait in the car until I see more people, then go sit. My FH and I were late to a wedding once because we left the invitation at home and their wedding website wasn't working, and we were horrified because we came right as the bride was about to walk down the aisle. Never again.

This depends greatly.

I always aim to be in my seat at the ceremony 15 minutes prior to the start time.

Also why I don't like people putting false times on invitations. Because ceremonies never start on time regardless - it will be an extra 10-15 before your ceremony really starts, almost always. 15 minutes seated prior to start time plus the extra tine puts me sitting at 25-30 minutes, which is fine. However, if you list 5:45, I'll be in my seat at 5:30, and then your ceremony inevitably doesn't start until 6:15 because the real start time was 6... now I've been sitting for 45 minutes and I'm agitated.