Day of Wedding Timeline….help!! 🫠

This depends on a few factors:


What times are your ceremony and reception?Are you having a First Look/First Touch?Are you wanting to take bridal party photos before or after the ceremony?Are your getting ready area, ceremony, and reception in one place or different venues?Are you having bridemaids and/or other female attendants get ready with you and is a professional Hair & Makeup Artist working on all of you?

Your photographer is the best person to ask because making timelines are part of their job description. What time is your ceremony contracted to start? When does your reception start and is it at the same or a different venue?

It looks like you're about 10 months out from your wedding, which is pretty early to be planning a day-of timeline (I'm like 2 months out and still haven't fully figured mine out lol). A lot of the timing will depend on certain vendors or venue requirements. For example, our ceremony is at a church, and they only let us use the bridal suite for an hour before the wedding. So we had to factor in getting ready at a different location, drive time, and what all we'll be able to accomplish in that hour (Ideally, detail shots, putting on dress/ jewelry/ shoes, exchange notes between FH and I, and a first look with my dad). Then when I booked my HMUA team, they advised that they'd need to start at a certain time based on when we'd need to be ready and leave by.

Work backwards. Figure out how much time you need for each “thing”. Something like this (just an example)


Time of ceremony 6:00Chill/mentally prepare 5:30Travel to place of ceremony 5:00Photos with bridal party/first look 4:00Put on dress/final touches 3:30Hair 1:30Makeup 11:00

I just started working on a timeline and we're under 2 months out lol! so reading your post has me slightly panicking about my to do list.... I think the best advice I've gotten about timelines is add an additional 10- 15mins to everything lol especially in the morning for getting ready. Being late in the morning will effect your entire timeline for the day. Example: at a wedding I attended the ceremony started 40 mins late which then effected the cocktail hour (we had about 15- 20 mins) which bled into the reception, guests staggered in there slowly because they wanted to keep socializing outside for cocktail hour it delayed the reception even more. The entire day felt rushed as a guest so I cant imagine how the couple felt! Give yourself enough time in the morning so the rest of the day can run smoothly!

My photographer pretty much built our entire timeline. Definitely ask yours and they should be able to help you out.

Agree with all the above.

But, I also found this article, which helped me immensely

https://www.bridalguide.com/planning/wedding-planning-basics/complete-wedding-day-timeline

My wedding is also in like 10 months, so I get trying to get everything done early/asap.

Good Luck and Congratulations!