Same location for ceremony and reception?

We are doing this, but ceremony is outside and reception is inside.

We are doing first look pictures to cut out the need for an awkward pause/no cocktail hour.

I have a fearless troop of aunts that plan to grab what few things need to be transitioned from ceremony to reception after they go through the receiving line.

Sorry i cannot be a little more help.

I am in the same boat as Jessica C., ceremony outside then reception inside. If you're using one space for both, depending on how many guests/chairs/tables you're using, you'll need about an hour, give or take, to turn the room over. You will need to have a cocktail hour at a separate room so your guests can eat and mingle while the room is turned over. In most cases the venue staff will turn over the site for you, but if I were you I would have a DOC to make sure everything happens properly and on time.

We'll be doing this as well...

We actually have a lady that will be doing the set up of the ceremony and reception. So long as the weather holds up.... the ceremony will be outside over looking a river... and the reception will be a mixture of inside and outside.

That's about all I have to offer you..

We are doing this - the way my coordinator explained it is that the ballroom where the reception will be taking place one half of it will be the ceremony and they place a divider and the other side is already set up for the reception....after the ceremony they said it should take about a half hour to do the change...I think these days pretty much everyone does the one stop wedding because it does cut costs

We do it. But you really need a venue that has done this before, and done it well. It can be quite chaotic. If you weren't thinking of it before, get a wedding planner who has done this often, also. There needs to be a supervisor who can make instant decisions and keep everyone on track and coordinate all the vendors who will be doing this. Typically, the guests are moved into another area for cocktails, while the ceremony area is converted for dinner.

If, however, ceremony is in one space and cocktails/dinner/dancing, etc. are in another, just under the same roof, you have nothing to worry about.

I did this at my first wedding, and when the staff started turning the room around, all the men jumped in to help. It ended up taking ten minutes to set the room for 300 people! I didn't want to do it, but it ended up being no big deal.

I do this all the time. Usually the cocktail hour is in a different location than the ceremony/dinner. It should only take a half hour or so to flip. Some of my couples have gathered everyone together for a big group shot, which takes up some of that time and serves to move the crowd out of the ceremony space. Occasionally, I'll mention that in my welcome too, so the guests know what to expect right after the ceremony.

We are doing this, the way I see it working out is ... the guests will be seated at the same tables that they will be served dinner at during the reception. The ceremony will take place on the dance floor which is in the middle of the room. I want to do some small decorations on the floor but not sure what yet. We will leave the room, get pictures down and guests will have cocktail hour at that time. We will get reintroduced and dinner served. I don't see the room having to be flipped.

We are doing this. Both the ceremony and reception will be outside. Almost all of our pictures will be done before the ceremony to save time, but we'll do another 20 minutes of shots just the two of us after the ceremony in a different part of the property.

The set up is still a little foggy, but our wedding is going to be very casual. The ceremony will be on the lake, so we'll probably ask the ushers to help move the chairs from that location to the tent where the dinner will be (like, 12 steps away). Not sure about this yet...

We are doing this, however our venue has a separate ceremony area (outside) and an outdoor pavilion for the reception. If it rains, it'll all be in the pavilion, but otherwise our guests will be finding their seats/getting drinks/mingling while we're taking pictures. Our photographer doesn't expect pics to take more than 30 minutes anyway (we're doing what we can beforehand w/o a first look), so it shouldn't be too much time for guests to start wondering when we'll get the reception started.

We are having ceremony and reception at the same venue, however we'll have the ceremony at a terrace overlooking the sea and the cocktail hour will be there too (there's plenty space for both). The reception will be at the resort's ballroom.

Ceremony will take place outdoor, with reception by the pool on the patio and reception will take place inside.

My daughters wedding and reception were at the same venue (a hotel). We used two meeting rooms for the ceremony and the reception was held in the ballroom across the hallway. So, no need to turn over the space.

My ceremony and reception are in the same place, both inside. The staff does the turn around and all they are really doing is moving tables into the space after the ceremony. The chairs that people will be sitting on for the ceremony are the chairs that will be at the tables. We're going to have our centerpieces already arranged so that when they move the tables, they'll be all set up already.

We are doing this. We have a big ballroom at a hotel so half the room will be set. They will turn the other half of the room over during cocktail hour which is in a different room so the guests won't see it being set.

We will be having our ceremony and reception at the same venue. It makes it easier all around not to have to travel to another location. Our venue is centrally located for all of our guests which is one of may reasons why we love it there! We will be having our wedding outside in the garden and our reception will be in the newly renovated farm house. It is beautiful!

The chairs used for our ceremony will also be used for our reception so our guests will have access to the reception area, but not have a chair until the staff brings them up from the garden. This isn't that big of a deal for us considering we will have a passed appetizer and drinks available to our guests.