SpinOff: What time are you telling your guests to arrive?

The ceremony starts at 3. I would hope people would get there before 3 - otherwise they will look like idiots coming in late.

I don't understand telling people 2 different times and then making them wait. If I say the ceremony is at 3 - your butt better be in the seat before 3.

ETA: My friend recently got married (I was a BM) and put arrival time as 3 and ceremony at 330. Well Grandma was late, and everyone who got there on time had to sit in the ceremony area for an hour staring at the walls. If that was me, I'd be pissed

Ceremony starts @ 5:30. I am not telling guests when to arrive. If they can't figure out that they should be there 10-15 minutes early, then they are idiots lol.

Our invites said 5:30 and our ceremony started at 5:30. we only had one couple that was late and they were tactful enough to just wait in their car.

i think it's crap to have an earlier time on your invite. most people know how to get somewhere on time.

ETA: on the website, in our FAQ section, i said that guests could start arriving at 5:00. nobody pays attention to that though, because i swear half our guest list showed up at 4:30 and were crowding around like an audience while we did our photos or mingling in our reception area which really pissed me off. but i tried to ignore it for my own sanity on the day of...

honestly, people are gonna arrive when they're gonna arrive. you can't do anything about it. the only thing you should worry about is the people showing up late having respect enough to either stand in the back or stay in their cars.

Ceremony starts at 3. I would assume they know to come 15mins prior?

That's awesome that you're starting your ceremony right on time. Your guests are presumably adults who know how to get to places on time. Honestly, if I saw that on an invite, I'd show up at 9:55 anyway just because I have no interest in sitting around waiting for things to start.

My ceremony starts at 6:00pm, I'm not telling anyone what time to get there, they should know to get there for the 6pm start time.

Do you have to tell adults this?? By telling people that a ceremony starts at 10 is doing just that, isn't it? Plan accordingly people. I don't think you should have to announce that.

Haha yes I would hope they would be smart enough to arrive before the set ceremony time!

Our Pastor was actually the one who suggested it to us since we have to be out of the church at a certain time.

Our ceremony is at 4. We're having all of our guests take a shuttle to our location, and we're hoping everyone will by there around 3:30--enough time to get a drink and a snack, mingle a bit, and settle in for a quick ceremony before jumping back to reception fun.

Our ceremony is at 4 so invites said 4.

My invites say 3pm. The time the ceremony will start is 3pm. I'm going to include an information card that ask guest to arrive at 2:45pm. I also included the information on the website. I hope people will arrive on time. Either way the wedding will start at 3pm.

Our ceremony is at 4pm. On the wedding website or if they ask, we are telling them 20-30 minutes prior. My aunt who is also our DOC said if anyone walks in after the processional begins, she's locking the doors lol

Our ceremony starts at 12 noon and our venue asked us to put 11:30 on the invitations. Guests won't be sitting around waiting though because they'll be in a room with champagne and snacks until it's time to head outside for the ceremony. Many of my guests are infamous for being late to everything so I think it's a good idea. You know your crowd best

Ceremony on the invite says 1030 were starting around 1040 the latest to give the late comers a few minutes..

Invite says ceremony starts at 5:00. those staying at the hotel can take the limo bus we rented to go to the venue, but i'm not responsible for them. The guests coming right to venue again not responsible. They are adults. If it starts at 5:00 they should arrive early.

My ceremony starts at 4:30. On my wedding site I stated the ceremony will begin promptly at 4:30 and to please be seated before the ceremony begins. My coordinator has been instructed to direct anyone who comes into the church after the wedding party starts going in, to the balcony seats.

We're advising our guests that while the ceremony starts promptly at 5 we advise trying to arrive between 4:30 and 4:45. Our ceremony is in an area that can be prone to traffic, and based off past events we're assuming most will forget their parking pass and have to go back to their cars, or they'll show up at the last minute since they always seem to assume that a start time is just a suggestion and not going to happen.

ETA: this suggestion can only be found on our website, we didn't include that in the invite.

I don't think you should tell your guests anything other than the ceremony time. if they honest arrive late to a wedding that is in progress maybe it will make them realize next time they need to be adults and plan ahead. perhaps invite can read "ceremony will begin promptly at 3pm"

Yeah, I put it on our wedding website that the ceremony will begin promptly at 10am and guest should arrive early & plan for traffic in the area.

I think I am just a obsessive over planner and get anxious about the though of people coming late AND still interrupting the ceremony.

Maybe I'll include an Info card like Julia T and just hope for the best!

Our ceremony says 6 and that is what time the ceremony starts. I feel like if I have to tell them that they need to arrive and be seated prior to 6 then they are idiots and I don't want them there One thing about this whole wedding planning/process that drives me nuts is the catering to idiots. These people are adults. I think they can handle it.