what does your wedding day timeline look like?

You should definitely start a rough timeline, but be willing to modify it based on recommendations from your hair and makeup stylist, photographer, and DJ especially. IE how long to allow for makeup, time to allow for photos and how long to book the photographer for....and the DJ can definitely help with the reception timeline based on your guest count, size of the reception area, and specifics you want out of the event.

9-10am: start hair and makeup

1pm: first look/pictures with the wedding party

4pm: arrive at the church

5pm: ceremony to begin (will last around 30 mins)

5:30-6pm: receiving line

6:30pm: reception begins

7pm: dinner served

8pm: PARTY!

9:00- hair

10:30 makeup

12:00 Mom gets to venue and starts to decorate

12:00 I get to venue

12:30 Photographer and hopefully FH gets there and we start the getting ready pics

1:30 we start formal photography

3:00 I hide as guests start arriving

3:30 Ceremony

4:00-10:00 Reception

I haven't got the entire timeline done but I started with the photographer on what he would need.

Photos start at 130(we are doing as many pictures without FH seeing each other before)

Photo schedule is super detailed but that is ending by 430

People will being to be seated at 5

Walk down the aisle at 530

Cocktail hour 6-7

Reception 7-11

Reception will start with intros

Then first dance

Toasts

Then dinner

During dinner we will walk to each table to greet all our guests

Then we will do father/daughter and mother/son dance

Rest of the night dance

Omg I have NO idea!! I'll be watching this post

My ceremony starts at 10am, so i know I need wake up EARLY!

Yes you do Dyanne!

5:30 Hair

7:00 breakfast

7:30 Makeup

8:30 get dressed

9:00 Pictures

10:00 Ceremony

10:45 more pictures

Rough Draft…

The girls are having a lazy morning and the guys are going target shooting for their outing...

11:00 Hair & Makeup

1:30 Maids/Groomsmen Photos (no First Look)

3:15 Pre Wedding Prayer with entire BP (Still not seeing FH, we will stay "hidden")

3:30 Wedding

4:00 Photos/Cocktail Hour

5:00 Dinner

6:30 First Dance & Formal Dances

7:00 Open Dancing

8:00 Cake

9:00 Bouquet & Garter Toss

10:00 Back to the Vacation Rental for the After Party (Grand Exit will be via school bus, I'm a teacher, and will take the after party guests to the rental)

The whole thing might move up 30min if dinner takes less than 1.5 hours

8-10 - set up at reception site (unless they let me do it the night before)

11am - hair and make-up

3 - Bridal party photography

3:45 - Head to ceremony/reception site

4 - Ceremony

4:30-5:15 - Photographs/cocktail hour

5:30 - Dinner

6:15 - First dance (FH is making me do this... argh. We don't dance)

7:30 - Cake cutting

Until 10 - Over! We have to clean and be outta there by midnight.

We might have the cake cutting earlier. Our venue is an hour outside city limits, which makes it 2 hours outside for people on the farther side of the city (Houston is the epitome of urban sprawl) - so if people get antsy to leave around 7, we'll cut the cake then. Or even earlier. We're flexible.

Rough draft:

8a-10:30a - Hair & Makeup @ Salon (We're bringing breakfast and mimosas)

11a - arrive at ceremony location

photographer arrives & takes pictures of dress hanging, accessories, etc.

12 p- Boys arrive at ceremony location - photographer takes pictures of boys

12p - Bridemaids get dressed

12:20p - Bride get's dressed - photographer comes back for final pictures of Bride & BM getting dressed

1-1:30p - Ceremony

1:30-2:15 - Receiving Line

2:15 - 2:45 - Family Pictures at ceremony site

2:45 - 4:00- Pictures around Winery (cellar, vineyards, etc)

4-4:30 p - drive time to reception area

4:30-5:30p - pictures in 'downtown' locations

5:45p - get to reception

6pm - grand entrance

6:15 - prayer & start dinner

6:45- speaches (others can still be eating)

7:15 - first dance

Father/Daughter Dance

Mother son Dance

Everyone Dances

11p - Reception is over - clean up & we change

11:30p - Car picks us up and takes us to hotel

I have noooo idea. I wish I knew. I should probably start figuring this out. My main concern is starting hair/makeup too early or too late. To the people who already posted- can you post how many people will be getting their hair & makeup done in that allotted time? And by how many hair/MUA ? Does that make sense?

We get into the venu the day before to set up.. Thankfully we are not doing much decorating..

930-1: hair and makeup for me and moms and sisters at the hotel.

2-3ish first look and other photos.

3-4 relaxing with drinks

4 ceremony

430-6 cocktail hour

6-10 or 11 reception..

The guys will be doing any finishing touches at the venue the day of. Wr are lucky because we have the venue for 48 hours.

Saturday evening Jewish wedding:

10-5: hair and makeup with bridal party

5-6: first look with FH and alone pictures

6-7:15: pictures with family and bridal party

7:15: ketubah signing

7:30-8: Ceremony

8-9: Cocktail hour

9-1: Reception!

Getting worried-10:30 Sunday morning ceremony. Was planning to get dressed at the Bridal suite-now not sure of the time and what time hair and makeup for me and the girls. Any suggestions?

I don't know yet,,when it get closer I will know..but I'm having a evening wedding so I'm not getting up to early...lol...I love to sleep

I was thinking for me:

9am - get to the venue and begin decorating

10:30am-12pm - Hair and makeup

12pm - Back at the house for dress up and last minute touch ups

1pm - get to ceremony place and hide

2pm - walk down the isle

2:45 ish - pictures with the bridal party

3:45ish - get to reception and get the party started!

4pm - food served

5pm - cake cutting

5:30pm-8pm - enjoy the evening and let unexpected things happen!

@sherell my wedding also a sunday morning at 10am. Im not sure yet either if I can go to the bridal suite that early, since I will probably start make up and hair at 6am.

What I am going to do is rent a hotel room the night

Before with my girls. Maybe you can do that.