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Is it Ok to Have a Gap Between My Wedding and Reception?
Q: We are having our wedding in the afternoon around 2PM. The reception spot that we want won’t be available until 7PM. It’s about 30 minutes away from the wedding so the drive won’t be too long. Do you think this would be ok?
A: No, I don’t think it’s ok. What are people going to do for 3-4 hours? It’s one thing if people live around the area then they can go home and relax a bit, (still I’d find it to be annoying); but what about out of town guests? I do understand that weddings run over, pictures take time, but still I find it horribly rude to have guests waiting for a long amount of time.
Perhaps if you have something planned for people to do or serve some sort of cocktails or hor’dourves it won’t be as offensive; but my advice would be to either change the time of the wedding, or find a new reception location.
Of course if it’s common in your region to have large gaps of time in between the wedding and reception then go right ahead, just remember to always consider how you would feel if you were the guest.
