I loved this video! Furiously taking notes and then remembered it’s a UA-cam video so I can just watch again 🙈 haha Sooo useful and easy to follow ☺️ thank you so much!!
Very useful information. This is my thoughts: open cocktail hour with pouring a tower of champagne , open reception with cake cutting and open party session of the reception with first dance 😊
I don't expect Laura 👸🏻 herself to answer comments in detail, but perhaps some of you fellow brides and grooms can advise on my *approximate* timeline? 9:00 breakfast 9:30 hair and makeup 11:30 Uber to venue -- 12:00 arrival at venue, coffee served 12:30 registrar interviews 13:00 ceremony 13:45 confetti shot outside 14:00 pictures with everyone 14:45 cocktail hour (couple's portraits) 16:00 guests go to seats -- 16:30 starters served 17:00 speeches 18:00 mains served 19:00 room switch (tables to dancefloor) -- 19:30 first dance 19:35 party 🎉💃🍾 20:30 cake cutting 21:30 snacks served 22:45 grand exit 23:00 THE END (or after-party for those still standing) For context, everything is local in West London, we have around 40 guests and 40 evening guests. Budget is around £6k. 👰🏻♀️🤵🏻♂️💒
This is super useful! Have you ever tried cutting the cake during the cocktail hour? We have been thinking about turning our cocktail hour into more of a coffee and cake session rather than drinking (as we're providing free bar after the dinner). Would the couple cut the cake straight after the confetti shot and then move on to photos or do photos first and come back to cut the cake?
Yes - I have done this and I do love it! I would usually say do photos first (trying to re gather guests once they have coffee and cake will take so long!) then cut the cake and have it cut up quickly to serve. Or have a fake 'for show' cake and a cake already cut in the kitchen ;) so it can come out even quicker.
Hi Beth, its not so much of a thing in the UK. Usually the couple stay right through to the end and either leave with all the guests, wave them off or as is very popular just going up to bed as everyone is staying on the site and meeting the next morning for breakfast. Something I do love however is a last dance with just the couple and maybe the guests around them to end the night. This way there is some big ending to the night x
@@laurabethevents that’s good to know thank you! I was curious as to how everyone would know the night is over but the last dance is a really nice way of doing that thank you 🥰
I loved this video! Furiously taking notes and then remembered it’s a UA-cam video so I can just watch again 🙈 haha
Sooo useful and easy to follow ☺️ thank you so much!!
You’re welcome! So glad you enjoyed! Hehe re watch as many times as needed !
Great
Very useful information. This is my thoughts: open cocktail hour with pouring a tower of champagne , open reception with cake cutting and open party session of the reception with first dance 😊
Love this. Wedding days are so unique and so many ways to do it!
Order, order, order! Wedding days need order! Great video and thanks for sharing! ❤️
You’re welcome - glad you enjoyed! They so do don’t they - we know that all too well 😂
I don't expect Laura 👸🏻 herself to answer comments in detail, but perhaps some of you fellow brides and grooms can advise on my *approximate* timeline?
9:00 breakfast
9:30 hair and makeup
11:30 Uber to venue
--
12:00 arrival at venue, coffee served
12:30 registrar interviews
13:00 ceremony
13:45 confetti shot outside
14:00 pictures with everyone
14:45 cocktail hour (couple's portraits)
16:00 guests go to seats
--
16:30 starters served
17:00 speeches
18:00 mains served
19:00 room switch (tables to dancefloor)
--
19:30 first dance
19:35 party 🎉💃🍾
20:30 cake cutting
21:30 snacks served
22:45 grand exit
23:00 THE END
(or after-party for those still standing)
For context, everything is local in West London, we have around 40 guests and 40 evening guests. Budget is around £6k. 👰🏻♀️🤵🏻♂️💒
This is super useful! Have you ever tried cutting the cake during the cocktail hour? We have been thinking about turning our cocktail hour into more of a coffee and cake session rather than drinking (as we're providing free bar after the dinner). Would the couple cut the cake straight after the confetti shot and then move on to photos or do photos first and come back to cut the cake?
Yes - I have done this and I do love it! I would usually say do photos first (trying to re gather guests once they have coffee and cake will take so long!) then cut the cake and have it cut up quickly to serve. Or have a fake 'for show' cake and a cake already cut in the kitchen ;) so it can come out even quicker.
I know in America they do a grand exit, is this something we commonly do in the uk? If so how would you go about doing this 💗
Hi Beth, its not so much of a thing in the UK. Usually the couple stay right through to the end and either leave with all the guests, wave them off or as is very popular just going up to bed as everyone is staying on the site and meeting the next morning for breakfast. Something I do love however is a last dance with just the couple and maybe the guests around them to end the night. This way there is some big ending to the night x
@@laurabethevents that’s good to know thank you! I was curious as to how everyone would know the night is over but the last dance is a really nice way of doing that thank you 🥰