HOW I WRITE WEDDING DAY TIMELINES | by a wedding planner

[@aparnaldo]

LOVED LOVED LOVED. Straight to the point, no “fillers” and super helpful! Thank you. I’m coordinating my first wedding so I’m trying to get all the information and tips I can and yours by far was the most simple but functional!

[@hiabbylee_]

Amazing!! So glad to hear :) please let me know what else you would like me to cover!

[@zuewebster5943]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Extremely helpful and to the point which is exactly what I was looking for!

[@hiabbylee_]

Yay! I’m so glad :)

[@SweetybellfromRanco]

Probably the best video I have seen on this topic...you gave real times and goals to stick with ~ Thank you for sharing.

[@hiabbylee_]

Thank you Amanda! So glad it was helpful :)

[@12Sanguine]

I don't expect Abby 👸🏽 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 London UK, we have around 40 guests and 40 evening guests. Budget is around £6k. 👰🏻‍♀️🤵🏻‍♂️💒

[@hiabbylee_]

Hi queen! Here are some notes that I have: @ 14:00 are you planning to take photos with all of your 40 guests or just a few? - Are speeches going on for an hour? - At 19:00 are you just moving a few tables off the dancefloor or changing the room entirely?

[@Laboricuamamys2002]

Thank u for this video. What if we are doing decorations ourselves? The venue will have table covers and napkins all set up . We would need to place the centerpieces, backdrops, vases,signs for gifts and cards, welcome sign, seating chart, guestbook , sweat heart table decoration,cake table deco as well as set up a table for favors . After that I think everyone will b going home to take showers . Ceremony time is 4:00 I believe and I think we can come at 8:00 to the venue to decorate

[@hiabbylee_]

If you are doing the decorations yourself and the venue opens at 8 AM I would start setting up right at 8! As it sounds like you have a lot to set up. Just make sure and double check with your venue that tables and linens will be set by 8 am or even 9 AM. If it's the latter, still go right when they open and start setting up everything else.

[@tyleryurk7830]

Thank you! Soooo helpful. Just what I was looking for.

[@hiabbylee_]

Yay! I'm so glad :)

[@mariaasbury9985]

Thank you so much!! This was the most helpful video I've seem so far

[@hiabbylee_]

Yay! I’m so glad!! :)

[@DailyGlowWithLinda]

This was so so so helpful with no filler! Loved this video🎉 silly question, how long would you budget for 8 girls to get ready including the bride? On your video there is time buffered for 4 hours, before the photographer arrives would I budget a lot more? Thank you 🙏

[@annegonzalez6683]

I'm planning my first wedding this is super helpful thank you ❤️

[@hiabbylee_]

You're so welcome!

[@dana221]

This is so helpful!!!! Thank you so much 🧡

[@hiabbylee_]

Of course, you are so welcome!

[@imanforte5199]

This is so so helpful. THANK YOU!

[@hiabbylee_]

You're so welcome!

[@elsineave6526]

This is very helpful, thank you 😊

[@hiabbylee_]

Yay! I'm so glad - you're welcome : )

[@elizabethfanger9714]

This is a nice timeline but since you start at 8 am what would you do about decorating the venue because a lot of places don't let you in until 8 am that morning to decorate?

[@abbylee6967]

Hi Elizabeth! Most venues typically allow you 2 hours before the ceremony to decorate (although this varies, so just double check with your venue), but whenever the open time is is when I suggest you send your florist, coordinators or whoever is in charge of decorating as they should use all the time they can get.

[@Evelyn.Zamora]

Hello! How would you suggest adding in picture with guests at their tables during reception?

[@hiabbylee_]

What flows best from my experience, especially if you have Buffett style is to have each table go up to your sweetheart table for a quick photo and then grab dinner !

[@DiamondPrincessMex]

For a grand exit or mock grand exit for a 10pm end time, what type of buffer would you need time wise?

[@hiabbylee_]

I usually base mock grand exits off of when your photographer leaves! Usually if an end time is at 10 we do mock grand exits around 845 with assuming photo coverage ends at 9 PM

[@DiamondPrincessMex]

@@hiabbylee_ awesome 👏🏼 thank you so much 😊

[@therookiefisherman5234]

Wait you left no room for games and entertainment this timeline is the perfect boring wedding.

[@hiabbylee_]

This is just one example version of a timeline ... games or other things can be added if the couple wants.