Journal · · 1 min read
A wedding day with room to breathe
Why the best wedding timelines have empty spaces in them, and how to build yours.
The thing couples tell us most often after their wedding is that it went by too fast. You can’t slow the day down, but you can stop filling every minute of it.
Plan in blocks, not minutes
Start with the few fixed moments: the ceremony, the dinner, the first dance. Then give everything around them generous blocks of time. Our run of show is minute by minute, but yours shouldn’t feel like it.
Add buffers where things always run late
- Getting ready takes longer than anyone believes. Add thirty minutes, and have the photographer arrive towards the end.
- Moving guests from ceremony to reception is slow. Count on twice the walking time, and make the waiting part of the celebration.
- Group photos go faster with a list and someone who knows the family. Keep them to fifteen minutes.
Protect ten minutes for the two of you
Right after the ceremony, before anyone congratulates you, take ten minutes alone. No photographer, no phones. It is the moment most couples remember best.
Let the evening find its own pace
Speeches between courses, a late-night snack, a band that reads the room: the best evenings are planned loosely enough to follow the mood. That’s where we come in. We keep the clock, so you don’t have to.