Over or Under: 4.5 Hour Reception?

We are doing five (1 cocktail, 4 reception)

Over. Our reception (including cocktail hour) will be approx. 6 hours ending around midnight. This is pretty average for my area (with many being even longer).

Ours will be about 5ish, depending on how long the ceremony goes. cocktail hour from 6-7, reception from 7-11pm

5 hours total, including a 1-hour cocktail hour.

We are having a longer wedding, mostly because we got lucky with having friends who are professional DJs, photographers, HMUAs, etc. It helps us save a lot of money, plus none of them are putting a strong limit on our hours. So, we’re looking at the reception lasting from 3pm to midnight. Maybe later? We also rented the entire venue for 2 nights, so we don’t have a cutoff there either.

Hi ap2al! That's a great cocktail to reception hour ratio. Will you be serving any special signature drinks or fun appetizers during your cocktail hour?

Hi Kayla! That's great to hear, as it's hard to know how long the party is going to last if everyone is having so much fun, dancing the night away.

We'll be over 4.5 hours. We have our cocktail hour starting at 3 pm until 4 pm and it'll go until 9 pm!

We are having a somewhat diff timeline than the norm! We are starting at 3:00 pm with a welcome party which runs until 4:30 with food/whiskey tasting/ open bar/ cigar roller/ acoustic musician. Then at 4:45 everyone is directed over to the ceremony spot. 4:55-5:15 ceremony - guests back over to the welcome area (tented) or the barn which will be open at that point for everyone to find their seats or not.. DJ starts/ intros/ more food served (we have food served for 5 hours, not including dessert or after hours snack).

Over. Cocktail hour from 5-6, reception from 6-11, so 6 hours total. BUT, we are doing last call for alcohol at 10:30 then pushing coffee and water on people who are still around.

Just over including cocktail hour - 5 hours.

Over! Including cocktail hour we will be partying for 6 hours!

Cocktail hour begins at 5 and the reception ends at 11.