Staying on time on your wedding day
My assistants call me the “time nazi” at weddings and vendors that work with me know I do my darnest to stay on time and if we are off track for some strange reason we get back on track…. and quickly. So why should you stay on time on the day of your wedding and avoid being late? Well the simple answer to this question is “time is money”. When you are running late, it will literally cost you money. Here are a few of the things that can happen when you lose track of time and start running late for everything. Let’s say you get to the ceremony 30 minutes late. That is really late by the way… you will have a few annoyed guests.
A. The church coordinator may have to boot you from the church early to make way for the wedding ceremony right after yours. Impacting your family pictures at the altar. Your Mom may not be so happy she didn’t get a picture of the entire family in front of the altar.
B. The limo driver has waited an extra 30 minutes because he arrived on time to pick you up but you weren’t ready. Clock is ticking when he arrives not when they start driving around. Imagine if you are stuck in traffic….
C. The videographer that you hired for 10 hours now has to stay longer to capture your best man speech and and the photographer has to stay longer to take pictures of the bouquet toss…. and afterwards the first dance. They definitely can’t leave without taking pictures of your first dance.
D. The caterer cannot start plating the first course on time which could lead to slightly overcooked steaks for your entree.
E. You end up paying the band to just sit there vs. letting them play the rock & roll tunes that you want to hear right after the first dance. This also means your dancing time will be cut short.
These are a few of the things that impact your wedding day when you are late. Staying on time should be a big priority for you. Make sure you assign someone the job of keeping you on time and on task. Keep in mind that if you have a bridal party with you (and later on the full wedding party) that means that you are moving as fast as the slowest person. So when you are getting ready give yourself plenty of time.
