If our reception is to start at 6PM what time does the couple and the wedding party usually arrive?? when r u guys arriving???

FYI: Our ceremony is at 2:30 and will end around 3:30

TIA!

Our ceremony is at 6:30 (were pretaking the pics beforehand) and after the receiveing line, if we have one, we'll go straight downstairs to the reception

our reception also begins at 6 pm and we plan to make our grand entrance into the reception at 6:45, and would ideally like to arrive about a half hour before that. but our ceremony is from 4-4:45 and we need to take pictures in between so i'm not sure if that's going to happen!

Our ceremony and reception are in the same venue.  The time-plans is

4:30 Ceremony

5:15 Photos while the guests get drinks, mingle and then sit down for the meal (we're having very short photos in the hotel gardens)

5:50 Grand entrance

6:00 Meal begins

7:30 speeches

8:00 Evening guests arrive

Ceremony:  5:45pm (brief 15-20 min ceremony and then the reception is just one block away)

Reception (appetizers and drinks for guests  6:15)

Grand Entrance 6:50

Meal Begins 7:00pm

Our ceremony begins at 6:30 but we wont be making our grand entrance until around 8:15 being that the cocktail hour is from 7-8.

Our ceremony will be at 5 pm

Cocktail Hour: 530-630

Reception: 630

Grand entrance is at 645

Our ceremony ends at 4:15, reception starts at 7pm.  Lucky for us it's at a hotel & there is PLENTY to do.  So, while people are arriving, we'll most likely be in a room drinking. lol

Take advantage of this time and get TONS of pictures taken! :)