Wedding Reception timings

Months have passed so fast. 3 months already. This being since my last blog. I still have a second article to write after the last article, which hopefully I will get around it sometimes this month. When I wrote the last article, it was a cold season and it still is. That's how unpredictable the weather has become. More like Nairobi traffic on the weekends. It's a bit tricky to get the timings right when it comes to it.

Getting to today's article, it was usual for wedding receptions to begin between midday and 2pm in theory. With Nairobi traffic being factored in alongside with the distance from the ceremony to reception area, including where the bridal team had selected for photo shoot area, that usually meant that the far everything is from one another, the more it meant that guests would reach the reception really late and the bridal team made it as late as 4pm, that's an hour or two before the reception ended. A lot has changed though with time. That will be a discussion for another day on what's made this changes possible.


Receptions timings have greatly changed. What to consider when one sets the reception time? The distance from the ceremony and the reception still remains a major factor, the time of the month is also a contender. End months usually have crazy traffics in Nairobi. Its always like everyone drives their private cars. Considering whether the time selected will be possible for your guests to attend. If you have a wedding in the middle of the week, it becomes tricky for some guests to make certain times that you'd prefer. Cost and length of the reception. If you consider spending time with your guests and have ample time, then here is where the timing of your reception really comes in. A majority of the wedding receptions end either in good time or really late and the wedding couple along with a few guests gather at a different place for the evening dinner party. The stress of the days leading up to the wedding day itself might make all or some on the bridal team be too tired to enjoy themselves at this. This makes others settle for a late reception from 4pm afterwards to avoid an extra gathering and to spend as much time as possible with their guests.

Whatever works for the wedding couple, a consensus usually is that the timing selected helps them and their guests to have fun and enjoy themselves.