Planning Your Wedding Day Timeline
In this episode, we'll delve into the essentials of a wedding timeline and provide some valuable information to help you design a stress-free and unique wedding day.
Understanding The Wedding Timeline:
A wedding timeline serves as a helpful guide to ensure a smooth flow of events on your special day. However, it is essential to remember that it should be seen as a flexible framework rather than a rigid timeline. Leave room for spontaneity and unexpected moments that will make your wedding truly memorable.
Involve important family members:
When planning your wedding program, consider involving important family members in decision-making. Your input and support can help create a more inclusive and meaningful experience for all involved. Discussing the timeline with your loved ones will ensure that everyone feels valued and included in the celebration.
Efficient organization of family photos:
Family photos are an important part of every wedding day. To streamline the process and make the most of your time, create a list of must-have family photos ahead of time. Share this list with your photographer to ensure all important shots are captured efficiently. This will allow you to spend more time enjoying the celebration with your loved ones.
Lighting consideration for optimal photo and video quality:
Lighting plays a crucial role in capturing great wedding photos and videos. When planning your timeline, consider natural light conditions at different times of the day, especially during sunset. Consult your photographer and videographer to determine the best time for your outdoor shots, ensuring you get the desired aesthetic and visual impact.
First Look vs Traditional:
One decision you must make when planning your wedding timeline is whether to take a first look or stick with the traditional approach. A first look allows the bride and groom to see each other before the ceremony, capturing their authentic emotions in an intimate setting. Alternatively, the traditional approach builds anticipation and creates a magical moment during the ceremony. Consider your preferences and consult with your partner to choose the option that resonates with both of you.
Planning your wedding in Colorado should be an exciting and fun experience. By creating a flexible wedding timeline, involving important family members, organizing family photos efficiently, and considering lighting for optimal photo and video quality, you can design a stress-free and memorable wedding day. Tune into the Colorado Wedding Podcast for more tips and advice on planning your dream wedding in Colorado. Be sure to visit ColoradoWeddingGuides.com for free wedding planning tools, checklists, and guides. Happy planning!
Transcript:
Brian: You may be someone who is amazing at planning. You plan everything down to the detail, and I think that's amazing. I just think that the wedding timeline is a guide, like don't let it be a cage because that will stress you out.
Josh: Welcome to the Colorado Wedding Podcast, the ultimate place to plan your Colorado wedding.
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Brian: weddings to intimate elopements, we'll guide you through planning your wedding in the beautiful state of Colorado. We're
Josh: your host, Josh and Brian, and we're here to give you insider tips and advice. From all kinds of Colorado wedding experts,
Brian: join us and discover the best ways to reduce wedding stress and design your unique wedding day.
Brian: Uh, welcome back to the Colorado Wedding Podcast, the ultimate place to plan a Colorado wedding. Super excited to be back and to be helping out the brides and grooms out there that are planning a wedding and yeah. Awesome. I'm Josh.
Josh: And I'm Brian. We're both video producers, photographers based here in Northern Colorado.
Josh: And we love weddings. We do. Today we've got something special. Brian has been in the wedding industry so long and he's seen so many different, different things. We're gonna be talking about wedding timeline of the actual day of the wedding planning. Just ceremony, reception. All thanks. And just the various different options of if you wanna first look.
Josh: Yeah. Or you wanna go traditional. You wanna start in the morning? I've seen a sunrise way. Oh, sure. Just there's so many options and Brian's seen it all. Brian, can you unpack, uh, your top 10 tips today for us? Yeah,
Brian: yeah, yeah. We're gonna do 10 tips and, and, and just be aware this is kind of the most common.
Brian: Wedding timeline tips. If you're doing an elopement, it's gonna be different, but@coloradoweddingguides.com on our website, we are gonna have a P D F that has a. That has a bunch of different timelines, whether that's gonna be a, a boutique wedding, if it's gonna be a big, huge wedding. So be aware that this is not, not for everybody, but it's gonna be general tips that I think are really meaningful.
Brian: We get asked about timeline all the time, right? I mean, that's, yeah. We out plan 'em. Oh yeah. Yeah. And, and you know, we work with wedding planners and venues to do that, and I think it's a big point of stress for the bride and groom to try to fit everything into one day. And what are we all
Josh: about when
Brian: it comes to stress?
Brian: Oh, we are, we are, we're all about the low stress. We are all, we are all about the low stress. We are not pro stress. Yeah. Surprisingly, some people are pro stress. I think so, yeah.
Josh: Not us. And not when it comes to your wedding day. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, let's jump in. So top 10 tips. First one being just keeping it flexible.
Josh: Like what does, what does that mean? Is not a cage? Yeah, yeah. The, the planning and the timeline.
Brian: Yes. And some people are type A, some people are type B and some people are a mix of those two things. So, You may be someone who is amazing at planning. You plan everything down to the detail, and I think that's amazing.
Brian: I just think that the wedding timeline is a guide, like don't let it be a cage because that will stress you out if you're three minutes late on something, which you will be. Have you ever seen a wedding That's right on time, on everything? No. I mean, it just doesn't happen. There's too many people, there's too many factors, there's too many vendors.
Brian: You know, if the food is five minutes late and you are, um, have your timeline down to at 6 0 6 we're eating. Let's, you probably need to pull that back a little bit because you'll enjoy your day more. And from a, from a, a selfish point of view, the photos and video will be better, more if you're less stressed.
Brian: So, um, yeah, it's definitely a guideline and, and just, just do your best to kind of like leave the, the times to be kind of like at the half hour, at the 15 minute and just be aware it could be five minutes early. Five minutes late. Yeah.
Josh: Thanks, Ryan. Yeah. Okay. Tip two here. Who should be involved in the planning?
Josh: Yeah.
Brian: Yeah. So. I, I think that one of the tips I would give is you want kind of everyone's input, but you should try to keep all the, all the people to a minimum, right? So some people have their mom and their sister and their brother and their cousin involved in the timeline who are giving advice and, and, and all the vendors.
Brian: Um, and I think you probably wanna be a little careful with that because it can get stressful. Just planning, just, just putting it on paper can be stressful. So, Yeah, I, I, I think the, the number one is obviously if you have a wedding planner, that's gonna be, they're gonna be the driving factor and they tend to know exactly what they're talking about.
Brian: They've probably already talked to the venue, they've probably talked to all the vendors and they know that how long it takes for a catering to happen, how long it takes for the floors to get set up. And so they're gonna be your, your. Primary person to talk to. And you could have a, uh, a day of coordinator at your venue, and that would be basically the same thing.
Brian: And so your venue would be the other one. And so just depending on how you have your wedding planning set up, then the photographer slash videographer I think is a big one. Um, that's not a selfish thing, it's just that they are aware of, you know, when the light's happening that day. And we'll talk more about that a little bit more.
Brian: Yeah. And there just have been to so many weddings and kind of seen like, okay. A wedding planner may take, you know, put that, hey, you know, these photos take five minutes. Really? They take 15 or 20 and, uh, yeah, you just don't wanna be rushing around on your wedding day. So, yeah, I would include, you know, obviously if you are planning your own wedding, you're gonna wanna talk to the dj, you're gonna want to talk to the caterer, you're gonna wanna talk to the florist.
Brian: So, and just ask them how long things take. They don't necessarily have to say, Hey, make sure that your ceremony's at five o'clock, but you are gonna need to be aware of how long things take. Um, most of you're planning your first wedding and, and. That is something to be conscious of. Yeah.
Josh: Okay. So tip three, at what point in the day do you start things?
Josh: What do you think about timing? Yeah.
Brian: Of all that? Yeah. And, and this is something where, you know, Josh and I are gonna talk a lot about making your wedding special to you and unique to you. Uh, you know, we said it in our very first episode. That really, really rings true because it makes everything better.
Brian: It makes you happier, it makes everybody happy to be there, uh, when they know it's about you. So when should your day start? You know, we have some people who do yoga in the morning with their bridesmaids, or we have grooms who, uh, take a bike ride with their guys because they're into biking. And I think whatever that thing is is that's an awesome option.
Brian: Other people like to sleep in. I totally get that. So just be aware that if you have a wedding planner, you probably will have less things to do the morning of the wedding because they're gonna be taking care of that for you. If you don't, if you're planning your own wedding, that's great too, but you may have some errands to run.
Brian: You know, someone may need to be getting the dessert or making sure they know where the flowers are and making sure they're setting up the design stuff. So that's totally gonna depend on your venue and everything. But yeah, make sure that you are not waking up five minutes before you have to put your dress on and get ready.
Brian: Um, be conscious that. Like I said, if you're planning your own wedding, you're gonna need some space there. If you have a wedding planner, um, you know, that might be a little bit different, but again, going back to that morning should really be about you and should be about. Your wedding crew. If you're doing, you know, no wedding crew, then sure sleep in and, and enjoy yourself.
Brian: But make sure that you're setting yourself up in a way that is positive. So whether that's getting the great breakfast, getting your favorite coffee, you know, it's about you. Whether, whether it's, you need to hydrate and go for a run. If you want to hit the gym, you know, whatever that is, that's when your day should start.
Brian: And you don't necessarily have to put every single one of those things in the timeline, but I personally would so that other people who see it are aware that, hey, We're going to the gym from nine to 10. Mm-hmm. And so if you try to call us at that point in time, we're not gonna be there, you know, hey, we're having a brunch from, you know, uh, 10 or whatever, nine 30 to 10 30.
Brian: Um, that's a time that we shouldn't be bothered with other stuff. So yeah, I, I would definitely put that in your timeline and be aware of when you're gonna start based on those things. Okay.
Josh: Yeah. Mm-hmm. That, that, that makes sense. It's all about you that day. Yeah,
absolutely.
Brian: Like get your morning, like your morning sets you up.
Brian: Right. I'm a big proponent of morning routines, and maybe you're not, and maybe you are, but on the day of your wedding, definitely. Be conscious that you don't, you know, some people might not sleep, but you need to be rested and you need to, uh, be excited and you need to be, uh, happy about how your wedding day is starting.
Brian: So just be conscious of that. Yeah.
Josh: Well, moving on to our next tip. Tip four is planning the ceremony and then planning things in accordance to that plan things.
Brian: Yeah, I mean, your, your wedding day timeline is going, the pinnacle of it is gonna be your ceremony. And I'm not just saying like, I'm not saying that's gonna be the best part of your day.
Brian: Maybe some people love that. Some people hate that. Yeah. But it's gonna be the kind of the fulcrum of where you're gonna start planning. Because if you say, you know, Hey, we're gonna start with dancing and, and work backwards, it's a little bit confusing. And I, I think, you know, say you're, A lot of this is gonna be, say that your wedding venue only lets you get there at four.
Brian: You know, you can't have your ceremony at three, right? So you're gonna kind of base your getting ready, you're gonna base your, if you're doing a first look, you're gonna base your first look on what your ceremony time is, making sure you have time before that. Um, you know, if you're looking at lighting and it's gonna be getting dark at a certain time, you're gonna, you know, move your ceremony time from that.
Brian: And then everything's gonna kind of go before and after that ceremony is the easiest way to work.
Josh: Okay. So talk us through what's called First Look and traditional. What
Brian: tip number are we on? Number five here. Number five already. We're flying. Uh, yeah, so these again are kind of two of the basic lines of thought on how to structure your wedding day.
Brian: And so we always say it's first look kind of versus traditional. Um, what all that means is that some people, a lot of people nowadays, especially in Colorado, will do a first look. So that they can have an intimate moment with their bride or groom before the ceremony and kind of get the butterflies out and, and have a special moment just between them, where they want it to be, about their marriage.
Brian: They want it not to be. A, a, a public thing that's totally your preference. And, and all this being said, I, I always say whatever you want to do is what you should do. Mm-hmm. And there's a lot of vendors that really push for the first look because it does lighten up the timeline of your day because you can get some of your bride and groom photos done beforehand.
Brian: You can get your wedding party photos done beforehand. You could even get some, uh, family photos done. And
Josh: they do, they are great for photo and video. Yeah. They add a Yep. A big
Brian: dynamic. Absolutely. So, um, Take that with a grain of salt. You know, there are people who want that first look coming down the aisle where the, the bride of the groom is very emotional and that is something to be said for, or there's something, something to be said for that as well.
Brian: So, but again, your, if you do a ceremony where, where it's more traditional, where they haven't, the bride of the groom haven't seen each other yet, just be aware that that is going to kind of compact a bunch of things right after the ceremony, right? Mm-hmm. So family photos, The bride, the time with the bride and the groom, which is a very important part of the day to have kind of like an intimate moment where with a photographer, videographer, or even by themselves, that, that all that's gonna happen
Josh: after.
Josh: Yeah. So, so you just need more shots with the bride and groom after the ceremony instead of before.
Brian: Right. So if you, especially in Colorado, if you have a wedding that's late in the year, um, or really early in the year, in the winter or, or the fall, or really early spring, and your ceremony is at five and you're gonna do a traditional ceremony, just be aware that sunset's gonna be at six or seven.
Brian: And you're just gonna have to kind of squeeze some things in there, which could cause stress and what are we about? No stress. No stress, low stress. So, um, yeah, just, just be aware of that first look versus traditional, obviously if you're doing an elopement, it's totally different. You're gonna be on a, a completely different timetable.
Brian: So we're talking about kind of the, the more general wedding here, so, yeah.
Josh: Okay. Well, thanks. Um, okay, so tip six here is just erring on the safe side. Yes. And things never go according plan. Mm-hmm. So how do you
Brian: compare? Yeah, yeah. We mentioned that before. So if you can. You want to leave room, you wanna leave room in your timeline for a couple different reasons.
Brian: Number one, it's more fun. You have more time with your bridesmaids and groomsmen, and you have more time with your family to hang out in the, in the morning of. So if you are gonna put your dress on 30 minutes before the ceremony, just be aware that you might wanna stop and toss to somebody you want.
Brian: Might wanna a breather, you might wanna have a sandwich, you know? And. That's gonna be difficult. So we always say err on the safe side. Uh, I've heard most wedding planners say, you know, if you were, let's say you're doing a first look, do that one and a half to two hours before the ceremony, and that's even if you're in the same location, right?
Brian: So, you know, all these timelines are gonna depend on, on where your location is. But yeah, definitely err on the safe side before the ceremony, after the ceremony, it's, it's, it's gonna be a little bit of. You're gonna have some time where people are eating dinner, you know you're gonna have toast, all that sort of stuff.
Brian: But definitely before in the morning, if you think it's gonna take you an hour to get ready and you have six bridesmaids or eight groomsmen, or 12 or 10 or 50 or whatever, just be aware that it's probably gonna take a little bit longer and, and you're gonna wanna laugh and have fun and tell stories and, and it's just gonna make the day less stressful.
Josh: Yeah. Yep. That makes sense. Okay, so tip seven here is. Family photos, Brian, you've seen Yeah. It all, when it comes to all those dynamics. Yeah. Yeah. Talk us through some basics there. Yeah. I mean,
Brian: in Colorado we have shot so many weddings where people have a really big family. Um, either they've been here for a long time or, or who knows why, but, or they're traveling in, right?
Brian: That's a big thing a lot. Colorado's a destination state, right? So most of us, Like, I'm from Minnesota and you're from Missouri. Missouri. And so when our family comes, they travel in, right? And even though we've been here forever, we're building family here. And it just, it can get crazy. The number of people can get crazy.
Brian: So, one, and this is something that I think that a lot of, uh, wedding planners aren't a hundred percent sure how long they take, but from a, from a photographer's point of view, You're gonna average on, on the safe, like on on the unsafe side, I should say. It's gonna take one to two minutes per family photo, right?
Brian: So let's say that you have 30 family photo lists, or a list of 30 family photos, different combinations. So that could be one side, the other, et cetera, that's gonna take up to an hour, right? So I always recommend keeping that list short and then having room for photos later, right? Your photographer should be very flexible on, Hey, if you wanna grab me on the dance floor and have a photo with all your.
Brian: Friends from college or all your neighbors growing up, that's not really a great time to do that during the family photos because it requires more people and, and all of that. So just be very conscious that there are certain times, there's a certain amount of time family photos are gonna take and it can be really hectic.
Brian: And I've found it's the most stressful part of the day where the bride or groom may be fighting with a family member because they, a family member didn't get a certain photo. And so it's planning that ahead of time and being just communicating with everybody to say, look, we have a list. It's in the photographer and wedding planner's hands, you're washing your hands of that.
Brian: And I've always said I would rather have a grandmother or an aunt or a crazy friend yell at me than yell at the bride and groom. Yep. So yeah, you want to have that planned out and have that given someone else. You want to get that off to somebody else,
Josh: and that can be an a slightly awkward time if not planned right.
Josh: For. All your attendees if there's something for them to do. Yep. Like a cocktail hour is popular. Yep. You wanna make sure they know where to go while Yep. Family and wedding party are taking photos.
Brian: Yeah. And I also think that there's, be conscious about when it is during the day, right? So if you wanted to hear family photos after everybody's been out, wandering around, it might take 20 to 30 minutes to corral everybody for those family photos.
Brian: So we tend to recommend doing it right after the ceremony. Just, uh, having the officiant announce like, Hey, we're doing family photos. If you're family of the bride or the groom or, or whatever, just stay here and keep everybody in the same spot. The more people leave and you have to search all over, especially if it's an outdoor big venue and they wanna go get a beer or something, it might take you five minutes to get that person back and that can be really, really stressful on the bride and groom.
Brian: So, yeah. Those we like to tend to move through like really, really quickly and make sure that they're organized and it'll just completely delete that trust from your day, but you'll still get the memory of everybody who was there. Thanks.
Josh: Mm-hmm. Okay. Moving on to 0.8. This is lighting when it comes to sunset.
Josh: Mm-hmm. Super important for photo and video teams. Walk us through that.
Brian: Yeah. I mean, we know this best of all, right, because we. Lighting is what we're thinking about 97% of the time. And Colorado has a pretty big swing of when sunrises and sunsets are gonna be based on the time of the year. Yep. I mean, it's a three hour difference for it.
Brian: It's a lot. It's, it's a big difference. And it can also be really, really harsh. Right. If you have. A wedding in July, many of you know, and you're, you have an outdoor venue that's in the, in the mountains. Beautiful. But the odds are you having a cloud or a nice shady tree. Not high, not high, uh, basically one or 2% of the time, right?
Brian: So just be very conscious of if you want to do a bunch of your photos at noon. Um, and this may seem to conflict with the air on the side of caution. That's high sun,
Josh: Jeff, and
Brian: summer strength on your face. It's hot. Especially if you're, if the guys are wearing suits and it can be really, really hot to be conscious of that lighting and, um, always talk to your photographer, videographer and, and, and make sure they get a chance to see the venue and the options that they have.
Brian: There's always a chance that, you know, there's some indoor spots you can take. Um, but I think the other big thing of that is the sunset photos. Sunset photos and video are the best time to get those, and that can be, It may seem like, oh, you know what, that seems really stressful. 'cause it's gonna be at a time when people are dancing or eating or speeches.
Brian: Um, but the best way to do, it's just say, okay, look, our sunset time is, let's say our sunset time is at seven o'clock. You basically wanna say, okay, 15 to 20 minutes, maybe 30 minutes before just start to kind of make your exit and use it as an excuse. Again, this goes back to make your day about you and make your day about your husband or wife, and have those intimate moments.
Brian: I've had people just use that as an excuse and say, Hey, we just need to stop talking to people for five minutes. Mm-hmm. We have, we've invited 300 people and it's gotten crazy. I, it's been noise since 6:00 AM this morning. It's a great time to kind of escape after all the chaos. Usually people are, best time is usually people are eating or dancing and you can slip away.
Brian: So just So you're talking
Josh: about golden hour there? Yep. Golden hour. Yep. So how do you calculate. Golden hour, you know, based on that day's sunset time.
Brian: Yep. Yeah, so like I said, you kind of just take the sunset. You can look that up on Google. I recommend that's, I do it all right. In the weather app? Yep. The weather app or, or there's a million places to find it.
Brian: They'll give you an exact time and you're gonna have about, you know, 15 to 30 minutes before that's gonna be your optimal lighting. Like prime. Yep. It's be soft. It's gonna be golden. It's gonna be that Colorado golden that you want Colorado color red. That's what. We want, and it's gonna be sunset behind the mountains.
Brian: The mountains are usually in the west. I mean, if you're in Vail or something, it might be a little bit different, but generally that's gonna be in the West, you're gonna get that Colorado sunset that looks just like the Colorado flag. And I, I think that's a critical moment to, to get those. Yeah.
Josh: If, if us as photographers and, and videographers can have that 20, 30 minutes, like mm-hmm.
Josh: That
Brian: is prime. And it could also lessen the time before. Right? So like, say you did a first look and you want to hang out with your, your. Your friends and your family, instead of doing, you know, 30 minutes of photo and video, you can, you're basically splitting that time because you'll have some before, some after.
Brian: So you just be conscious of that. You'll have a, a, you'll have blue hour for, you know, 15 or 15, 20 minutes after sunset as well, which is kind of a cool look too. So just be, just definitely recommend looking at your lighting and being conscious of that. And, and that should really almost affect your, it should affect your ceremony time as well.
Brian: Yeah. Yep.
Josh: Yeah, Brian, that's super important. Um, moving on to tip nine. We're almost done here. Playing special elements in your day that are entertaining and really unique to you? Yep. What are some of those, and how do you think about those? Yeah,
Brian: I, I think people should be comfortable saying like, look, we love playing cornhole, so I want to factor in 15 minutes where the bride and the groom can play cornhole.
Brian: Or, you know, we have my, my uncle is a really great guitarist. We want to, uh, have a special moment where he plays a song, you know, right after the speeches. Those sort of things I don't think are done enough. I think that, If it's important to you, you know, I've had a bride and groom play Frisbee before their their ceremony, because that's what, that's how they met.
Brian: And I think that is super important because the wedding day does tell your story. It's also gonna lighten the mood. It's gonna help that energy throughout the entire day. You know, if you have some, it doesn't have to be exciting or anything. It could be something that's emotional, right? Like I said, a song or a poem or whatever that is.
Brian: So just factor in things that are gonna make your day about you. And if no one's ever done it before, great. Your wedding planner should be all for that. Um, and most of them will be able to help you find a time when you can do that. So, yeah. You know, the shoe game is popular and, and that's like where you kind of learn a little bit about the bride and the groom.
Brian: Some people find that cheesy, some people think it, it, it's really funny. Usually a lot of laughs. Yeah. So, you know, whatever it is for you, if you think it's cheesy and you don't wanna do it, don't do it. But, you know, definitely think about a time we, or before the ceremony we really talked about, you know, like reading letters to each other or, um, you know, Doing the vows privately during their first look or, or interviewing the, the bride, the bridesmaids or the groomsmen about the couple, if you want those in your day.
Brian: Not only are we being selfish here about the photos in the video, but it is, it just makes that day unique to you and more memorable. The worst thing you wanna do is, is, is have someone say, you know what? This wedding was exactly like another wedding I've been to. I, we, we don't want that. Yep. And I don't think the bride and the grooms want that.
Brian: And I don't think that. Any of the people are going to the wedding want that. So, yeah,
Josh: that makes sense. Thank you. Mm-hmm. Okay. Final tip here. Tip 10. Plan your exit.
Brian: Yes. End of the day, a lot of vendors are gonna probably hate me for saying this, but you should plan an exit that you are conscious of that's gonna mean something to you.
Brian: If you want to escape and you don't wanna do a, a, a visual exit, that's great, but just be conscious of when that is. Some people, uh, like to go to bed at eight o'clock, you probably aren't gonna wanna dance till midnight. Some people wanna dance till three in the morning. Awesome. Mm-hmm. But be conscious of that.
Brian: I've had weddings where the bride and GR slipped out and people were looking for them and it just completely killed the energy and it was extremely awkward because they didn't communicate that. Um, like if you're gonna do a getaway car and then people are gonna leave right after, if you're gonna do a getaway card card, if you're gonna do a getaway car and people are gonna go back and dance afterwards, just.
Brian: Communicate that to people and you know, there's so many cool options. Like what, what have you seen for exits
Josh: that have, yeah. And 1, 1, 1 thing we see fairly common is kind of a staged exit. Yeah. Where. We want the photos and all the, the sparklers and the lights of people rushing out. Yeah. But then we're going, everybody's going back and continue partying.
Josh: Yeah. I've seen that a lot for great photos. But they wanna party till late and Avengers have the ability to leave at that point. So video and photo teams generally can kind of escape after that exit. Um, but then everyone Yeah,
Brian: and, and the amount of people too, right? Mm-hmm. Like people will generally trickle out throughout.
Brian: The dancing and, and the stuff at the end of the day.
Josh: Yeah. But setting that final. Yep. Yeah. So ending is nice.
Brian: Yeah. So some people have, you know, put their exit at 11:00 PM or even midnight and they only have four people left to do their exit. So just be conscious of that. Exit, communicate to people, talk to your photographer, your videographer.
Brian: Talk to your planner, talk to your venue and what they allow. So, yeah. You know, you mentioned Sparkle, exit bubble exits, there's LEDs, there's, uh, fireworks. There's so many cool things that you can do. And most venues are gonna be, they're gonna communicate, you know, what you're allowed to do and all that sort of stuff.
Brian: But definitely be conscious of it. 'cause I think some people think, you know, it's just gonna be a party until midnight and maybe your crowd doesn't do that. And, and we don't want you to be disappointed on your day because you didn't communicate to people like, Hey, we're gonna be dancing until this time, we're gonna do an exit.
Brian: If you tell them that you're gonna do that, they're more likely to stay until that time. So, yeah. Yep.
Josh: Brian, thank you for these 10 tips on planning the wedding day timeline.
Brian: Yep. And we're gonna have the, like I said, we are gonna have the timelines on Colorado wedding guides.com. That's our website where our podcast lives.
Brian: And we will, that'll be available for you. You know, just put your email in there and we'll send that right out to you and it'll have all different timelines. Right. Josh put are the couple, there's a,
Josh: yeah, we have multiple options of a morning timeline. Uh, first look versus traditional. Um, mm-hmm. I mean, all, all
Brian: sorts smaller wedding options.
Brian: Yep. So, I think that'll be super helpful. I think as a photographer and videographer, I get asked for that for 90% of my weddings anyway, even if they, whether they have a planner or not. So just a great, great resource to, even if it's not perfect, you can kind of just move your ceremony time and, and move the hours based on that.
Brian: Mm-hmm. And it's, it's an awesome resource. So, uh, it's totally free and just go on there and use that. Like I said, we want to be a value to you guys and just be, A resource for you guys to plan the best
Josh: wedding. Yep. And again, this is the Colorado Wedding Podcast, the ultimate place to go to plan the Colorado wedding.
Josh: Um, we're just gonna talk about all the tips and tricks. Tools to make it a stress-free day in Colorado. Yep. I appreciate you guys listening. Thank you guys. Talk soon. Bye.
Brian: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Colorado
Josh: Wedding Podcast. We hope you found our tips insightful for planning your Colorado wedding.
Brian: For all the free wedding planning tools, checklists, and guides, go to Colorado wedding
Josh: guides.com. Don't forget to rate us on Apple and Spotify and be sure to follow us on Instagram at co wedding podcast. We appreciate
Brian: you and hope you have the best wedding
Josh: possible. See you next time.
