Keep the day inside the travel window
For a Saturday wedding, the usual plan is Thursday to arrive and scout, Friday to prepare, Saturday for the wedding, and Sunday to leave. Build the wedding-day timeline inside that window.
Lock the ceremony and the meal
Write the ceremony time and when dinner is served before you place portraits, a first look, or family photographs. Those two times are the ones the venue and the kitchen already hold.
Put preparations on the clock you were given
Ask where getting ready happens and how long the walk or the shuttle takes. A resort timeline that starts at the ceremony misses the morning the team is already there to photograph.
Place portraits before the light goes
Look up the sunset for your date and leave a margin. Do not copy a sunset time from another wedding or another coast. The Thursday scout is when the team checks the portrait place in daylight.
Add events only if the team is still there
A welcome party, a rehearsal, or a next-morning brunch is covered when it falls inside the agreed stay, or when the quote adds it. An event after Sunday departure is not assumed.
Have the wedding-day order?
Send the ceremony time, the dinner time, and any event outside Saturday. We’ll say what fits the travel window.
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