In regards to the toast/speeches, what my dad did for his wedding day was he broke up the speeches throughout the dinner courses. So one person would give a speech, then the appetizers would be served, another person would do a speech, then the mains were served, etc. I really liked how it flowed and it kept it more interesting than sitting through 30 minutes of speeches, which definitely gets quite boring. My fiance & I are planning on doing it this way at our wedding!

Will you do a video about fun activities to have to entertain guests that you've seen or know to be crowd pleasers?

I’m definitely not wanting a first look. I really want the first time we see each other to be the aisle 🥺😍

One thing that happens often in Mexican culture is a dollar dance towards the end of the night. The bride and groom will come out on the dance floor and the guests will line up to dance with them. In order to cut in and take their turn the guest hands cash to the Maid of Honor (for the bride) and Best Man (for the groom) to contribute to the honeymoon fund.

I am SO sooo0o0o0o0 happy i found your videos! Im doing a $4k wedding in 6 months. No planner!!! Pinterest stressed me out. I enjoy how you explain things, and i love that you talk with your hands! It brings attention to what your saying. This day of timeline has been EXACTLY what I have needed!! You are Ahhh-mazing!!!

I am having a small intimate wedding with less then 100 guests and I still haven't realized how much goes into a wedding. i love your videos they are helping me through my wedding process. Thank You!

Sooo DJ here. 😀 Great video. We are on the same page for the most part. Intro’s First Dance Welcome and/or Blessing Dinner Cake Toast Parent Dances Open Dancing Bouquet/Garter (can’t wait til these die) Open Dancing Last Group Dance Private last Dance Send off Like you said, I hate hate hate cake to be in the middle of dancing. Cut it early, go straight into toast, and let chartering make it available in the background. Let people take their own break to get cake later. And put the cakes near the dance floor. :)

Hi Jamie! I am an assistant event coordinator in South Africa! I found your blog and absolutely love it. So you mentioned start time of ceremonies and to not have a different time that your event starts compared to what is on your invite...Well in SA we have something know as SA time and it basically means that South Africans love to arrive late to an event - because of this we have come up with a solution! On our invites we say "2:30 FOR 3:00 in the afternoon" this means that we want you to arrive at 2:30 however we know that you'll be late so we are giving a margin of error of 30 minutes! If you are going to be "late" at least be earlier than 3:00. I can tell you honestly from experience that this actually works!

In Slovenia we have a tradition that all the guests from bride's side meet at her parent's place and the groom's guests meet at his parent's place. Then all the groom's guests come to pick up the bride and her guests. Before the groom can get the bride, he has a bunch of tests to do (like change a tire on a car and stuff like that), to show he can take care of the handy stuff. It's called "šranga". Only then the bride comes, the groom gives her the bouquet and then everyone goes to the ceremony. Not everybody does that anymore, but I think it's an interesting tradition :) Btw loooove your videos! They helped me when I was planning the wedding of my best friend and I'm rewatching them all again now that I'm engaged 🤩❤

I’m not engaged but I’m binging your videos! I find them so interesting and I love your personality! X

Hahaha, guests being on time or 30 minutes early 😂😂😂... If you start on time for any Carribean event, you'll walk down that aisle with two birds looking at you... Also, dinner is the sign that the event is over... We do everything before dinner...

The first look thing is such a good idea! Your makeup is still fresh, and doesn't make your guests wait too long while you take pictures after the ceremony.

She’s talking about how your invitation time is your start time... I agree but *laughs in nigerian*

In France we have an extra step in our typical wedding days called "Vin d'honneur". Basically it is between the ceremony and the reception. In big weddings, some people (extended family, parent's friends...) are only invited to the ceremony and to the Vin d'honneur

I’m Tongan and our weddings can go for like 3-4 days. It’s a lot of work but it’s so worth it and so beautiful.

Girl, you are in for a treat :D In Poland, a wedding (In Wielkopolska anyway, more north of Poland) Weddings usually last about 12 hours. Ceremony starts at the church at 3/4pm. It's done in about an hour. Then we arrive at the venue. The parents greet the couple with bread and salt at the door, couple goes in first (bride is usually carried over the doorway for good luck) Then everyone has a chance to talk and congratulate the couple, hand in the gifts, find their seats and the dinner starts! The food is continuously served over the course of the whole night. Many different meats, side dishes along side with alcohol and music in the background (typically around 0.5 or a 1 Liter per person of vodka, at least at the last wedding I went to) We have the usual bouquet toss (usually happens at midnight), first dance, different wedding games depending on the couple, cake cutting. We get a break from savory food and it's dessert time, tea and coffee is offered too. After that more food is brought to the tables. More cold style appetizers and salads. Mind you, everything is served on massive platters at each table so anyone can eat what they like. We don't stop dancing, drinking or eating for basically 12 hours or sometimes more. Now, the day before the wedding, people often have 'buteltki' or bottles party for good luck. The day after the wedding you would have 'poprawiny' which is another, smaller dinner (with alcohol as well) using up some left overs from the day before, more casual vibe party. So essentially 3 days of partying, if you are very close to the couple. One thing about this though, usually all guests give money as gift, the least minimum is the amount the couple payed per guest. Parents, grandparents, siblings etc usually give more in the 'envelope' so the couple themselves don't actually go broke over having a wedding because everyone contributes. Even if some guests can't afford to give too much money, overall it all equals out and all the money the newlyweds spent comes back to them in the end.

I'm from the United Kingdom, Scotland specifically. We are due to get married next October and your videos have been extremely helpful. It sounds so strange to me to have a 6 hour wedding, most Scottish Weddings start at 8am and finish around 3am the following day!

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing! I am telling you, a day of timeline is a lot harder to create than most people think!😅 I can’t wait for my big day... I’m marrying my high school sweetheart next October!😍💍👰🏼

Hi Jamie ! I'm a French wedding planner and it's a delight for me to watch your videos ! In France, weddings are veeery long (foreigners are always so shocked) : we usually start the preparations for the bride and the bridal party, just like you, early in the morning, then we sometimes have pictures /first look, the ceremony and the cocktail in the afternoon, and then dinner from about 8pm to midnight. During dinner, friends and family do toasts but also games, songs, they show videos and slideshow photos (it's basically a little dinner show). Midnight is usually time for cake cutting and first dance, and then everyone hits the dancefloor...until 3 to 6am (depending on on how much families and friends like to dance!)!! As a wedding planner, but also as a guest, I have to say it's a pretty exhausting timeline !

Assyrian here (originally from the middle east, but now we're all over the world) 🙋‍♀️ Our receptions are pretty much like American receptions. But everything before is a bit extra lol. We don't have traditional proposals. Although it is pre-planned now, but traditionally, the women from the groom's side "visit" with the women from the bride's side and try to play "matchmakers." So they'll set up another day for the entire groom's family to come over for dinner. The bride and groom are not present. When the groom's family arrives they are offered food and drink, but before they taste anything, they say something along the lines of, "thank you for your hospitality, but we have not come for food or drink. We have come with the intentions of asking for your daughter's hand in marriage for our son." Then EVERY MEMBER of the bride's family has to give their blessing before they go to the bride's room and ask her, herself. She agrees, then the groom is called over. He typically brings her flowers and a cross necklace and the families party all night. Then there's an engagement party (like a mini wedding) on a separate day where the groom's family comes into the venue with a grand entrance, a bunch of jewelry for the bride, flowers and sweets. They drape all the jewelry on the bride and party all night. Finally, on wedding day, the groom's family comes to the bride's house before the wedding ceremony and ceremoniously walks her out of her house to symbolize her leaving her family and joining theirs. The bride's little brother (or young family member) will block the door and not let them take his sister until they pay up! So they bribe the kid with money or something of value so that he will let them pass. Nowadays, the money is typically gifted back to the bride and groom. It is traditional in our culture for the groom's family to pay for the wedding instead of the bride's to show that they are able to support her financially, and thus, her family would be more willing to allow the marriage. Once the ceremony (typically at a church) is done, guests go home for a few hours, eat some lunch, rest, then change into fancier clothes for the reception in the evening. This also allows the photographer plenty of time to take bridal party photos and a portrait session.

Im planning my whole wedding alone, i got three weeks and 1500$ to spend for 50 guest, now i have 9 days til the wedding day.. you are the light in the end of this surely dark tunnel. Thanks girl. I may also become a planner someday if I am able to pull this off smoothly. Btw Im in the Philippines. Xoxo

Ok so im so excited!!! I've been watching your channel for a while and today my boyfriend finally proposed! First thing I do??? Rewatch all your videos 😂😂😂

May I just say...YOU ARE FREAKING AWESOME. I am one of the single most awkward, quirky, and goofy people on the planet, and I am magnetized to your energy. I am binging your videos and I keep having to rewind because your word vomits crack me up. Also...your tips are great. From one coordinator to another, you are so amazing. 😘

Well in Mexico weddings are way longer... Like 10 hours at least! Mine is going to be next year! So all your videos are helping a lot! Thank you Jamie!!

YESYES PLEASE do an entire first look video. I'm one of those people who can't decide. Part of me has always wanted to not do one because of "tradition" or that "moment" during the ceremony. However, lately I'm really thinking about doing one. Mainly for the sake of a timeline and not making people wait for photos (so less cocktail hour spending for us), plus my hair hopefully wont fall out as much lol. I also kind of want to prank my fiance and have him turn around and see his best friend in a white dress first 😂😂😂 Also... What are your thoughts on say... NOT doing a grand entrance? Also... CONGRATS ON 10K, LADY!!!

Okay but anyone else getting SERIOUS SJP vibes!? 😍

When do the bride and groom go around to the tables and say hello? During dinner?

Where would we be without you Jamie?!?! I have tears in my eyes this is so helpful. You are a lifesaver 😘

Wow you guys have a short wedding day in America! Here the party keeps going until the resident bar closes at 4am and then there is the after party the day after the wedding. Irish weddings are incredibly long and naturally that means guests get fed a lot! 😂 there is the arrival food, dinner itself, evening buffet, resident bar snacks and then there's bar food the day after.

Maaaannnnn 😂 a black & Hispanic wedding can go the whole weekend

Awww, I know this was four years ago, but just watching this now as a bride to be and I LIVE IN BRIGHTON!! I hope you had a lovely time!

Love this! Also love the point about doing a first look! Most of my couples are so thankful that they did one!

Your hair is always on point 👍👍

By the way Jamie, your personality is totally enough to carry me through this whole video, even if it didn’t apply to me. ❤️

You really help take some stress off of wedding planning. Thank you!

My wedding is in September and we’re doing a very small (30 person) wedding and this was super helpful! Thank you ❤️

I'm watching from South Africa 😊 I get so excited whenever you upload!! 💃💃

I’m so excited to have found your page. This is helping me feel better about planning. Thanks so much for all the good tips!

This made me feel so much more confident about my wedding day timeline! Thank you so much, Jamie!

You are the saving grace of DIY brides with control issues like myself! Love your videos!! Thank you!

OMGGG your channel is exactly what I needed in my life! Ive been binge watching for hours finally finding answers to my burning questions!

I love you so much my sweet cousin! I’m so darn proud of you!!! This channel has come so far since when you asked me if you thought you could do it!! Look at you Jamie! 10k!!! Love you Jamie forever 😘

This was one of the most helpful videos I’ve had on coordinating my wedding! Thank you! Now it will be a little less stressful! ❤️

This is GOLD! Thanks so much for sharing this. I have yet to find anyone as detailed as you. I am an organization freak so I truly needed this! Thanks so much! 💕

I am so grateful for your videos. They ease my mind and let me think of every detail without hassle. I am so appreciative, and I love that I have your content and your smiling face in my wedding planning adventure!💕

Jamie wolfer! You’re my favorite!! Yes, needed this

I stumbled across your videos and now I don’t know how I was planning without you!! Your videos are SO helpful and are all I watch now! Subscribed!!

Great video! Very informative and good reminders! This really helped open my eyes to what is involved and think about what tweaks I need to include or adjust for my own wedding which is happening in 3 weeks!!! In another country! Thanks Jaime for keeping your videos super lively and entertaining. I’ve only discovered you a few days ago and been binge watching since. Many of your videos have help reassure me I’m on the right path or remind me I need to still address some things. Bless you! :)

I literally had to stop myself from tearing up. Just imagining the best day of my life, with the one I love as you went through the event really did something to me.

I'm literally googling how to put a wedding timeline together so I can order my invitations! How did you know I needed this info in advance?! 😂

Uk lady here. I’m getting married in my garden in august. We will be serving canapės and champagne, a full BBQ wedding breakfast lunch. Then a night-time hog roast with alternatives for the plant based guests. So effectively I’m feeding them snacks, lunch and dinner. But the guests will be there from 2pm to midnight and it’s truly a pet peeve of mine when guests have to wait for food or get hungry at your wedding. I want everyone to eat, drink, and be merry :)

Congrats on your Channel! Really nice to see all these comments from all over the world and from different cultures. You are helping so many people, including me. Thank you!

Thank you so much! I'm getting married in just under 1 year and am so eager to figure out a more detailed picture of what my day will look like :)

I absolutely love your videos!!! I've been watching for a few months as we were talking about a wedding but now we're engaged so I'm ready to go into this planing thing full force! You've definitely convinced me of the value of a wedding planner/coordinator!

Jamie, I adore your videos they have been so helpful during my planning process. I've watched hundreds from different people and you are by far my favorite. Please keep them coming November 2019 is creeping up fast!

Definitely a little different from the weddings I usually have gone to while growing up (I’m Catholic)! Saturday weddings usually can’t start later than 2pm, so there’s always going to be a break of a few hours between the ceremony and the reception. But we definitely need it to rest up for the party coming up or pregame 😅

I love your videos! I’ve watched them all at least once! I’m getting married next May and you have been such a huge help! 💜💜 thank you!

I’m also planning my own wedding and find your video to be incredibly helpful! Thanks so much for breaking down the timeline and explaining your rationale behind the amount of time you budget for each segment / the suggested order. Now I have a better idea how to budget time for my timeline :)

I just got engaged so I am STUDYING your videos! There are so many things I didn't think about for planning our wedding 😱

Currently engaged and although I haven't started planning I am getting familiar with anything wedding related. I was just thinking about this. So glad you have a video about the timeline.

30 days out from the wedding! This is super helpful! Would LOVE the next video to be about first looks. We’ve decided to do it but want to make sure it’s a good idea for us

Thank you so much for this! I'm getting married this October and I needed so much help with this!

I love your videos I’m newly engaged and I’m a mess but your videos are helping me organize and prioritize . I would love to see a day in your life as a wedding planner/day of coordinator video!! That would be amazing to watch you in the works!

Jamie, I just want you to know you have been my saving grace through my wedding planning process. I'm in New Jersey, my wedding is in 17 days. Both my fiance and I are artists and ive attributed our scatterbrained, disorganized personalities to that. Your video on 25 things to not forget on your wedding day helped me so much. This video helped me so much. I wish I could just hire you full-time to organize my life and be a hint of optimism throughout my day. Thank you for being awesome. Have the best time in England I've never been so I don't have any suggestions for you but if you ever come up to New Jersey or anywhere in New England I have a laundry list of cool places to go. (Not as cool as England) thanks again! can't wait for your next video

CONGRATS on 10k!! You are always to energetic and you have great style. Looking forward to the first look video, I'm getting married in May and I knew i wanted to do a first look but I still want to hear all the great advice you have. :)

Wow! This was so helpful! Even for the things that I don’t match up with still make me think about things that never occurred to me that I want or don’t want! Thanks 🙏 😊

Oh my God can you read my mind? I've been stressing over our timeline all day today! This was so helpful!

THANK YOU FOR THIS... Wedding is in August and we are almost done finalizing our timeline... God bless!

Jamie! You are so amazing! I don’t have a formal coordinator, my venue has one I’m working with but she’s more of a day of person. Anyway, I feel like you are becoming my coordinator via KZfaq. Lol. I’ve been doing this all mostly by myself. And it’s been so great watching your videos for tips and tricks. Thank you for being you and sharing that with the world! ❤️😊

Thank you for all of the amazing reminders!

I love your time line in regard to photos. The photographer for my daughters wedding showed up about 2 hours late and that meant almost no photos before the ceremony and it felt like a very long wait between the ceremony and the reception. We had given him a list of the photos we wanted and the one I wanted the most was the photo between me and my daughter and he never took that one. I bawled when we got the proofs back and I mean bawled.

Just discovered you and your tips have been amazing!!! Have so much more knowledge now than when i first got engaged, thank you sweet. Love from Norwich, England xx

Thank you so much for being an awesome person you are. I have learned so much from you. I am currently planning/organising my own wedding and you have indeed given me so much information. Thank you so so much!! Keep up the good work

This is so helpful! My wedding is in 3 weeks and I’ve been binging your videos to reduce stress 😂

Omg you’re going to Englannnnnndddddd! I’m so jealous! And as per usual, this was immensely helpful! I may have a bit of shuffling to do with my wedding timeline now so I’m glad I saw this before sending out my invites!

Hi Jamie, i just want you to know that I fell inlove with your channel. It's very helpful! I just got engaged and all these pressure is on. Your videos are just what I need!!! New subscriber heeeere. ❤ xoxo

This is sooooooo incredibly helpful!!!!!! My wedding is in 25 days and you are literally a lifesaver. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!

Getting married in 2 and a half months and I started watching your channel to calm my anxiety, but it's somehow making me more stressed! I've been wanting to figure out my timeline very soon so this is perfect!!

I always get excited when you upload! lol you have become one of my favorite KZfaqrs. I’m planning my wedding that is in June next year (that’s how I found you) and I binged watched every video you have. lol is that weird? Anyway, congratulations on 10k! 🎉

I really appreciate you giving sooo many of your valuable tips especially for women who are trying to plan things on their own if they can't afford a wedding planner, or whatever it may be. Seriously, i appreciate your videos and the QUALITY tips/info!!! Subscribed instantly after watching the first video (which was today) and now Ive seen almost all of them (2 hrs later) 🌚😂. THANKS JAMIE!

You give so much very valuable information on these videos BUT your outfits are always FIRE

I just LOVE you and your videos!! I can’t wait for you to plan my wedding one day

Jamie, I thank you so so so much for your superb work in putting together these videos! I'm a Nigerian bride, our wedding will be next June. Most of our planning is being done virtually and remotely. Your videos have been INSTRUMENTAL! I'm so grateful for you! God bless you!

Getting married in April of 2023... Country wedding in a Baptist Church. Sure wish I could hire you to decorate and make this day the best ever... I really enjoy watching you and learning what I can. Weddings are so expensive!!

IM SCOTTISHHH!!!! I love youuu!!! I want to be a wedding planner when I leave school and I would love a video (if you haven’t done already) of how you became a planner and your first wedding you planned! Xx

Thank you for posting theses videos. Planing my own wedding has been a little hard . I was most stressed out about the timeline and not knowing the plan. Now I can plan how the day will actually go and not take a guess at it or just see what happens .

Looking fab as usual! Congrats on 10K!

Oh notif Squaad! 💕😍

So glad I found this! My husband is not helpful at all and I'm Soo overwhelmed! He is also not a happy person to be around if he's hangry also! Thank you soo much! I feel like a team of one and then I have you. Thank you for the tips and suggestions even though I have a different culture this small sample definitely gives me an idea of what to consider and what not to do.

This was so helpful for when I have my wedding in the future! Thank you 💕

You look so pretty!! Love your hair ❤️❤️❤️

I just want to say a BIG thank you. With the covid and the big crisis, I have to plan my wedding in three weeks ( yeap... with no professionals anymore because they cancelled during march). So your videos are just what I need. THANK YOU ! Because you asked, I am French, and a wedding party, it's 10-12 hours. ( 15H00 to 3H00) ... It's a lot. BUT my timeline is ready now ! Ps - Sorry for my poor english.

your makeup looks so good in this video!

you are so cute!!! as a wedding photog i love watching your videos!! your channel is a fantastic resource for brides ❤️❤️

My boyfriend talked about proposing yesterday (well we've been talking about it for a while), but I got so excited I have been binge watching you. lol!

Follow up video part 2 idea: I’m not sure if you help in planning bridal showers/bachelorette parties/rehearsal dinners but it would be so helpful to have a timeline of these as well! This video was on a suggested list by KZfaq and I am so thankful as I help prep as a (hands on) bridesmaid in my sisters wedding!

You’re brilliant. This has been so helpful!

OMG this helped soooo much!!! I was freaking out about this the most!

Yay, I'm so glad you made this video! I'm going to look at my first venu today (scaaaarrrry!). A lot of weddings in AK are SUPER casual, potluck, wear your clean carhearts kinds of events. I really want something more elegant, but also don't want to treat my guests like decor... Fingers crossed I can strike that ballance!

Thank you Jamie for an amazing channel! I’m from sweden and in every wedding I’ve been to the bride and groom (brud and brudgum in swedish😄) is the last one to leave, we like to party all night long 💃🏼 also we have the speeches during the dinner with some time between. We are planning a gardenwedding August next year, Swedish summer is beautiful and I’m so excited. Bingewatched your videos today and got so inspired! Love from Sweden