Please consider that while your wedding day as the bridal couple will pass in a flash, for your guests who have travelled to be with you, it's a long time to be social without a break. Guests at the best weddings should always leave at the point at which they are wanting to stay to party just a little bit longer.
If you have children or elderly guests you have the option to bring everything forward with your Wedding Breakfast being served early or mid-afternoon. Small weddings may opt for a shorter celebration, perhaps starting later in the day.
At Crear there is a huge amount of flexibility so your intended timings may change on the actual day depending on circumstances.
1.30pm onwards Buses collect your wedding guests
2.20pm Buses arrive at Crear
2.30pm Wedding Ceremony
3.00pm Bride & Groom leave for a private moment
3.00pm Reception begins, drinks & canapés served
3.10pm Bride & Groom return to greet their guests
4.00pm Photographs
4.50pm Guests are seated for the Wedding Breakfast
5.00pm Bride & Groom are piped into the studio
5 - 5.30pm Cake cutting & speeches
5.30pm Wedding Breakfast served
7.30pm Guests retire to the living room for tea & coffee
7.35pm Studio & band set up for evening entertainment
8.00pm Bride & groom take their first dance
10.00pm Band break & evening buffet served
11.45pm Last orders at the bar
12.00am midnight Carriages
12.30am Buses depart
2.00am All guests returned to their hotels & guest houses
1.30pm onwards Buses collect your wedding guests
2.20pm Buses arrive at Crear and guests walk to the beach
2.40pm Wedding Ceremony
3.20pm Guests make their way up to Crear
3.20pm Bride & Groom remain on the beach for photographs
3.30pm Reception begins, drinks & canapés served
3.40pm Bride & Groom drive up to Crear to greet their guests
4.40pm Family photographs
5.20pm Guests are seated for the Wedding Breakfast
5.30pm Bride & Groom are piped into the studio
5.30 - 6.00pm Cake cutting & speeches
6.00pm Wedding Breakfast served
7.30pm Guests retire to the living room for tea & coffee
7.35pm Studio & band set up for evening entertainment
8.00pm Bride & groom take their first dance
10.00pm Band break & evening buffet served
11.45pm Last orders at the bar
12.00am midnight Carriages
12.30am Buses depart
2.00am All guests returned to their hotels & guest houses
1.30pm onwards Buses collect your wedding guests
2.30pm Wedding Ceremony at South Knapdale Church, Achahoish
3.10pm Bride & Groom leave, photographs on the drive to Crear
3.10pm Buses collect guests from South Knapdale Church
3.50pm Wedding guests arrive at Crear, drinks & canapés served
4.00pm Bride & groom arrive at Crear
5.20pm Guests are seated for the Wedding Breakfast
5.30pm Bride & Groom are piped into the studio
5.30 - 6.00pm Cake cutting & speeches
6.00pm Wedding Breakfast served
7.30pm Guests retire to the living room for tea & coffee
7.35pm Studio & band set up for evening entertainment
8.00pm Bride & groom take their first dance
10.00pm Band break & evening buffet served
11.45pm Last orders at the bar
12.00am midnight Carriages
12.30am Buses depart
2.00am All guest returned to their hotels & guest houses
1.30pm Onwards guests walk to church & buses collect
2.00pm Wedding Ceremony at St Margaret's Church, Lochgilphead
3.10pm Bride & Groom leave, photographs on the drive to Crear
3.10pm Buses collect guests from St Margaret's Church
4.00pm Wedding guests arrive at Crear, drinks & canapés served
4.15pm Bride & groom arrive at Crear
5.20pm Guests are seated for the Wedding Breakfast
5.30pm Bride & Groom are piped into the studio
5.30 - 6.00pm Cake cutting & speeches
6.00pm Wedding Breakfast served
7.30pm Guests retire to the living room for tea & coffee
7.35pm Studio & band set up for evening entertainment
8.00pm Bride & groom take their first dance
10.00pm Band break & evening buffet served
11.45pm Last orders at the bar
12.00am midnight Carriages
12.30am Buses depart
2.00am All guest returned to their hotels & guest houses
The entire team at West Coast Motors go over & above to ensure your guests have a safe journey to & from your wedding. If you wish to vary our suggested timings of your day, please ensure you discuss this directly with the Operations Manager. The bus drivers have to adhere to strict regulations regarding the hours on a shift.
We always suggest that you tell your guests to be ready ten minutes before the bus is due to collect them. No one wants to have to wait around for stragglers!
No matter where your wedding ceremony is held, most brides want to enjoy getting ready in relative peace.
Unless the groom's grooming routine is a lengthy process, we suggest organising an activity to get everyone else out & about.
Clay pigeon shoot on the beach or at the Tarbert gun club is a great way to introduce your friends with teams competing. Prize giving can become part of the speeches later in the day.
If someone has kindly baked you a wedding cake, stop to cut it in front of all your guests when you are piped into your wedding breakfast. Thanks to the cake maker can then also be given in the following speeches. We suggest your speeches are at the beginning (highly recommended if anyone is nervous!) or the end of the meal.
While it's a nice idea to have a speech between courses, it will drag out the meal as clearly the Crear team have to have cleared the tables before everyone begins & the chefs are not happy if the speeches run on & ruin your meal. Also if you have booked a great band, you want to ensure that nothing encroaches on the evening entertainment.
