What is a wedding order of service?

When you are in the middle of organising your wedding, you will often find people talking about the wedding order of service. It’s just one of those things that you feel as though you ought to know what it is. But unless you have arranged a wedding before (and fingers crossed you haven’t) then, there is no reason why you would know what a wedding order of service is.

Basically, this document is a step by step guide as to how the wedding ceremony will run. It is designed to help your guests and particularly the ushers and bridesmaids, to know exactly what they are meant to be doing and when.

The wedding order of service will tell guests when all of the important moments are going to happen, so you can avoid that awkward moment when your mother in law tries to sneak to the toilet just as the vows are about to begin.

Your wedding order of service can be as detailed as you wish it to be and can even contain all the words of the vows. Or you can opt for a more basic wedding order of service.

Either way, you should simply see it as a guide to the ceremony and as a helpful document which will explain to guests exactly how the ceremony will run.