They say time flies when you’re having fun, and if your wedding day is supposed to be the best day of your life, then you’d better believe the hours will feel like seconds while you’re tying the knot. Especially for couples planning small, micro or intimate weddings (often without hiring a wedding planner), having a wedding day-of timeline or schedule is crucial to making sure you have time for everything you hope to happen on your special day.

But if you’ve never planned a micro wedding before, it can be a wild guess to determine how much time you need for each aspect of your wedding day. And if you want to keep the festivities short ‘n’ sweet, a wedding day timeline is more crucial than ever (after all, there’s a reason why many wedding days last 12+ hours!).

As a wedding photographer and videographer in Orlando who specializes in small, intimate micro weddings and elopements, we frequently consult with our happy couples about their wedding day timeline to make sure we’re aligning with their hopes for their wedding day and ensuring we have ample time to capture every moment. Having seen a micro wedding or two in our time (okay, a lot more than two), we’ve compiled a completely free micro wedding timeline, or wedding day-of schedule, for you to steal for your own intimate wedding!

We’re sharing the perfect, tried-and-true 4hr micro wedding day timeline for intimate celebrations!