Should You Get Dressed Up? Zoom Wedding Etiquette That’s Still Unclear - Page 5

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Will there be social time?

I wish we’d cleared this up with our guests in advance of our Zoom wedding, but we had ours very early in the pandemic before any “normal” etiquette had been established. We had our guests log in right in time for the ceremony – when our minister had started the meter, to put in frankly – and all our guests wanted to chat. They knew each other and were excited to see so many familiar faces to briefly catch up. We couldn’t rudely cut them off, but we also didn’t have Zoom Pro and our minister charged by the half-hour. That meant we incurred a couple of extra charges by going over our time limit. Hopefully, couples have learned by now to send instructions such as “Please mute yourselves upon entering, the ceremony will begin promptly at X-o-clock.” But if they don’t, simply ask in advance what the deal is, and if there’s time to chat.