Korean weddings usually last anywhere from 1.5-2.5 hours (even less sometimes). And this is because, people just have the ceremony for around an hour and then right after it is over, people go over to eat immediately. So if you're not eating, you would literally be in and out in like an hour. It's not really the same as how it works in the west with separate cocktail hours or dancing/drinking time because in Korea, you pay the wedding venue for the specific time of your wedding.

As for the dress -- we talked about this last week but a lot of brides in Korea will just rent their wedding dress rather then buying it or keeping it as a keep sake. ALSO we don't waste time taking too many pictures at the wedding -- these are usually done before the actual ceremony where people can go visit the bride and groom to get pictures with them! PLUS the bride and groom will have already taken their wedding pictures way in advance of the actual ceremony!

The last major difference, we don't care if the groom sees the bride in her dress before the ceremony!!!! This is a picture of a famous influencer who got married in Korea who had to make her OWN cover for her dress because she didn't want her husband to see her!!! 😄❤️

Korean weddings take place in specific hotel/wedding venues that are specifically set aside for weddings. Because of this, a lot of weddings end up looking the same after a while because the venue takes care of the decorations and most of the logistics -- there is a lot less planning that goes into having a wedding in Korea compared to the west. 

In the west, a lot of people have church weddings or I've even seen people convert old farms/cute venues that weren't regularly for weddings into a wedding venue. This isn't the case in Korea because as our own Nelson from Teuida puts it, Korean weddings are held in "wedding factories" HAHAH... 

Everything is planned out from A to Z and there is very little for the bride and groom to logistically figure out other than their flower/color/etc. preferences. It might sound a little impersonal to those who are used to western weddings but that is just how wedding culture is in Korea and it is the norm!