Are weddings boring?

It really depends what you offer! Photo booths and bounce houses aren’t super common at wedding but great ways to make things more fun!

Weddings are so fun! to see how happy the couple is so start their new journey together and to be able to witness that is so nice

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It’s my belief that the wedding “experience” begins before the wedding day. Things like save-the-dates and wedding websites and invitations should help set the tone and give hints about what’s to come. So that’s what we did. We sent postcards of a beach sunset at the pier, which is part of our ceremony backdrop. Our save the date magnets had a classy and different style than usual (pics in two of my recent posts). So, they perfectly hinted at the “seaside chic” wedding we’re hosting. Our invitations will be clear acrylic and in a circle shape, instead of square or rectangle (the clear style ties back to the look of our save the date magnets).

We’re having a white-on-white wedding (all white decor and guests in white attire) with a single pop of a sink color seen in 2 areas. The ceremony is on the beach, with a saxaphonist playing our prelude music for guests as they’re getting seated and also playing the ceremony music. All white flowers and clear acrylic chiavari chairs. Chair rows will be set up in a semi-circle fashion instead of straight rows.
The reception is on the rooftop of the hotel right behind the ceremony, and it will be a cocktail style reception overlooking the ocean. Sunset is at 5:59pm that evening. So we’re ending at 6:30, shortly after everyone sees the sun fade away (figured that was a perfect way to end the wedding). Decor will be white with a pop of another single color for the centerpieces. Furniture will be a mix of bar height tables with stools, lounge furniture sofas, cocktail tables and freestanding pub tables. Food will be tray passed hors d’oeuvres, stations, small plate items and the bar (of course). Since our reception is a cocktail style and has a little movement, we hired an artist for 4-hours who will paint 5-minute watercolor portraits of guests as theirs favors.
Instead of an actual cake on display, we’re having a 2’x3’ sand sculpted “cake” by a local sand castle building company. So that will be the “cake” that guests see at the reception (real cake will remain in the kitchen and be served before the end of the evening). It will have beach elements sculpted onto the cake design (seashells, starfish, seahorses, etc). The artist will wait to complete the finishing touches during the first hour of the reception and guests can walk up to watch and ask him questions.
I totally understand that a less traditional wedding isn’t for everyone. But, it’s totally our style and our guests are used to it because FH and I always hosted around 3 themed parties per year (before covid). So, our wedding will be like the “kick off” of us hosting parties again. There will be other elements at our wedding. But, this reply is already ridiculously longer than I expected 😂
Last month, we completely changed our entire wedding because I suggested staying local instead. For 2.5 years (due to postponing), we were planning a destination wedding in Vegas. So our original wedding plan had lots of special touches and elements (including a magician during cocktail hour to mingle while performing illusions for guests) But, since 100% of our guests would have been traveling and also because it was Vegas, we wanted to give them a big experience. So, although we’re staying local for the wedding now, we still want to provide a memorable experience.

Some weddings are boring. I’m like you where I want to have a blast at my wedding as well as my guest. But I’ve also been to a wedding or two where the experience was amazing. I think it depends on the couple who’s getting married and circumstances.

I have had a lot of fun at the weddings I've attended as an adult! I am one of those people who lives for the dance floor, so for me that is the most memorable part. The weddings I've attended recently have also been for people I am actually close with vs weddings when I was younger where it was some relative I didn't know all that well getting married, and I do think that makes a difference in how "invested" your guests are in the experience. I would say be true to yourself and your future spouse and make sure to include the things that are important to you, while always taking a step back and asking yourself if this will be something your guests will enjoy as well (or at least not annoy them) - if you do that, I believe most of your guests will have a good time and the ones who don't you probably weren't going to please anyway.

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I completely agree with this! I don't find weddings in general to be fun, but I enjoy going to support two people getting married. We're including some lawn games for the cocktail hour and possibly a bon fire with s'mores after dark to mx things up a bit, but I will totally understand if our wedding seems boring for some and that's okay with me.

Out of the weddings I’ve been to in recent years the most boring ones have been long catholic services with 2-3 hours in between ceremony and reception (seriously, what do you expect your guests to do during that time??). We opted for one venue for everything with cocktails, h’orderves and lawn games directly following the ceremony. Keeping the wedding to only important family members and friends you regularly talk to keeps the event more fun in my opinion as well, since most your guests will have a better time if they’re at tables with people they already know. I love dancing but recognize not everyone does, so having good lively music is important regardless of people dancing to it or just socializing with others. Also don’t skimp on the bar! Open bar + lots of choices will make all the difference to your guests

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Agree 100%. Weddings are boring. Looong church ceremonies, looooong wait before reception while pictures are taken, then the usual food & dancing. Can eat out at restraunt of my choice anytime & go somewhere to dance if i want. Have never been to an enjoyable wedding. Just a long day of boredom.

​Why Most of the weddings you go to Suck

Congrats again for getting married on your special day. Here I want to share why we feel most weddings suck. We just finished attending a wedding fair and time and time again we feel that wedding couples don't have their priorities in check.
But first, who are we? We are professional entertainers that have done over 1000 events and a lot of them are... weddings. We got into the industry for a very simple reason, To make people happy with laughter, amazement, joy, and astonishment. What we found was, wedding after wedding that we were hired to do a small part of we found the same problems revolving around entertainment. Guests were on their phones, speeches were too long and contrived, and most of the guests smiled politely and left feeling relieved that they survived another boring wedding. So here are some main points I'd like to share with you to help.
1. Summer is not the best time to get married - 30 degree weather is not a good thing. Photographers and videographers will tell you that the best lighting is not a blazing hot sunny day where everyone's squinting because they have to stare directly into the sun for the best angle. The best conditions are cloudy, sun breaking out, 15-20 degree heat, and when the sun is low. (Few hours during sunrise and a few hours before sunset). July and August are not only the hottest days of the year, Venues literally double their cost. Sweaty Tuxedos and suits are also a disservice to the groomsmen and all the guests who put on a suit.

Since 95% of weddings are in the blazing hot summer, how many times can you guess when the wedding couple did not think to serve bottled water to their guests during an outdoor ceremony? Too many.
2. Your funny cousin isn't that Funny - Roasting the groom is terrible taste. Your friend or family member has never MC'd before so they google their jokes. We HATE this joke. The Upper Hand(Joke)
You can end your toast by saying: "Bob, take Susie’s hand and place your hand over her's. Now, remember and cherish this very moment... because this is the last time you are ever going to have the upper hand!"
So many times we hear this joke and we just want to slap that MC like Will Smith. But in reality, the MC just doesn't know any better and is MCing for the first time. STOP ROASTING THE GROOM PLEASE. The biggest buzzkill to a wedding is someone that has to read off a paper. We understand if it's a bridesmaid or a groomsman because they have some important blessings and things to say, but that is not the MC's job. THe MC's job is to keep the show flowing, keep the energy up, and execute the wedding coordinator's/planners plans with ease.
3. Nobody cares about your flowers and your towering centerpieces - Not a great call when 10 percent of the guests are looking straight at the floral centerpiece and can't even see you at the front. It also is a conversation killer when you cannot talk to the person sitting across the table from you. I mean flowers and centerpieces do matter and they really make the room nice. But we shake our heads every time couples say they have no budget for entertainment and then these photos show up on their facebook afterwards. Your thousands of dollars could have been better spent.
4. Cocktail hour is just a weird time - I come from an asian family and many of them like mine, have humongous families. So after the ceremony there's a huge long line up of photos for the bride side, and a huge line up for photos for the grooms side. What about everyone else? For the hundreds of weddings I've been hired to perform, my goal is to "make everyone's night" before the night starts, and I stand proud that for many people, it was the most memorable part of the wedding. The best part, the credit goes back to you.
5. After dinner entertainment - Most people after they leave your wedding will ask themselves these questions: Was that fun? Was the food good? Was that a good night out? If people drink, sometimes that question can answer itself. But many people don't drink so how do you entertain them? What kind of show is appropriate and non-offense? fun and brings smiles to their faces? Maybe the DJ can do something? See the next point.
6. Basic DJ and Basic Photo booth - Both of them sit in the corner of the room passively staring at their watch waiting and counting the hours and waiting for when they should packup. DJ's playing wrong music during dinner, and music after dinner that nobody cares about afterwards. Yet, this particular combination is what the status quo of "wedding entertainment" is today. Great wedding DJ's compliments are usually around their energy, personality, character, and the ability to act on the fly.
Finally 75% of the time your guests are sitting, maybe they are socializing, maybe they are not. What's a boring wedding? What's not a boring wedding? We have the answers. We offer end-to-end entertainment from the beginning of the night all the way to the last partier standing.
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My rant is about ME because today is my birthday and I get to say what I want. I guess wedding couples feel the same way about their wedding day. They do what they want for themselves and who cares about their guests. It's not their wedding day right?

I find traditional weddings to be so boring. The sitting around and waiting for each event that is the exact same as every other wedding is tedious. Let's be honest, food and drinks are how most traditional weddings entertain guests... I can't eat gluten and attended a wedding recently where every hor devour, and salad contained gluten and I don't find joy in drinking alcohol. Talk about hours of sitting around doing nothing but watching people eat and go through the traditional wedding motions. The fun weddings I've been to had games at the tables and outside access. My fiance and I are eloping in a national park. Weddings are overrated imo