Ceremony and Reception in Same Place

I haven't, but can you get a group of friends together that can handle it for you?

We are also having our ceremony and reception in the same place. The caterer is moving all the tables around during the cocktail hour while we are all outside doing pictures. Our space is also a giant room. So they are putting the bar up in the back of the space and moving people to the side or outside while they switch over the tables.

I was so nervous about how the whole process would work until I started talking with caterers who had used the space before. They were able to calm my nerves and talk with me about options. They also suggested that we have the room set for dinner during the ceremony. We were going to but we just opted for cocktail hour instead to give the caterers time to change the room over.

MInes is at the same place same room also our guess will be sitting at their tables already. But we do have the option to have chairs setup on the dance floor for the ceremony for an additional price $5.00 per chair. I would love to have that feeling of walking down the aisle with our guess sitting in chairs and not the tables. Praying i can talk them down for the chairs $500-$600 is not in the budget right now.

My parents went to a wedding like this. Where the ceremony was in the same space as the reception and all the tables/ chairs had to be moved around during CH.

They said it was super annoying and awkward for guests bc for a good portion of cocktail hour everyone was just standing around holding plates and drinks waiting for tables to be ready.

My ceremony and reception will be in the same room. Everything will be set up like the reception. We don't have huge centerpieces so everyone will be able too see. Where were getting married in a gazebo that's a couple inches higher. This is kinda what it's going too look like. After the ceremony they will set up our table We also have a patio area for the bar & cocktail hour so the guest don't have to just stay in the room they can go outside and enjoy that gorgeous view. I'm happy with my setup

@Jesikah that's exactly what I'm envisioning! Are you going to have some chairs up front for parents, grandparents, etc. without tables?

@Erica A- No they will just be seated closer. More to the left because the DJ will be to the right and I don't want the loud thumping in their ears lol. We have 8 tables that seat 10 guest. That picture looks a little crowded but it wont be the day of.

Also there's only one grandparent. My grandpa passed and so did FH's

I think this is a fine plan. I've been to wedding like that where we were seated at the tables, and it was fine.

I just had my wedding like this! I was a little put off to the idea at first, but it ended up not being a big deal at all. We had about 70 guests. A larger guest list may make it a little more difficult to see. I would suggest having shorter centerpieces so views won't be impeded.

I attended a wedding at a fancy restaurant where the tables were set up for the reception and they held the ceremony on the dance floor. It was different than anything I'd seen before, then again it was one of only 2 civil ceremonies I've ever attended outside of church. We sat at our table and had no trouble seeing. There was no need to have anyone move anything afterwards so I think it worked out well.

I went to a wedding like that once. It wasn't bad. The tables were set up, we sat where we wanted, and everyone had a pretty decent view. They had an elevated stage for the ceremony/dance floor, and there weren't a while lot of guests.

@Bulbasaur an elevated stage is a great idea! I will see if I can look into that.

I'm doing this! I opted not to have tables moved around so everything will be set up for dinner for the ceremony, with an aisle between tables. My plan is to have all the chairs facing the front of the room when people arrive for the ceremony to avoid any confusion. Then after the ceremony people only have to turn their chairs around to eat. My biggest concern is making sure my centerpieces are shorter so no one's view is blocked.

Our ceremony and reception is in the same venue (one room). The space is large enough that it has a space for cocktail hour on the lower and mezzanine levels. Guests will hang out here while the room gets flipped for reception. There will be a drape that will divide these two areas for the flip. Once it is ready guest will enter back in the same space the ceremony was that now would have reception tables etc. I personally dont care for having guests seated at the dinner tables during the ceremony so thats why I decided to do it this way.

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Ive seen this a few ways before. Aside from rearranging everything, I have another idea! You can partition off one space (maybe with a curtain) and make it the ceremony space with your chairs, and have the reception area on the other side. Alternatively, maybe consider a day of coordinator that can help flip things around if need be.

My ceremony and reception will be at the same place but two separate rooms. This will allow me to walk down an aisle and have the other room ready for cocktail hour and reception.

My wedding is at the same place as my reception but my guest will be sitting at their tables as the ceremony is going on. No need to move tables or anything

I just wanted to say that my venue coordinator actually suggested having the guests move their chairs from the ceremony to the reception because other weddings do it all the time. Yeah, no.