Ceremony and Reception in the same room?!

I am doing the same thing, my wedding planner is working out all of the details for me though. All I know is that right now they will be seated up front, she hasnt gotten back to me yet on the floor plan but I trust her. I googled some pictures of ceremony & reception in the same room & to me, it didnt look awkward at all.

Any chance your dance floor is in the middle of the room? In front of the head table?

We had "VIP seating" to make an aisle. They took the chairs away from the 4 tables surrounding the dance floor and made an aisle. 20 chairs per side, 4 rows. The people that were assigned those tables were the parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins.

I am doing this i think it is fine so then people are stuck getting up and down..just make sure you dont have points where people couldnt see

I was thinking about doing this but people didn't agree with me and thought it would be weird, so we're not. I, however, think it is a fine idea!

We are doing this and I have seen the set up at my venue. It is gorgeous and convienient. I know a lot of people wouldn't choose this, but our venue is an open ballroom and the manager of the hall oversees all of the details.

As for the parents, we are having them sit in the closer tables to us, near the headtable and dance floor.

Hi Courtney,

It's not unusual for the ceremony and reception to be in the same room, which is becoming more and more common. Is it possible for the venue to be set up first for the ceremony (two rows of seating, aisle runner, flowers at the front, etc.) and then do a room turnover during a cocktail hour (the guests will be in another location with drinks and appetizers, and the banquet staff, wedding coordinator, florists, etc., will be converting the ceremony space into the reception layout)?

I just had a wedding like this a few weeks ago, and it's definitely doable. If this is something you're interested in, I would contact the catering manager or whoever else you're working with at the venue and ask if this is a possibility.

Happy Planning!

My cousin had everyone seated at their tables for the ceremony, it was aweful...you couldnt see or hear anything! i would see if the venue can set up the ceremony first and then move the chairs back to the tables for the reception!

We are doing that same thing. We have a meeting next week to scheck things out.

@Kimberly- that makes me feel much better. I haven't even thought to google seating plans, which is surprising since I google everything else to death!

@Haley-Our dance floor is in the middle of the room, we are using that as the ailse. I'm having trouble visualizing what you mean though. Do you have any pics?

@Robyn, Bert's girl &Soon to be- I'm so glad you guys are doing this also. I just get worried people will think its odd and I do get worried that people cant see. All you guys are just going to have your parents seated at the tables closest to the aisle?

@Alina-that's exactly why I'm second guessing myself, but I really don't know what else we would do.

@Cara- I was considering this option, but our venue is just one big banquet room so there would be nowhere for the guests to go except out onto the porches.

@Jess- That is EXACTLY what I'm worried about!!! I just honestly don't know what other options we would have.

I attended a wedding where everything took place in one room. The mothers, fathers, and grandparents seats were left open in the front and everyone else sat in the back. The family then came in and was seated in the front. Everything worked out well.

We're doing the same thing. I'm a little worried too but it seems it will work out. The dance floor is huge & will be used for the ceremony. I'm wondering about the transition and what guests will do while the ceremony items are moved out of the way etc...#ackward? Lol.

Courtney...I've seen venues that have a beautiful drape separating the rooms for cocktail hour, giving way to do a room flip. Then once it's completed, you pull the drapes back to a beautiful and grand change...could you potentially do something like this?

I'm doing it though with me its not a room its an open park pavilion. My mom is walking me down the aisle and his mom, well she isn't interested or involved so I guess she will just sit when the rest of the guests do. They will also be at tables but we are arranging the tables into two columns so that I will have an aisle to walk down. Our food table will be in the back and our sweetheart table will be in front. So I guess our tables will be in a large rectangle with plenty of room in the middle for partying!

Not my wedding, but an example.... head table is behind the screen.

Those chairs are on the dance floor.

There are tables all around the room.

@Future Mrs. Needam- Thanks for making me feel better about it. Its good to know it worked pretty smoothly for them.

@Katrya- Lol..I know what you mean!!! Maybe I'm stressing this way too much.

@Cydney-I wish that was possible,but our wedding is major DIY with limited funds. Any ideas of how we could accomplish that ourselves?

@Candra- Well since your wedding is way before mine, please let me know how it works out!!!

@Hayley-I don't think our dance floor would be big enough for that, but that is such a good idea.

Eh, talk to them and ask.

Maybe 4 across - 2 and 2

or 6 across - 3 and 3

Or here is examples with an aisle in between the tables.

3d picture... Look at the CHAIRS. You can ask your hall to set up the chairs so they are all facing the altar.

Instructions to DIY curtain - if you do want to try to build a divider.

http://www.instructables.com/id/PVC-stage-backdrop-or-room-divider/

Can the venue will have the tables all set up and ready to go on the sides, but will line up the chairs in rows along the aisle? ... and then once the ceremony is over, guests will move to the back where the back is for appetizers and drinks while the venue's crew will move the tables and chairs in to position for the dinner hour.

Hayley-The venue doesn't actually do any of the setting up. They give us complete and total control over everything fromm sun up til 1 in the morning. I really like this idea. I'll have to show my FH and see what he thinks! Thanks!!! You are always so helpful!

I think it will be fine im going to do the same thing and as far as ppl not being able to hear u could just a have a microphone....also with the whole being introduced u can just go take pictures as soon as the cermony is over then come back in and be introduced.with the parents just have the venue set a special table for them