Dollar Dance: Tacky or Still fun?

I would avoid dollar dances...my family has always thought you shouldn't ask your guests for money. I bet this could be a controversial topic though!

We are doing it bc it's pretty much expected!! It's very very common at every wedding here! But we call it the money dance.

Depends on your area and social circle, it seems. In my family, totally normal. My friends? Not so much. That being said, we are doing it but donating the funds to a local animal shelter that is dear to us.

Hey date twin! I've thought yes, because we too are paying for ours as well, but he says no. So we probably won't. LOL

If it's expected in your social circles, it can be fun. However, it's probably not a good way to get money for the honeymoon. I mean, if you had 200 guests and every one of them participated, that would still be only $200, which doesn't go a long way toward a honeymoon.

If it's not expected in your social circles, I'd skip it.

I will be doing one, it's always done at every wedding I have been too.

I've only seen it at one wedding recently so I guess its not too popular around here. I know it would barely put a dent in the honeymoon, but every little bit helps right?

I think it depends on your area. If it's common in your area and with your friends, I don't think it matters that it's your second marriage.

I had never even heard of a dollar dance until I started reading wedding forums. So for me, it seems tacky because no one does it where I'm from.

It's def fun and expected in our families and circle of friends. However, it's not so much about the money, it's about having fun and getting some one on one time with guests.

Also, we tend to do more than $1, especially if the couple is family or close friends. We also pin the money on in funny/silly ways.

I say do it i wasn't goinh to do one but my aunt wouldnt take no for an answer and glad she didnt we made over $500 and we only had 150 guests we had 3 hundred dollar bills and some 5 and 10 there was only a few people who put $1 lol and if it gets you closer to honeymoon why not of people dont like it they wont participate and the ones who want to will

It's kinda an area/family thing. I've only been to one wedding when I was 12. Never heard of it until this site. So I looked it up. I've seen videos where guest gave not only one dollar bills but also 5,****s. I can't tell you that you should or shouldn't. It should be a conversation between you and your FH, maybe talk about to your or his parents, if you would like a little more input.

It's a very common tradition in Pittsburgh! It was very much expected at our wedding and people quickly lined up along the dance floor to dance with me! Without going into detail...we received a lot of money from it...so much so, that the treasure chest that was used as the money holder got stuffed so full that it broke the top of the box where the money goes in! And Tiffany was correct...we did not receive many one dollar bills, the most common bill given was a twenty, with fifties and hundreds thrown in as well.

It's common in our families circle, but I don't wanna do it. Honestly, I don't wanna spend time doing the dance. I just wanna party and have fun. I feel like it's the same as putting a jar out that says 'honeymoon fund' isn't that improper etiquette? I remember growing up going to weddings and the dollar dances were the most boring part of weddings because they took so long. FH and I feel that way though. If you want help towards your honeymoon, any little bit can help you. A night at a hotel or souvenirs, a tour of something, your drinks.

Browning up it was the highlight of every wedding however I haven't seen it much in my adult years. But I've also seen less participation with the bouquet/garter toss. I think it's up to you and based on how much participation you think you would get.

Plain and simple, don't do any wedding registries! If people ask you, simply say that you have all the items you need, or not enough space for more.

A dollar dance only works if people support it... If your group isn't in to it, it wolf all flat. But being 30 means nothing, if you want one, and it's part of the culture,,, do it,

Dollar dances are a wedding tradition in my family, so I don't think it's tacky for me. =D

It's very common around here and we plan on doing one, but to make it more fun we have a bet whoever loses has to change their facebook profile picture to the others favorite NFL team. We are going to have the DJ announce this before the dance. FMIL already said she's putting $50 in FH bucket. Which works for me

FH wants to do it. I don't care one way or the other. It's certainly not going to be something our guests have never seen before.