Formal exit or Send off?

I've only seen one or the other. We're undecided, but if we do decide to do one, it will be a grand exit from the reception.

Curious, what is the difference between a grand exit and a send off? I think I have been assuming they were the same thing

I only did one after the ceremony

In the midwest, I feel like it is more common to be done after the ceremony... so when I moved to Texas and met my FH, I was quite surprised to learn that it occurs after the reception in the here. I think it's all on personal choice and maybe locations have a play in it as well.

The “formal exit” is what’s done after the reception as a last goodbye to the couple and the send off is done immediately after the ceremony.

We're currently only planning to do a grand exit after the reception. I hadn't really thought of what to do at the end of the ceremony, if anything.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a grand exit except on this forum or Pinterest. I’m in NJ and there may be some bubbles or something tossed during the recessional, but that’s about it. Only a grand entrance into the reception

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They're really the same thing, just different names.

I didn’t do either. I exit the ceremony as husband and wife and met our wedding party in the end for hugs and kisses and we just proceed for pictures. For the reception most of our guest were picking up to go and we had a quick last dance to a special song and it was just me and him in the dance floor it was special everyone was doing their own thing. We then proceed to get in one of the vans that was taking everyone back to the hotel. Some of our guest were excited to share that moment with us but nothing formal. I don’t think is necessary to do it.

Hi Genesis! FH and I will be doing a grand send off after the reception is over with our guests using sparklers.

Either, or, neither, ...whatever you like. We had no formal exit of any kind.

Our ceremony and reception are in the same place, so we won't be doing one after the ceremony. We'll be doing a sparkler exit/sendoff at the end of the reception.

I just ordered some sparklers! 😂 thought it would be the best way to do it since were having our wedding late evening.

We did a bubble send off after the ceremony. 100% did not do any kind of exit after the reception, and in all honesty, I have only seen those on pinterest lol.

Our reception ended at midnight. If we expected everyone to stay until midnight just to light a sparkler or cheer as we left, that would have been kind of silly. Grandmas and kiddos don't really work at full function at midnight lol

View Quoted Comment Lol this makes so much sense

I have actually never seen a wedding with a grand/formal exit. This has been because either no travel was needed or the couple stayed behind to clean up. And we plan on doing the same ourselves by staying behind, packing up and then heading off to the after party with our friends.

We do ours after the ceremony here.
Itd be odd to leave the reception and then have to come back immediately to clean up.

We're staying on-site so I'm not really sure how we will handle that but I'm open to whatever they suggest!

Honestly, I have never seen a send off before, mostly because we never really stayed until the very end of the reception. There was one I have been to, a close friend's sister's wedding, we stayed to help clean up, and they did not do an exit of some sort.