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Logistics: Cleaning Up After Reception

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Jesse's Girl, on February 26, 2015 at 11:20 PM

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Who took home all of your stuff after the reception? You card box, gifts, centerpieces, decorations, etc. I'm curious, because we need to have everything out of our reception venue by 12:30am (part of our contract with them so that the venue has time to do their regular post-event cleaning before...

Who took home all of your stuff after the reception? You card box, gifts, centerpieces, decorations, etc.

I'm curious, because we need to have everything out of our reception venue by 12:30am (part of our contract with them so that the venue has time to do their regular post-event cleaning before the next bride comes in the following morning to set up for her wedding), and the staff at our reception venue doesn't pick up stuff that they don't provide. So since we are providing our own centerpieces (nothing real intricate), we will need to be the ones to clean them up. We are planning on doing a sparkler exit at 11:30. Do we ask our wedding party and families to help with the clean up (and is it rude to ask if they could help out with this)? Do we come back after we leave to help clean up (which, I guess seems kind of ridiculous)?

Just curious how you did (or are planning on doing) yours so I can start coming up with a game plan for mine! Thanks!

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Vicky · on November 4, 2018 at 1:23 PM
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Also, if you have a question I suggest you start a new thread, not dig up a years-old one to post in.
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Mrs. Dujmovic · on November 4, 2018 at 3:03 PM
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Our rental vendor is taking care of cleanup for everything they provide. Luckily for us, that's most things for our wedding. Our parents offered to clean everything else up since we are also having a sparkler exit.
I don't think it's rude to ask your wedding party and/or families to help with clean up. All the weddings I have been in that was left to the wedding party to do.
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Susan · on November 4, 2018 at 4:17 PM
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Your wedding party are there to help and support you and your groom throughout the wedding. I've been a bridesmaid and maid of honor many times and i always know and was willing to help whatever the task and always stayed after to help put her decorations away so that they could be on their way to their honeymoon. Its not much to ask! You certainly find out who your true friends are..
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Erica · on November 5, 2018 at 11:20 AM
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We're most likely going to have my FFIL pull our enclosed trailer to the reception, everything will have bins or boxes for easy storage and then we will just break everything down, put it in bins quickly and load it into the trailer. Whatever makes clean up the easiest

ETA: every wedding I've been been involved in, the family and bridal party has cleaned up after the reception. I'm not the type of person to just allow everyone to do everything for me, so FH and I will likely be helping clean up. also so that I'm aware of where all our stuff is being packed and what not
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Erica · on November 5, 2018 at 11:39 AM
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Wrong. The bridal party is there for support and that means helping out with what's needed. It was wrong of her to go behind the brides back and try to put a bad taste in the other bridesmaids mouth. Any wedding I've been involved in, the bridal party has helped to clean up and take things down after and we've had absolutely no issue with doing so.
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