No Bridal Party?

I didn't have one and I have been to lots of weddings without them. What specifically are you concerned about?

View Quoted Comment We really liked the idea of no bridal party because it felt more intimate to us. I know typically a bridal party is announced on entrance following the bride and groom and on most occasions they give speeches, so planning my wedding I am trying to fill in those gaps. Did you and your husband still get announced walking into your reception?

I meant before bride and groom, whoops!

We’re having somewhere around 25-30 guests and no bridal party. I thought it would feel weird if the majority of the guests were a bridal party.

I won't exactly have one? My sister is my MOH but because she is literally the ONLY wedding party member and we are getting married in a gazebo that will fit just us and our officiant, she will sit for the ceremony. She has anxiety and standing in front of everyone, outside the gazebo alone would make her feel very uncomfortable. (Just mentioning that before anyone thinks I'm being rude, it's for HER comfort.)

View Quoted Comment I've seen lots of weddings where they didn't announce the BP. I was just at a no wedding party wedding and when the B&G entered they announced the couple as usual.


Also, speeches can be from anyone of your choosing or you can skip them! Parents, grandparents, siblings, or even close friends if you want to ask if they want to. At the wedding mentioned above, they actually had a few planned speakers and then it went "open mic" and it was actually really beautiful (small DW wedding so no risk of it going on forever 😂) because very close friends got to go up and give these beautiful speeches, many of us cried 😭❤🥺

View Quoted Comment Exactly! With a smaller wedding I felt the same way

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No, we didn't do any announcements. But if you want to be announced, I don't think it would be weird to do it without a wedding party. And if you want certain people to give speeches, you can ask them to, even if they don't have titles. I doubt any of your guests will think of these things as "gaps".

I am also not having a bridal party. I am having my son and the ring bearer/ best man (8) and that’s it. Also having 50-60 guests. It’s so much less stressful!

We had 15 guests, no wedding party. No extra cost or stress for anyone! I got ready with my mom & sister so I still had “getting ready” closeness with girls and some fun photos.

We are also not having a bridal party! Our guest list will be around 40 people.

I’m not having a wedding party either. I’m only having up to 50 guests because we wanted to keep it intimate. But we will have some of our family members walk in during the ceremony entrance.

No wedding parties are common. I've seen several and B&G were intro'ed into the reception. During dinner the groom's mom and brother spoke and the Brides sister spoke.

Wedding parties aren't necessary. Typically the "big roles" they have during the ceremony is that someone needs to fan out the brides train (if she has one) before she walks down the aisle - anyone can do that role - and then the MOH holds the bride's bouquet during the vows and the BM has the rings. As long as you figure out those parts - you can hand off your bouquet to a VIP guest in the front row, your officiant can have the rings - you really don't need a formal/official wedding party.