Discussions from Parties and Events

I am attending my first wedding shower as a guest next weekend, and I'm trying to figure out what most people spend on a gift! H and I have a set amount that we give for weddings, but this is new...

Hey guys so we are planning on getting married in May 2020 and I’m trying to figure out when everything should happen (shower, bachelorette, etc). We got engaged in October 2018 and my mom offered to...

So our venue offers complimentary valet parking for our guests. I am wondering what to do about tips for this? Is it us who will give the tip, or the guests who utilize the service? Of course we don't...

Hi all, Very condensed version of story but my bachelorette coming up, and idk how I feel about a few of what I thought are my closest friends (known since middle school) they made other plans during...

We are having an engagement party thrown for my FH and I by our parents and they know how big of fans we are of Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Marvel/DC and anything Disney or Broadway Musical related!...

My FH’s aunt is throwing an after party at her house after our reception, and I’m trying to figure out how to invite people to it. Should I put it on the wedding website, on the detail card, on the...

My maid of honor and I are trying to come up with ideas for my bachelorette party since not all of my bridesmaids will be 21. Our wedding date isn't until August 22, 2020 but I want to start gathering...

So we got married in Vegas on Sunday. On Friday night I had my bachelorette party. On Saturday my husband had his bachelor party. They ended up at a strip club. I knew this would happen, I mean it’s...

Hello! So my friend's bachelorette party is coming up. We are going to a baseball game and Flo Rida is playing afterwards (yayy!). I am trying to use one of Flo-Ridas songs to come up with a saying...

Hey all! We are having a DIY mimosa bar at my shower! I was wondering if anyone had done this before - how many guests did you have and how many bottles of champagne did you buy? (We're not buying...

For my fiance and I's party, we want to do something different. We want to combine ours to have the wedding party/extremely close friends with us. We're also not doing this the night before. We're...

I was thinking between 2 to 3 hrs long. How long are you planning for your bridal shower to be?

FH and I are in the process of trying to plan our welcome party (at least get a space booked) and to be honest we are stuck! We want to have a nice party but we don’t want to break the bank/throw a...

I found out last night that my MIL is planning a weekend trip the weekend of my bridal shower, which my mom is throwing me. Our wedding and my family is based in MA, while she ( and my fiance and I)...

Background: my sister and MOH tried to throw me a bachelorette party in Whistler and four out of five other BMs declined. So my cousin/BM, my sister, me and a few other friends put together a girls...

My fiance's family is Vietnamese and mine is American. We really think his parents would like it if we did a traditional tea ceremony the night before our wedding at our rehearsal dinner. We are both...

I’m in my 30’s & not interested in getting drunk or strippers. I want something more chill - a getaway where we possibly get drunk doing wine tasting, eat good food, maybe take a spin or yoga...

Any ideas for a wishing well alternative for a bridal shower? We have previously done cookbooks and stock the bar.

I'm a bridesmaid and heavily involved in planning the shower for my friend. Now that it's coming up, I can't seem to find anything nice enough to wear in the winter in CT! Please help with ideas.