Plz Help!! My first 1st wedding his third!

Ok, typically you can't serve 150 appetizers in the evening. That would be ok for like a 2:00pm wedding or a morning wedding. If it's at dinner time no one will stay and it will be a waste of money. It is also "rude" to some people.

Also if you invite 150 people, 150 people will not show up to a quick wedding in vegas. Usually 75% show up and less the further away you live from the area you're living and I'd say even less seeing how it's his 3rd wedding. Are you sure you want to get married with only your side there?

Typically for destination weddings, you invite the people closest to you not 150 people. You're supposed to pay for their room and food or give them money toward it etiquette wise. Most people invite 2-30 people to a destination wedding or 50 and 30 show up. Some people just have them selves and their children.

There are lots of ways to involve the kids. You can do a family sand ceremony, a unity candle. Have the kids stand with you as the wedding party.

Tabatha, I don't think she meant it to be in Vegas. She said HE wanted a quickie Vegas trip..she wants something more like she described locally......

Oh!!!!!!!!! lol It was hard to follow her.

If you are inviting 150 people locally still about 75% usually show up (sometimes more sometimes way less)

And doing a evening appetizer menu for 150 people might be just as costly as a buffet dinner. Usually people want more than one appetizer. You should expect 3-6 per person. This is not including drinks.

1) If you two are really trying to keep it simple, 150 people is entirely too many - cut down the guest list

2) An easy way to do this without the hurt feelings that you two are probably worried about (I'm assuming that's why your "simple wedding" went from just you, him and the kids to 150 people) is to do a private destination wedding with just you, him and the kids, even if it is to Vegas. Trust me, paying for all of the airfare, hotel fees, wardrobe, marriage ceremony, dinner and drinks at a nice restaurant afterwards will still be a HELL of a lot cheaper than paying for appetizers, or any meal, for 150 people.

3) If your heart is really set on doing the big hooplah wedding with 150 people, it will most likely be more cost effective to do a buffet dinner like Tabatha suggested, or even a family style dinner that's catered from a local restaurant. Appetizers may seem like they would be the cheaper way to go, but those little things add up very quickly. Good luck!

I'm sorry its hard for me to explain what I mean .. I guess by keeping it simple I meant, I don't want to be spending 50,000$. More like 10,000$. And by wanting the little foods it was for the convince of leaving snacky food out. And I wanted a evening ceremony like 6:30ish. Maybe a buffet style would just be best .. so many options. It all sounded good in my head!! Lol

I wanted a evening ceremony. 6:30 ish.

For a 6:30 ceremony, you MIGHT be able to get away with appetizers, but I would price them out to see what would be the best option.

At our venue, it is $21pp for 8 apps, and $24pp for 10 apps (if those apps are served instead of a meal). The plated dinner options we are considering are $18pp, $20pp and $21pp (vegetarian, chicken, and pork). For a buffet dinner (2 entrees and 2 sides) it is $19pp. Those prices include water, tea, and coffee. For a non-alcoholic bar, it is an additional $4.95pp.