Programs And menus

I did it but printed myself on card stock. I did a menu per table

View Quoted Comment I’ve thought about ordering from this one company that has a sale going on currently but I just wonder if they’re necessary

View Quoted Comment Programs I don’t feel are unless you’re outdoors and it’s sunny aha so it’s like a fan or if it’s a bilingual ceremony or if it’s a really long ceremony like a mass. Otherwise you can forego them

I did ceremony programs but opted out of menus. We had pre-selected plated dinners so it would mean printing 4 different menus. I wasn’t about that life.

If you're having a religious wedding you should probably do programs. We did programs because we had a Jewish ceremony and several non-Jewish guests in attendance who wouldn't have understood what was going on. I know I would be completely lost at a church wedding without having a program to follow along to! But if you're having a secular ceremony, then programs are not necessary. We did not do menus, since guests pre-selected their meals as part of RSVP so they already knew what they were eating

Ageeed, depends on the type of ceremony. I’ve been to religious and distinct cultural ones where they included it, but most of the weddings I’ve attended haven’t had programs.

We had a simple wedding so we skipped programs. We figured guests would figure out: ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner.


Because we only had 15 guests at our DW, we printed a menu for every plate because we wanted the look. It was a family-style dinner. For our local reception, we had a two-course plated meal for 50 guests but skipped the menu because guests chose what they wanted on their RSVP card. Good thing we didn’t have menus because the winery reception outdoors was so windy!

I'm doing none of it, I feel like it is a waste of money because it all gets thrown away in the end. It's not worth it to get all of that stuff printed out.

I don't think we are doing programs, most throw them away. My stepsister did programs and made them into fans because it was hot outside.

We are doing a family style dinner so it doesn't seem to make sense to do menus.

I bought some old windows off fb yardsale and plan to use those for signs vs buying programs and menus.. then were going to build a greenhouse out of them later 😁

We did neither. Programs are nice extras but I’ve never found them super important as a guest. Our ceremony was pretty short and non religious. We didn’t do menus because we had a pre selected plated meal. In my option, menus in that case add confusion more than anything else because guests can’t actually order off it.

We did programs bc I think they’re so nice. I like everyone knowing what’s going on and the ceremony is the whole point of the wedding so I wanted to highlight it. We did a buffet but I did menu boards rather than individual menus.

We did programs, but not menus. For the programs, I bought the template from Etsy and had them printed at Office Depo. I spent about $70 on them and they looked really nice.

I’m thinking about doing programs only because we are having a certain meditation & prayer I would like everyone to be able to read along & say out loud if they wish.

View Quoted Comment Oooh I totally understand!

View Quoted Comment Yes there are certain things that we particularly want to incorporate in our ceremony and I want people to be able to know what is going on

View Quoted Comment Yeah I’ve managed to find on the website where we got our save the dates and invites, they had cheap programs and menus

View Quoted Comment If not I thought of making my own

View Quoted Comment Did you have the programs passed out or laying in the seat? I’m thinking large menu board as well because we’re doing buffet

View Quoted Comment Hmmm you’ve got some good points. Thank you!