Thank you speech/toast?

I plan on doing a thank you toast to gets. I want to recognize my family that came across the country and thank people for coming.

I don't think it has to be anything major. Google might have some examples. Go ahead and plagiarize!

I think it's nice to toast your guests with a thank you. As long as it's heartfelt and not inauguration speech length, you'll be fine. Cheers!

So he just mentioned he wanted to thank his siblings...not for anything wedding related but for like growing up together. Do people do that?

We didn't do a toast but we went around individually and thanked everyone.

We did a thank you speech - DH did a general intro, then I specifically thanked people for coming, thanked our wedding party, and our parents/family. He then thanked our grandparents and said a sweet toast about me

It was maybe 2 minutes in length total.

My husband and I totally forgot to do this and I regret it so much!! We would have thanked everyone for coming out, probably made a joke about the bad weather, how grateful we were to have such amazing people witness our nuptials, made a special thank you to our parents/grandparents and wedding party, and then told them all to get busy on the dance floor lol.

Thank his siblings for growing up together? I feel like it would be more of a 'I'm so grateful that we had each other' kind of thing. I get it, i also kinda feel like i would make it more personal than announcing in front of everyone. Maybe a hand written note & small gift to show his gratitude?

I think it's up to you. All my ceremonies address how grateful the couple is for everyone who has supported them over the years and who has traveled to be with them on the day.

Following

My mother is blessing the food and doing the welcome, thank you for coming, etc. Then of course we will be making our way around to say a personal thank you to each person in the room.