Tips/conversation Starters for "table Rounds"

Would it be possible to do it during cocktail hour? My cousin did this and it saved everyone time and helped the evening flow much better!

Sorry should have also included that it looked less stressful going table to table instead it was just a “hi thank you” and move on type. Sorry sounded better in my head and in person haha!

We had a wedding of around 120 and new pretty much everyone there. The table visits were pretty quick. There was one table of my dads cousins who I didn't know very well and hadn't seen in quite a few years - like I thought I knew who wad who, but wasn't 100% sure. I grabbed my aunt from the table next to them and asked her to come with me to make the introductions. I thought I'd mention that as an idea if you need another social buffer - bring someone else with you if needed.

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I wish I could, but we'll need to do our BP pictures and our couple pictures en route to the reception so I'm already worried about time management. I think we'll only have 15 minutes or less of cocktail hour, during which will be our entrance and hopefully get time to grab a drink and get situated before we need to start dinner service, speeches, etc. I think the only time we can do table visits is post-dinner, hoping we can do them all pretty quickly before we cut the cake so it doesn't cut into dancing time.

Have a recieving line, just the two of you, or after your processional go back and dismiss the guests row by row. You'll get a chance to thank everyone but no one will expect a conversation. Then during the reception you can relax and not worry about seeing everyone, still mingle but the pressure will be off.

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I considered this but with the timing it won't work - there's a 30 minute drive to the reception so we'll need to dismiss the guests for cocktail hour while we take family pictures at the church then depart for bridal party pictures - if we spent another half hour on a receiving line we'd be halfway into dinner by the time we got to the party

View Quoted Comment Then do the dismissal, you won't start pictures until everyone is dismissed anyway. You could also extend cocktail hour by a few minutes.

We tried to make it to every table, but after our DOC made sure we could actually sit down and eat our dinner, we didn't have a lot of time to hit each one. Lots of different directions to go, pictures to take, dance floor to keep alive.. it's a great gesture, but people are also understanding that there's so much going on and the couple doesn't always have a chance to visit every single table

View Quoted Comment Yes! Ours is set for 144 & I’m definitely going to make it my mission to speak to everyone but I can’t forget to enjoy myself as well lol I have talked to a few brides who keep telling me to eat first and take care of that later bc they hardly touched their plates!

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I just still think it'd take too long - I do like that idea, but we're on a pretty strict timeline and I'm already worried about how quickly we can get the family situated for pictures because we could easily start to eat into dinner time if we linger, so I'll probably be busy with that instead of being able to dismiss everyone.

I don’t think conversation topics are really necessary. To get to everyone, you’ll have to be pretty quick, so you’re really just talking pleasantries “great to see you, glad you could make it, thank you for coming, hope to see you on the dance floor later!”

I'm going to let my FH introduce them and then I will just smile, reach for a handshake or hug and say we appreciate you traveling in for the wedding.

Don't sweat it! Like PP said, the convo will probably be led by the guests and honestly be all about your wedding and maybe your honeymoon plans. Convos I usually have are super surface-level, like "Hi! Oh my goodness congratulations! Your dress and your hair - AH you look beautiful! I loved ___ part of your ceremony. So good to see you!" and then the couple moves on.