Discussions from Wedding Reception

Have any of you done a departure with friends? So instead of driving away by yourselves as bride & groom, you hop into a limo with your close friends/wedding party?

We found a beautiful venue but it’s about 30 mins from any nice hotel. Is 30 mins too far to travel we would provide transportation. What do you guys think?

I'm an awkward person, I'm not really a dancer, and I'm not good at being the center of attention. My husband is a little better than me. We had our ceremony already, so now we're doing our reception...

How are you doing things differently due to Covid at the reception? We aren't sure right now if we will be able to dance so we are looking for alternative ideas. I also would like to hear about any...

Has anyone used LED balloons before? Our send-off will be at night, so I have been trying to do something other than sparklers. I really like this idea of glowing balloons, but I am curious about...

What are the best (free) websites to create an evite to a wedding reception? My fiancé and I are getting married at the courthouse alone then having a reception after. I looked on the website Evite...

There are sooo many options!! How many venues did you tour/ how did you decide what venue you wanted? I'm reached out to a lot of venues and there seems to be a lot of decent options. It's kind of...

As of right now we decided to use fancy disposable plates for our wedding... (1st I considered using mixed vintage China..But whos washing dishes at the end of the event) what's the best heavy duty...

I have seen a bunch of ideas for entertainment for weddings but I never know where they would be in the wedding timeline. I'm hoping to do a performance with a woman who's known me since I was 4. I...

So I have a venue that lets you bring your own food but I hired a local caterer for the wedding. They also will be catering the cocktail hour with some hors d'oeurves, but, as with most people, we are...

I’m curious if other brides have had their venues waive their food and beverage minimums if they couldn’t meet it because of guests not showing due to Covid. The last thing I want is to be forced to...

We are doing a beer and wine only bar. I am trying to decide percentage wise on how much beer vs seltzer (white claw, truly, etc) to get! Our friends will mainly drink seltzer’s I believe but we have...

My FH and I are high school sweethearts, we have been together since we were 15, 7.5 years. We have a 1 year old daughter also. Give me suggestions for songs that would help tell our story please!

Our guest list is at about 85 people and we just sent out our invitations so not many people have rsvp’d yet. We honestly have no idea how many people will end up coming or not since it’s an out of...

I’m trying to decide when to do the father daughter dance. Does it occur after the first dance or later on during the reception? We are doing the first dance after dinner to start off the dancing part...

So I’m getting married in October and we have a venue and everything but I’m afraid our wedding is gonna be boring. I am not a dancer neither is my fiancé. Our families don’t dance, majority of people...

Because countless couples choose not to save the cake for a year (many horror stories of friends/family getting sick, not tasting right even with recommended wrapping) and cake ingredients are not...

What did you decide to go with for your late night snack? We have the following near us: Taco Bell, Little Caeser's, Burger King, Wendy's, Arby's, Subway, McDonald's, and several restaurants (2 that...

If you're asking guests not to give gifts, should you still set up a card/gift table in the event someone does?