Discussions from Wedding Reception

This is mostly preference. I read you need a staff member per 50 guests to serve the food. I have 30 guests, is it going to look weird if I don’t have one? We didn’t go with a traditional catering...

Hi :-) When are (did) you making your final payment to your caterer? We were expecting to make our final payment at the time of our reception but our caterer is expecting full payment upfront... is...

Hey everyone! I'm having a minor freakout trying to figure out what we should do for our "cocktail hour". Originally, I had planned to scrap it altogether but I completely forgot about pictures after...

Hello 👋 so we are having kids at the wedding all ages. My question is there will be a couple kids around age 1 to 2 years old. Do we expect them to sit with the parent or are we expected to give them...

Has anyone had to deal with letting go of the "perfect" wedding they had in their head? We've fallen in love with several venues only to find they were too expensive, too far or had too many...

Batter up! Baseball players use their walk up song to get themselves and the crowd in the right mood - who says your reception entrance song should be any different? What’s your wedding walk up song?...

Thoughts?!

My FH and I want to do a potluck to save some money on catering, I was curious as to how I tell the guests? I know I’d put it on the invitation but how?

Hi everyone, We have a shuttle to take people from the ceremony to the reception (about a 5 minute drive), but we currently don't have an option for people to get home at the end of the night. Due to...

Hi everyone! I am toying with the idea of doing an Italian buffet for our reception. There’s a restaurant on the same block as our venue that caters. The pizza is more artisan style so I think that...

There are SO many cake flavors to pick from that my fiance and I are having a tough time deciding! What cake flavors/fillings did you decide on? Are you keeping it traditional or having something...

Hello lovely people! I am slowly starting to plan everything for our wedding and reception, next year. Cinnamon buns are something I would love to incorporate into the reception, and every since...

Hi fellow brides! I need a little help organizing a timeline for our "Happily Ever After Party". I am getting married in an intimate ceremony with only immediate family present. BUT, we are throwing...

Hey guys! My wedding will be during the evening because it is on a Friday and I want to give everyone enough time to travel/get ready. Our ceremony will be at 7:00 (won't be dark until around 8:45),...

Hi WW! I'm looking for recommendations for venues anywhere in CT/MA that allow outside alcohol/catering. I've looked at the Lighthouse Point Carousel, which I love, but wanted to see if there are...

So hear me out, my fiancé wants to do a crawfish boil at the wedding reception, and has all ready talked to catering companies about it. Some of my family that’s helping us plan the wedding think it’s...

So here’s my dilemma. FH has 3 younger brothers. The youngest is only 18. FMIL was talking to me and FH and she said something about the boys drinking at the open bar. And I laughed and said “yeah,...

I was invited to a wedding, that is being held in a backyard of grooms house. Part of it is in a non air conditioned barn and other under a non air conditioned tent. No out door plumbing so...