Discussions from Wedding Reception

Hi everyone! Happy Sunday. I have a quick question for other brides and grooms in blended families. So tradition has it that the bride and her father have a dance, but how common is it to have a whole...

What are your thoughts on open bar? Is it better to do it that way it better for everyone to pay for themselves. I have a lot of people who drink beer coming to my wedding stuck on what to do.

We are getting married in early October, ideally we wanted the ceremony to start at 4:00pm and have the reception from 5-9pm, but since we wont be doing a First Look and all the pictures will be taken...

Hello! I am an October 2019 bride. We have been in talks with our caterer regarding how to do hors d’oeuvres during cocktail hour. Our venue is on the smaller side, with about 100 guests. My fear with...

So my FH and I looove fall weather, fall decor, basically we love everything about fall. We went to an apple far about a year ago and they had the best apple cider donuts-so were like hey! That would...

Our wedding isn't until Nov of 2020, so we have plenty of time to either elaborate on this idea or to scrap it and think of another, but here it is: We're having an informal outdoor wedding with a...

So my wedding is tomorrow. My future mother in law has been mentioning for weeks that we should be leaving the wedding a bit early, and in my head I've always been like okay yeah we'll leave at like...

Alright so we are doing a champagne toast, but I have no idea what type to go with! I don't want it to be expensive, because we have 200 guests. I also want people to actually enjoy the taste, so I'm...

Our wedding is at a family members backyard and our party is going to be very small. Any ideas on what we could use for catering?

What's the best (preferably free) way that you've run across to collect guest photos from the reception afterwards? The apps seem gimmicky and expensive, especially because I don't know how well...

So we dont have A song but we both like deeper than the holler by randy travis. DONT WANT TO DO LINE DANCE but thats all im finding by way of dances choreographed to that song! Any and all...

We’re solidifying our reception schedule and I'm realizing we really only have an hour of dancing. I'm kinda bummed and wish I had negotiated an earlier start time (can't add time on due to sound...

Hi everyone. Whats a fun way to have a clear end to the reception? I feel silly doing a “grand exit” because we’re gonna see everyone 10 minutes later when we invite everyone to come party at the...

Hi! I am planning on having a destination wedding where we get married in Orlando with just my immediate family and then go to Disney for our honeymoon after! We are both pretty private and want an...

I'm in Texas. Are barn venues going out of style? It seems like they've been "in" for so long that I'm worried it's starting to be a "tired" look??

We cannot pick a song, none seem to fit or seen a little overdone. What will your groom and his mother be dancing to?

Hi All, I’m stressing with the seating chart, but not to actually assign the tables...although that was a ton of fun, especially with the FH’s aunt asking to bring a plus 1 and now that plus 1 isn’t...

We are getting married in a little over a month and will be serving pie as well as having a s’mores bar for dessert. Rsvps are due at the end of this week and we are already up to 120....thinking we...

My wedding venue for December 14th burnt down last night and I JUST sent out save the dates. Does anyone know how to word a formal letter requesting money back? I sent them $4,000 so far and...

I’m honestly just curious to see how many of you have a do not play list you’re giving to your wedding DJ. & why unless it is too personal of course. My dad is a DJ and rarely has clients that...