Discussions from Wedding Reception

My FH Mom passed away. Will be 2 years by the time we get married. So , we asked his niece to do that dance. Niece is 24, he is 45. What song can they dance to? I’ve been searching but I haven’t found...

My dad and I have a really great relationship. When we think about our father daughter dance, ourselves and our fam expect us to do something silly and fun. We both really love the band Queen. He was...

Ok so I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how much beer to order, we are having a full bar but, we are only paying for the wine and beer. Most of the people coming are really only going to...

I was just rereading our contract and it said "If you prefer our bartenders don't accept the customary gratuity, a service charge of $1.50 person will be charge." What do they mean by customary...

For the reception...I really want to dance and my parents want to dance. The grooms family on the other hand... they are very conservative when it comes to music. They only listen to religious music...

Thoughts? There's this super cute vintage truck and they dress in 1950's uniforms. We really wanted fresh scooped ice cream, but they only do local artisan sandwhiches/bars. Would this be too...

I've come across several stories/articles on "Cake & Punch Receptions" all of which suggests the ceremony should take place between 1-2pm and reception immediately follows. One venue that we...

I live in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan and we will be having a small wedding (around 50 guests). We will be providing our own open bar with only wine and beer. In Michigan there is a State...

Hi! This is my first post on these forums, so I’m sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place. I will have a photo booth at my reception and am hoping to incorporate the photos into the guest book....

Does anyone know if there are any bands that combine with DJs during the reception located in southern new jersey or Philadelphia regions?

My question is how big should the water pitchers be? Here's some details and my plan so far... - Our wedding is being held at a farm that doesn't have safe drinking water. - I'm trying to avoid the...

Out of our four meal choices, two can be prepared gluten free upon request. One of them is fairly obvious, and the other is not. I can't figure out how to indicate this on the RSVP card without it...

Everyone that has given me wedding advice has recommended finding some time at the wedding to spend alone as a couple, even if only for a couple of minutes. It just gives you time to stop, breath, and...

We originally had about 125 on our guest list, but somehow we ended up with around 145 that we sent invites to. Fast forward and we have 118 unofficial "yes's". Now we are 15 days out and it looks...

Daughter/sil's venue will have a hired bartender, but dd/sil provide all the alcohol and supplies. I said I would work on the cups. Not being much of a drinker, what type of cups should I get? They...

Need help picking a song for my FH/FMIL to dance to. We love Simple Man and it's the only one we have come up with so far but unfortunately we can't use that one Be cause it has really sad memories to...

Hi all!! I have seen a few budget tools on line here and there for how to gauge how much you should budget for alcohol. but I am still struggling and have a massive fear of running out. We are having...

Is having a Keg of beer vs different varieties of beers tacky....We're not serving any liquor but im considering bottles of wine and maybe a Keg...hmmmm....tell me your input