Discussions from Wedding Reception

I’ve been debating doing the garter toss but my almost husband is so excited to. Is anyone else nervous??

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG ....... The venue coordinator that took our deposit and signed the contract for our wedding event NEVER PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR!!! I booked our venue last year for our 2023 wedding....

I'm thinking of skipping the wedding favors - they always seem to get left behind. Is this bad etiquette? I feel like they are a huge waste of money and there's so much other stuff to plan and deal...

I'm pretty sure there are other threads like this but I greatly appreciate suggestions on our reception timeline. Our wedding Mass is at 2 PM at a church and our Reception is at a hotel starting at 5...

What did you decide or what do you plan to have? Do you have a strong preference from a guest perspective being either an attendant or the significant other/random plus one of an attendant seated with...

Hi! I was wondering how everyone was planning on obtaining photos from their guests. I just found out about "The Guest" from theknot.com and wanted to see if anyone had any experience with that free...

Just like the title says, I'm trying to figure out when I should create a seating chart. It seems unproductive to create before I know who all is actually coming. Likewise, I'm having this dilemma...

Hi everyone! Now I’m not sure how abnormal this is but I love getting ideas from all of you wonderful people. I have a pretty big crowd for my wedding and my fiancé and I were thinking of doing...

Hello Ladies My fiancé and I are adamant about only inviting people who has been supporting us since day one. Of course some people we have invited couldn't make it and we figured since its a...

My fiancé and I are trying to cut catering costs, because it's crazy expensive where I live. One of my friends suggested that we double the amount of hors d'oeuvres that we serve and then order a...

My fiancée and I are trying to keep costs of our wedding down. We decided to have a brunch wedding and have been playing around with the idea of having a DJ or not. Initially I thought it would be a...

So we decided to only do a sweetheart table and allow our party to sit with family or whatnot. But since the party enters last, we don’t want them to miss a seat. Do we just have them ask their family...

What unique food are you doing for your cocktail hour?

So my fiancé and I decided we wanted a signature drink for our reception. Where getting married in January 2023 and want something with either cranberry, pomegranate, or both. We already have the...

So my venue is a little different in how the seating works. The sweetheart table is completely to one side of the venue. So means I only want my siblings parents and close family members over on that...

For those who are having dancing, are your guests who don’t dance and prefer to chat sitting at the dinner tables or will you rent a lounge area for them?

We invited 310 and guaranteed the venue 250. Invitations went out 2/15 for our May 27 wedding. With the first 115 RSVP responses in we’re surprised to see 75 yes and 40 no. At that rate we won’t even...

So are you doing a nice, unrehearsed first dance .... or do you plan on wowing your guests with a choreographed piece? (We are old farts, so it's the plain old box step for us. 😄