Wedding Reception
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A chicken tenders and fries meal from the caterer for example with unlimited soda. What is the price comparison of what you are being charged for kids vs adults? Steak and alcohol for adults is...
I saw this done once and I would love to do this at my wedding. I saw the bride Dance with her father in law and the groom dance with the his mother in law. What songs would you recommend that aren’t...
Hi everyone! My fiancé and I aren’t super into cake and we are trying to come up with some different ideas on what we can do instead of cake. I love the idea of having glazed donuts and possibly a...
The venue we're picking has a 3200 sq ft tent that can fit 220 people. I will have between 80-100 guests. This venue is all-inclusive and is the best fit for our budget. What can we try to do to make...
I'm working on the(my) ultimate wedding reception music list. Looking for some ideas. Although I think I've reviewed every list out there, I'm sure there are some left off-- maybe not so mainstream or...
My fiancé and I have a 2 year old son. We are getting married august 6th and I think I want to do a dance with my baby boy. Not 100% on it but I’m thinking about it and I need some song...
Does anyone have some ideas on gifts for our wedding guest?
Y'all are so good with suggestions! Is there a service out there where you hire a musician to record a song for you? I don't know any musicians and don't really want to cold call local schools...
Hi all! My husband and I got married in April and threw an 80-person ceremony and reception which went great! We’re having a reception in July with about 110 guests who were not invited to the one...
I am thinking of having an ice cream sundae bar!! When is the best time to open this? We will have cake and serve that toward the end of dinner…maybe the last hour is best for the ice cream?
Has anybody tried self-catering and hired wait staff for their wedding? How was your experience? Who did you hire? We're in the early stages of planning and a few of the venues we're looking at will...
We've decided to have a quick courthouse wedding and take our family to dinner afterwards instead of doing the whole shebang. We're hoping to be able to take a big honeymoon trip. We're thinking...
Hi, how many songs do you need per hour? What are your top 5 super fun dance songs?
I set up a tentative seating chart so I could visualize where to place family since my fiancé has a lot of siblings, nieces, nephews ext. When I showed it to my mom I had at the head table my fiancé...
Hey everyone, I was just wondering how many different appetizer options are typical for 200 guests. I am only in this dilemma, because when I attend weddings, I am starving during cocktail hour. But I...
Looking for different music choices for songs when the bride and groom are announced. I looked in the website and it’s all the same music that EVERYONE has done at a wedding…. I will take any and all...
I found The perfect song for my fiancé to dance with his mother, the only issue is it in the wrong point of you. It’s in the point of you of a daughter to her mother, every lyric though is ideal does...
Hi! I know having chains cater weddings isn't for everyone but I've been thinking about having multiple chains cater my wedding. Like Olive Garden, Portillos, etc. just all of our favorites. I think...
Someone recently told me in a Facebook wedding group that nobody does head tables anymore for their wedding party. Am I just behind the times or is that not true? I don’t go to a lot of weddings, but...
Ok, so my fiance and I were going through our wedding binder last night, just making sure we are still onboard with all our plans/decisions since having to postpone. When I skipped past the cake...