Discussions from Wedding reception

Would you pay a 50% non-refundable deposit to secure your date for a dj well over a year in advance?? Is this standard practice? It just seems a little steep to me so early on and with the uncertainty...

Hey all! My fiancee and I are planning for July 2022. We really want everyone to be vaccinated so that we can have a massive party. Our wedding is going to be about 150 people, and a pretty even split...

Hi to all my brides out there! what a crazy moment in time we’re currently in. My heart goes out to all of the brides that have had to cancel or postpone weddings thus far 💕 My wedding is June 6, 2020...

Time for more research 🧐 For those that drink coolers what are your all time faves?Let me know in the comments or suggest something I may have missed.What about beer?We are purchasing our own booze...

Hi all. Im just wondering how many of you are planning or have had a reception during covid? if you did, how many people? how long did it last? full or simple reception? all details please. thanks

So right now we have a guest list of 98 people (us included). In order to save some money, we are planning on a bit of a different timeline. Ceremony (everyone) 3:30-4 Dinner (family & wedding...

What are you and your significant other choosing to do with your bar option? Are you going with a Cash Bar, Toonie Bar, Loonie Bar or a Host Bar? Every couple is different and how their budget will...

How do you enjoy your tacos?We are having a taco bar wedding with other food options available but I’m curious what everyone’s go to toppings are? We will have the usualsalsaSour cream Jalapeños...

Hi everyone, Our wedding is coming up on September 25, 2021 and we're a bit confused on what to do at this point -- either we proceed with the planning process for that date OR our venue gave us the...

Has anyone ordered a cake stand online? Any suggestions as to where? I haven't really saw anything locally. I do have some small maybe 10 inch stands I may use for cupcakes (originally we were going...

I am hoping to save some money on the wedding cake from original estimate of ~$400. We expect to have 80 guests at our wedding and we plan to serve other dessert platters (TBD, but thinking...

We're having a wedding in 2023 and the venue (Swaneset, BC) offers host bar/limited host bar/toonie/cash bar. We wanted to go for the host bar option but were wondering approximately how much should...

Hi everyone! My fiancé and I both come from European families where open bars are very much the norm and fully expected. We are prepared to proceed with that but lately we have been considering doing...

Hey friends, as we have all experienced at some point, COVID has put a wrench in some of our plans. For myself, my caterer willingly postponed to a new date from last year to this year. I asked them...

Hey everyone! I'm looking for songs to walk into the reception to and I'm just curious what other people have chosen! Any ideas?

I wanted to see if other people are doing a family dance or other alternatives vs father-daughter dance? I love my dad, but I want to include my mom and stepmom too. So I'm dancing to the song Wind...

Hello all! So I am one of those people who always spills on my clothing. My mom joked I needed a bib to cover my dress for my reception ... But she has a point. Does anyone have advice for this ?

Looking for ideas/advice on different inexpensive dance floor ideas. We are having our wedding in a barn with a cement floor.

We are thinking of putting 2 8ft tables together to make and extra long table. Would you be able to fit 4 people on each side of an 8ft table comfortably? And not having anyone on the end. (16 people...

Hello Wedding Wire Friends! Well before FH and I were engaged, we knew that our wedding would be centred around amazing food and drink. We are extreme foodies after all! So the start was picking out a...

My fiance and I saw two venues this weekend. We absolutely love them both. I am leaning more towards one and he is leaning more towards the other but I think either way we are both happy. We are...

I'm not sure if I'm overreacting, but I seem to consistently have a difficult time getting ahold of the venue we are leaning towards. Every message takes a good 48 hours to get a response. My fiance...

So I have been looking at venues for summer of 2023. Not looking to book anything right this second, but I know that it's one of the first things I need to do so I'm just spending some time thinking...

We have our tasting coming up with our caterer. What should I expect. Is there things that I should ask or be made aware of ?

A few places I've contacted about small tables to sit 2 guests at have leant their tables out to vaccination clinics. We're not having a dinner but will be sitting down for speeches and snacks. Some...

Due to the ongoing restrictions I’m choosing to postpone my wedding and instead just have a backyard ceremony and I’m hoping to go to a restaurant for a small reception with around 30 people. Although...

Hi All my fellow brides! We are having a super small legal ceremony as we have already postponed our large ceremony twice so don’t want to keep delaying the marriage. We are having an outdoor ceremony...

Our venue asked us for ideas regarding wedding cakes and I’m honestly totally at a loss for where to start.... does two tiers sound like a good size for 50 guests? (Considering dessert is also...