Discussions from Wedding reception

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...

For those of you that have/ are planning on postponing but did have a small ceremony on/around your date....Are/did you postpone your showers & bachelorette? Will you be having a rehearsal dinner...

Hey, I was thinking about ordering some neon signs for behind the head table. Has anyone ordered one and have recommendations? What size did you order? Thanks!

Hey folks! I was wondering how people feel about the bride or groom showing off a talent (singing, dancing, etc.). I've been to weddings where it felt cringey and self-indulgent and want to avoid that...

What is a typical cost for catering? We have gotten one quote, first at $9000 and the second near $7000. The second one doesn’t include alcohol. They’re budgeting for 100 people...