Discussions from Wedding reception

What would people like to receive as wedding favours?

Hey everyone! We're going ahead with our wedding on September 26 this year and we just got an update from our venue of their COVID-19 wedding policies. Besides the obvious of being required to wear a...

Hey everyone! I’m just a bit confused by the new guidelines in Stage 3. I’ve heard both that you can have a dance and that you cannot.Can someone help me out with this? I don’t want to plan to have...

I’m having a hard time coming up with more entertainment/acts for my wedding, so far I have planned a DJ and photobooth, but I’ve always wanted someone “famous” or “well known” to perform lol. But......

Hello everyone! Fiancé and I are getting married September 26th, here in Alberta. Currently the rules allow indoor social gatherings of 50 people and outdoor gatherings of 200. Our outdoor ceremony is...

Hi All, So my partner and I have decided that we want to do an intimate ceremony and after a dinner for 20. After dinner we wanted a reception with 3-4 food stations for 50-75 people. I am worried...

Hello everyone, Long story short... We don’t want to have a formal sit down dinner with our toasts mainly because we want all of our guests to be able to hear our toasts and we can’t afford to feed...

Hi WeddingWire Community, I’m struggling with having a very tight budget as we are paying for the whole wedding ourselves and with COVID-19 putting a damper on our finances it’s been a frustrating...

Hi everyone, So with everything going on I had to change my plans a little and my decorations that I had planned no longer fit the setting of the reception. Originally I was going to decorate the...

Was going through our renewed contract (due to date change) and noticed they do not serve shots at the open bar. I asked and the catering manager said it’s a legal thing etc. (In Ontario) Is this...

Song ideas and wedding ideas for gift/giveaway-handmade? and other ideas like table stuff or stuff for food etc -thank you

My fiancé and I both lost our dads so I was just wondering what we should be doing with the parent dances? He suggested it wouldn’t be fair to do a mother and son dance since I wouldn’t have a father...

Hey Ladies! Where did you get or are planning to get your seating charts from? I’d like to see pictures please for some ideas 🙂 thanks!

Hi everyone! I am thinking of not having a DJ and taking the role on ourselves with a playlist. I will ask a trusted guest to watch over The laptop. Has anyone been to a wedding without a DJ and how...

OMG, 62 days to go and our venue has cancelled & having so much difficulty trying to find a new one. Looking for our group of 10 with hoping for potential of more to add by August. Debating...

Hi all! My fiancé and I are in the beginning stages of wedding planning. We're having a small ceremony/reception of 50 guests max. We're getting married in SW Ontario (near London) next September. I...

Hi all! So happy to have found this community. So after putting deposits etc on venue for 2021 I have realized I really don’t want to do vows in front of people and walk down the aisle etc. Seems too...

So, if you had the option of wanting a buffet, but you favorite restaurant was not available to cater to your event, would you and you guests go to the restaurant if they reserved a room just for...

Can anyone provide DJ recommendations for a wedding in Kitchener next Fall? I’d also like to know what is reasonable for cost. Thanks!

Hey everyone! My fiance and I are getting married June 19 2021 and just can't find a catering company. We keep getting responses along the lines of "We are not currently booking any new 2021 contracts...

Hi all, Scheduled to get married on October 10, 2020. We have been playing the wait and see game and trying to decide whether to postpone, cancel or go ahead with some kind of altered celebration. I’m...

Hey everyone We have made the tough decision due to multiple factors to postpone our wedding with 120 guest list until next year (October 2020-October 2021). However, we are still having an intimate...

Hey ladies! So with the phase 2 in Alberta being rolled out at the end of this week, we are now allowed to have all our guests at our ceremony which is great! But the new indoor gathering number is 50...

Hey Everyone, We are looking into having a food truck for our catering and I was wondering if anyone had any idea on what their pricing looked like? OR had any tips on where to begin searching for...

Hey Everyone, Looking for some advice on how to properly "Social Distance" but still have fun at our backyard wedding, any fun games that can limit the risk? We like to party so we thought we could...

Who is involved in the bridal party entrance At the reception? Do they all need seperate songs?

Hi! I need first dance song suggestions 🙂

Would it be tacky or inappropriate to ask people attending our small (immediate family and wedding party) ceremony and reception to Bring their own booze?