Discussions from Wedding reception

Do you need wedding favors for a destination wedding? If so, what are some ideas?

Hey everyone, I am just in the beginning of the wedding planning and their is a dispute over venue. My fiance really likes his friends property who has 1000 acres (not that we obviously need that...

So. I'm starting a playlist for my reception/party, and I'm going for a classic rock (with the occasional upbeat 90's song) feel. My question: how much do people REALLY pay attention to lyrics of...

I need help! What's the best way for me to avoid any family drama? My fiance's brother recently got married to a girl that my fiance and I hate. I recently unfriended her on Facebook (as part of a no...

We found our reception site!! Now to sesrch for a ceremony site!! 499 dsys to go!!

Hello, I worry about everything... so my latest worry is that our wedding is going to be boring! We have an awesome DJ, but I'm worried people won't want to dance, and get bored. What are you doing to...

We are having a buffet dinner with approximately 160 guests and are trying to figure out if it's best to do speeches during or after dinner.

Hi All, Our wedding package stated house wine served with dinner & 7hr Host Bar (see italicize below). When we signed our contract over a yr ago it was our understanding from our original Event...

Hi everyone! I am leaning towards a wedding at Berkeley Fieldhouse. My main hesitation is that I can’t find any pictures of the food stations. The tasting only offers tastings of the entrees. I am...

I have 25 tables and 10 of them are eggplant polyester and 15 of them are eggplant silk. If I alternate them, do you guys think it will be ok? Or would that look weird?

How long is everyone giving for their dinner? We are started our reception at 6pm, so would dinner be over by 7:30pm or is that too much time? What is everyone's timeline looking like for this?

Hi everyone- we have decided to name our tables after mountain names in Banff since we are having a winter wedding in the mountains. I was wondering if anyone had any great suggestions in labeling the...

Our venue is an art gallery so we aren’t allowed any candles as their sprinkler system is highly sensitive. Does anyone know where I can get Flameless candles (any size) that don’t have that fake...

My fiance and I aren't really into the idea of a traditional dinner and dance. So we're looking at some non traditional reception ideas! Right now we're going with a potluck and board games. What else...

Happy Friday Everyone! I've been contemplating on various gift ideas for my wedding party, all while trying to stay within a reasonable budget - which has proven to be harder than I thought (balancing...

Hey friends, So my FH's grandfather is in paliative care as of this week, and will probably leave us soon. He is 93 and is sadly dying from lymfoma, and is the first of our 4 sets of grandparents to...

So my fiance and I are trying to keep out budget on the lower side. We cant justify spending a heck of a lot just to put ourselves in debt, also where we live the price of homes is ridiculous and we...

Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Any ideas on where to get a base or how to make one? We are *considering* this as my family loves sushi and we'll have a full desert buffet already and don't...

Hi Everyone, I've been looking through a few venue's in Toronto and The Old Mill Toronto seems to be within our ideal wedding ceremony (Garden) and reception venue (possibly Guild Hall as we will have...

Hi, we're having a small wedding of sixty. In a very small venue 😐 we started with forty five but it grew. We most likely won't be doing dancing etc as no space and wedding has no alcohol and Canada...

So my venue usually says last call for 1 am but I would like to be done for 1 am so would 12 30 am for last call be good ?

My fiancé and I always had the rule that people where only allowed to bring a +1 if they were in a serious relationship. This decision was based on having a limited budget an very small amount of...

We’re thinking about using “thinking out loud” by ed Sheeran for our first dance but I’m looking to get opinions on it.

Hi Everyone! Im new to wedding wire and also newly engaged! My fiance and I are looking to get married in canmore/banff area. Which months are considered "off peak" season?

Hey all, We want to do a late night food service but our first try at selections (spring rolls and Samosas) didn't work out as they turned out to just be vegetarian, not vegan and they can't alter...

Hey ladies! So I just got engaged and found the perfect place’ I just was curious if anyone else has had their wedding at Rocking R Guest Ranch and of so how was the experience! I have a dream of my...

Hi, Has anyone looking at or had a indoor wedding at Nestleton Waters Inn? looking at having a 60 person cocktail style reception?