Discussions from Wedding reception

I'm noticing this a lot in programs and I'm wondering if anyone is planning their exits? It always made sense to me in movies because people are jetting off right away. I hadn't planned to leave the...

I am of course planning to provide food to vendors that will be at my wedding all day, such as the photographer, but do I actually set a place for her at a table? I don't want her to feel cast aside,...

We're looking for ideas for simple centrepieces for the tables at our reception. Because there are a large number of children attending our wedding (7 children age 6 and under) we want to avoid the...

I recently went to a family wedding, and had such a wonderful time. I realized three days later, there was no wedding favors! And I thought, "wow! I didn't even miss having them!" So what are your...

Best Wedding venue? Preferred wedding venues: hotel or hall?

Will you be having a Band or DJ? I'm undecided but leaning towards a DJ.

We are having our wedding at a hall then could possible have 2 other weddings at the same time as ours in March, the receiving area is one large open space that is common to all of the rooms,...

I love having kids around, but our wedding isn't set up for everyone's kids. The tricky thing is that my nieces and nephews will be there, along with some family members' children as well as the best...

Need some advice please! FH's Mom passed away in 2012, and his Step-Mom moved to Europe (home) in 2015 and cannot make the wedding (in 2 weeks). How do we (I) handle the topic of the traditional...

Hi ladies,Once the card box is filled with cards and gifts, who is responsible for taking it? At what point in the evening do you remove it? And where does it go - someone's car? House? We don't have...

I need some input - what is the typical order for speeches at the reception? Everything I google gives an old school response that traditionally only the men speak (fathers, groom, best man)...which...

Hi there, when is everyone doing speeches at their wedding? All of our vendors have different suggestions of when speeches "should" be. Just wondering what most people find works best for speeches....

What did you get charged for your cakes?

Hello all I am recently engaged and have been looking for venues to do both the ceremony and the reception at I would love a rustic area having a hard time finding one in York region does anyone have...

What's everyone doing for their guestbooks? i just ordered my photo guest book off of shutterfly with their Black Friday sale! Reminds me of school with our year books and I love to flip through the...

So I really want something unique for our guestbook. But it's just under a week till the wedding and we still haven't settled on anything. Suggestions from you lovely ladies??

Just a small question, how many of you are doing assigned seating (each person to a specific seat) or just table assignment (a group of people to a specific table)?

Hey everyone! For your dinner buffet, how did you decide the order of who went first? I'm trying to think of creative ways to do this! *we will be first or served not entirely sure yet and our parents...

Does anyone else have a man as a bridesmaid or maid of honour? My best friend (my maid of honour) is a guy and I'm struggling to figure out how to pair up for the wedding party dance without having...

So I'm in an awkward situation. My Dad is inviting one of his old friends to my wedding, this friend has 2 daughters. The older of which is one of my sister's BFFs, the younger was my childhood BFF...

We are having a small/more intimate style wedding and I am wondering how others who did a small wedding did their reception. Did you skip out on certain traditional things that you may have had with a...

Hi, My fiancé's mother passed away before I met him, 5 years ago. I was wondering if I should mention her in my wedding speech at all. If so, what should I say?