Receiving Line vs. Table Visits

View quoted message Thanks Jennifer for breaking that down for me!!! That was really helpful!

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So table visits are during dinner (maybe in between the courses) or during cocktail hour. you go and visit people at the table. to say thank you etc etc.
depending on the number of people you have at your wedding. time wise a receiving line is better. our wedding coordinator broke it down for table visits vs receiving line. "you have 200 people, you spend an average of 1-2 minutes talking to each person. there is 200-400 minutes (so 3 hours). and you don't get to enjoy your wedding. you do a receiving line with just you and hubby (or parents too). you go quick quick"
for me personally as much as table visits would be more personable. but I want to dance and drink etc. and my friends know me. i will socialize like a champ on the dance floor. so receiving line it is. and plus in between the courses we are doing our speeches.

We come from an Italian background and all I’ve ever known is a recieving lines, so this visiting table is a new concept to me. Can someone please explain what a visiting table is and what would you put on these tables.

I am strongly against a receiving line, his mother and aunt are not happy with my decision against it. We plan to just make our table visits.

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Definitely will keep in mind

Table visits for sure. 175 guests is too many for a receiving line.

View quoted message The idea of table visits gives the couple more time with your guests rather than a line. No one can see the entry and take pictures. Give it some thought to know if the line overcomes table visits.

We did a receiving line. It wasn't really planned. I hadn't really thought about it, but it kind of just happened and I like being able to greet everyone after the wedding. Mind you, we only had 35 guests so didn't take too long!

We did table visits. It was just easier for our timeline.

We are doing table visit, every wedding I’ve been to that has had a receiving line I have not liked it. We are also taking some photos first so hopefully we can visit a little during cocktail hour.

I’ll probably do both. I think the quick chats with the receiving line is good just to make sure you’ve said hi to everyone and the table visits give you more of an opportunity to speak with catch up with some of your guests.

Table visits.

I absolutely believe in greeting your guests, however, a receiving line is just too quick for me. I feel like people spend too much time waiting around just for a quick chat. ALSO, those dates of invited guests will just be bored in a receiving line.

Just my opinion though based on personal experience waiting in receiving lines LMAO

I think Table Visit has more of a personal touch to it. Our wedding isn't too big about 125-130 ppl so 12-13 tables so that's not too many tables to hit. Even if we can't get to all the tables we will see everyone throughout the day, after ceremony and during reception. And maybe even the day after the wedding too as we are a wedding block in the hotel for our guests.

Table visits. I don't like receiving lines; I never know what to say to the people I don't know. Also, we want to get started on pictures right away so we get the most out of our photographers while we have them.

We are having our ceremony at the hall and will have a cocktail hour right after hoping to get to everyone then, if not during the dancing we will.

Our ceremony venue actually doesn’t allow us to have a receiving line. But that’s honestly fine by me. We are going to just be visiting at dinner. FH isn’t too excited about that, but he’s not a very social person. At least he will know everyone there. Haha

We’ll be doing both!
Although the table visits may be cut short since my FH and I both LOVE dancing! We’ll be on the d-floor most of the night! ☺️

Happy hour visits! We have planned our day so we will be at happy hour with all our guests for an hour or so before dinner and hope to make the rounds then, so we can sit down and enjoy our dinner. If we dont make it to see everyone then we will finish up with table visits after we eat

I think we will do a receiving line and then visit as many tables as we can after dinner between speeches. Just so we can make sure everyone is having a good time and get a chance to talk more than just "thanks for coming" in the receiving line.

We did a receiving line so we could enjoy our dinner. It was hard enough to eat between people clinking glasses and speeches...I'm glad we got it done before dinner!

Table visits. The main reason is that I bet my life we will both want to eat first and then start socializing further!

We are doing a receiving line, I like he idea of seeing people right after our ceremony.

Table visits.

Table visits so we can do it on our own terms. Plus we're having only 50 people so it would be easy to do.

Definitely table visits