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| Q. Is it okay to offer only cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at our reception? Is a meal required?
We are just beginning to plan and would like to know what is proper.
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| Q. There will be many children attending our wedding and reception, should we offer a “kids meal” selection? Would we need to have more than one? Do you have any suggestions? |
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| Q. What are the pros and cons of a buffet meal? Can you give me any creative suggestions to make the buffet unique? |
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| Q. My fiance' and I are having a terrible time finding a beautiful church with a long isle that could comfortably seat 250 people max. I want my matron of honor parents to marry us, so the church must be flexible in who officiates our marrige. We live in the bolingbrook area, and our reception is in Woodridge. We don't want our guests to drive any more than 20 minutes from each place. What can you recommend. Oh, and by the way, we don't mind the religion of the church, however, we are christian. |
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| Q. My fiance and I grew up in the west suburbs. He likes the idea of staying out in the suburbs for the cermony and reception because the majority of our guests are from there. Though I on the other hand, now live downtown and would love to do something downtown. Would it honestly be to much to ask my guests to commute downtown after the cermony? Could you recommend any reception sites you feel have a classy, beautiful but different environment....in the burbs and/or downtown. |
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Q. We have three hours between the end of the ceremony and the start of the reception. My future mother in-law will be renting her clubhouse and be serving champagne and appetizers.I think most of the people that live within 30 minutes of the church will go back home.
We are inviting about 250 people. My future mother in-law wants a response card to be completed to see who will be attending the club house after the church because she does not want to order too little or too much.I do not want to have two response cards because I think people will get confused. I call the place that will be doing our invitations and they said they can do double side for the response card. I guess I would have written "over" on both sides of the cards so people can make sure to mark both sides.One side I would indicate Champagne and Hors D'ouevres immediately following the reception at the "name of clubhouse" with the blanks for yes, I will be attending and no, I will not be attending.The other side, I would indicate Cocktails, Hors D'Ouevres, Dinner and Dancing with the standard response card items.What do you think? |
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| Q. Is a buffet less expensive than a sit down dinner?
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| Q. My fiancé and I both come from very large families, and therefore we have lots of nieces and nephews that will be crushed if they’re not included in our wedding party. I’ve already asked the older ones to light candles or sit at the guest book, but we still have eight other little ones to find a place for. Do you have any ideas of how I can make everyone feel special and include them all? |
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| Q. I know it’s customary to tip wedding vendors who do a great job, but I’m unsure who to tip, who not to tip, and how much I should be tipping. Can you do the math for me? |
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| Q. My fiancé’s National Guard unit is about to be deployed and we want to be married before he leaves. Because we’re short on time, we’re planning a very small civil ceremony. Do we need to scrap our plans for a large reception, or is it appropriate to celebrate our union at a reception when he returns? |
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| Q. We’re trying to keep our wedding costs down without cutting our guest list. Someone suggested serving heavy hors d’oeuvres instead a full meal at the reception as a way to save money. Is there a way to do this without looking cheap? |
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| Q. Our wedding plans were moving along very smoothly until our first meeting with the caterer. In our discussions about cocktails and beverages, my fiancé revealed that his parents are adamantly against liquor being served at our reception. They say that booze has no place at a wedding, and will be extremely upset if we don’t abide by their wishes. But I can’t imagine not having a champagne toast or serving the perfect chilled white wine with our Chilean sea bass entrée. And what fun is a mocktail hour? How should I handle this situation? |
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| Q. The hotel we’ve booked for our wedding prefers that we use their in-house baker for our wedding cake, but will allow us to bring in a cake from an outside vendor as long as we pay a cutting fee. Can you explain how this fee works? |
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| Q. I’m getting married in the garden of my parents’ home in June and my mother is insisting we book a backup reception hall in case of rain. I can’t imagine being married anywhere but at home and just want to take my chances. If it rains, can’t we all just squeeze into the house? |
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Q. I am wondering what some of the alternatives to the clinking of the glass are? My fiance and I find this distasteful.
Thanks,
Tired of Clinking |
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Q. What is the proper way to do a receiving line? Do we have to have one? There have been problems between my fiance's family and my family. I am afraid it would be uncomfortable to have to smile and greet them. Some of his family is great, others have done nothing to hide the fact that they do not want us to marry and have repeatedly insulted me and my family. My groom is on my side in all this and said he supports whatever decision I make. If we do have a receiving line, who is in the line and where do they stand? When is the appropriate time to do one?
Sincerely,
Insulted Bride-to-be |
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Q. My fiance and I would love to be married at Wrigley Field. Is this possible? How can I make it happen? It would make him the happiest man on the planet.
Sincerely,
Mandi |
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