Discussions by Layla

I’m having a micro wedding and the only guests are immediate family, grandparents, and my fiancés 2 cousins and aunt. They’re immigrants from a really far away country and they’re basically immediate...

The invoice has a 13% 'service fee'. Is that the same as gratuity? It's in addition to the venue fee. I'm trying to figure out who needs to be tipped from the venue- the venue coordinator? Waitstaff?...

I made our programs by hand with gold foil and letterpress… there are only 16 program but it took about a half hour to make each one. My fiancés best man can’t come anymore due to Covid, so he asked...

Since it's only 4 hours I assumed I wouldn't, so I didn't order anything. Is this okay? I will let her know to enjoy cocktail hour food with us.

My wedding is a week and a half away, and we’re only having 20 people. My sister tested positive for Covid last week, and my mom and brother were exposed to her. They are all vaccinated so they’re...

We don't have an MC or DJ so I was thinking of hiring a day-of-coordinator. Our overall cost is 8k and her fee is $675 plus tip, so it's kind of a lot, especially since we've been budgeting...

My micro wedding (20 people) will be about 3 hours away for all of our guests (and some are coming from across the country), so I feel a lot of pressure to entertain everyone for the whole weekend,...

Our officiant and photographer are semi-local (45 mins away, max), and we're having a micro wedding (20 people total). The photographer will be there for 6 hours (2pm-8pm) and the officiant will...

We're leaning toward a strawberry-lemon-thyme cake, but I don't want people to not eat it. We have some picky eaters who might be put off by the thyme. It's a pretty plain vanilla cake with...

I'm wondering if the following things would be missed by my guests if I don't provide them. I'm sick over how much $ this is costing and I don't care to have any of this stuff, but I feel like...

Not sure how to title this, but it seemed like Covid concerns were pretty low pre-Delta, spiked during Delta (meaning lots of RSVP declines and testing requirements pre-wedding), and then settled...

I mailed out invitations last week and am texting welcome dinner invite today. In the text I'm going to ask people to RSVP on the wedding website, and include the link in the text. Do I need to...

My venue is 3 hours away from everyone (it’s a micro wedding) and my fiancés parents offered to host the welcome dinner. If you saw my previous post, we did end up taking them up on their offer. I...

This is more of a rant than a question 😩 I had a budget of $10k and I’ve gone over it already, mostly because I didn’t account for hair and makeup costing &1,400 (for 5 women). I’m having a...

I’m trying to figure out who is going to play the music when I walk down the aisle (the music is on my phone and we’re using the venues speakers), start the music again when cocktail hour starts,...

We’re having 18 people, immediate family only plus a few cousins. Our venue is a resort where we’re all staying, and the actual wedding is in a ‘great room’ adjacent to a private dining room, so we’ll...

My venue is 3 hours from me, in a remote area so I only have two florist options. One is out of my budget so I’m going with the 2nd. They gave me a detailed email at first and asked me questions, and...

He has horrible social anxiety and I’m realizing I’ll have to go to all future weddings without him. Is it weird for a woman to attend weddings without her husband? He goes to all smaller family...

If you had a winter wedding (or attended one), where did you take most of the photos (inside or outside)? And did the indoor photos come out decently? The temperatures on my wedding day will probably...