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Savvy January 2015

Ceremony and reception in the same room?

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Kelsey, on March 5, 2014 at 2:22 PM

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Has anyone had/been to a wedding where the wedding and reception are in the same room? I have seen previous suggestions of having the guests file into a different room while the seating is being removed but there is no separate rooms and it'll be a winter wedding so too cold to go outside! Here is...

Is it acceptable to have your guests stand for a short ceremony? Should the food be there beforehand or have the caterer come place it after the ceremony is over? (We are going for lots of finger foods and appetizers)

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Jemma · on March 7, 2014 at 5:17 AM
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Our room is being flipped during cocktail hour. They do weddings at this venue most weekends, so I have faith that it will all work out! I'm a total control freak though, so having to trust that they will set up the table decorations etc. correctly is a bit of a problem for me. I think I'm going to prepare one bag per table in advance with the place cards, scatter diamonds all measured out, table name, seating plan etc. all put together so all they have to do is put everything on the table as per the instructions.
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Just Said Yes May 2020
Melinda · on February 4, 2022 at 2:41 PM
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So your options if it rains are my regular options. Lol I’m hesitant on both but know I need to choose. Would it be weird to have people take their own chairs to the table? There won’t be staff to flip the room, but I’m really leaning toward not having everyone sit at the tables.
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Shannon · on February 5, 2022 at 2:25 PM
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Ours will be. It's also super informal. We plan to let people sit at the tables we will use for the reception. We're not having many people, so it works.
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