Ceremony & Reception in Same Room

I noticed a lack of photos where the ceremony and reception was held at the same place too... I started to get worried when I could find very very few reception photos at the venue I'd just booked. But I wouldn't worry!

Our ceremony and reception were held in the same room. The room was turned over in about 20 minutes while all the guests were upstairs for cocktail hour. They had all the banquet tables and place settings set up in the back behind a curtain. They do it all the time so the conversion was pretty simple and efficient.

We're having ours at the same place. It is one room, with no place to move people to for a cocktail hour to flip the room, so we are doing the table seating for the ceremony.

I've been to one wedding where we sat at the round dinner tables for the ceremony, and it was totally fine. I see no issue with it!

Following. They're splitting the room with draping but I'm wondering what they expect guests to do while they move seats back to the tables. Watch?

We are getting married outside but basically the same idea as yours

My ceremony/reception are in the same place and we love the setup. I don't see why this is an issue!

When I was a kid my neighbors daughter got married and had the reception in the back yard. We all sat at round tables for both and it was a good time.

That's how I'm doing mine. It's sort of an elopement style, but mine is being held in a small chapel so yours may be different.

First of all, relax. This is hardly virgin territory. As PPs have stated, this happens at countless weddings...and you have no reason to feel less than because you fell in love with a particular place, or found a budget friendly venue that doesn't have multiple social spaces.

I have to ask, only because you started the thread with "My fiancé & I are a very low budget wedding couple" (no shame there, as long as you're hosting your guests with enough food, drink, and entertainment) -- have you rented a DIY venue? By that, I mean, do they rent you the space, but nothing else? If that's the case, then who is going to flip the room (see, it's so common that there's a well understood wedding industry phrase for it)? When it's done by pros, just get the hell out of their way, because they work like a well oiled machine and they're not stopping for anyone (including the florist, lol). If you have venue staff to handle it, then you're absolutely fine. They will pull it off without a hitch while your guests are enjoying an outdoor/patio cocktail hour or a lobby cocktail hour -- either of which are absolutely appropriate...as long as the hosting is sufficient.

If you don't have professional staff doing the flip, who's doing it? That would be my only concern.

Thanks everyone for your advice and suggestions! As I said, were on a low budget. We are having 160 guests and we rented 17 round tables that sit 10 each (170 chairs). We don't have any florists or wedding planners. Its all us and my friends & family. The venue doesn't have another space for anything else outside or inside. That space is about all we have. Oh and also, we will not have cocktail hour since it is a 'no alcohol' wedding for religious reasons. So that is why, yes, Im nervous about moving the chairs and all my guests would be standing there like haha However, I guess we have no choice. All of our guests are good friends and family so I think and hope they'll be good sports about it.

We'll make the best out of the situation.

Odette, then set up the chairs at the tables so no flipping has to be done.

We're also doing the ceremony and reception in the same room. We'll take two steps down for the ceremony and while our guests are doing cocktail hour the staff will move the chairs to the tables upstairs.

I have this worry as well with my venue, but I have hired numerous professionals and they all know the space very well. My ceremony and reception are in the same space (FH and I fell in love with the historic courtyard, and in budget) and the guests move to a different space during cocktail hour while the space is "flipped." My pros said they have it under a science where it is 30 minutes tops to "flip" the space. Still nervous, but trust your professionals. I hired a DOC who is familiar and trusted by the venue, and I have an in-house caterer who does this every weekend. It will work out (that's what I keep telling myself)

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