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Greeting guests at the reception

Michelle, on July 14, 2022 at 10:26 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 11

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If you choose not to greet guests at the end of the ceremony, how will you will make sure that you get to everyone to say hi and thank you at the reception that doesn’t cut into dancing time? For example, one of you at the bar during cocktail hour while your new spouse mingles in the crowd? Saying hi/thank you at the head of the buffet table or something else entirely? Table visits have the best of intentions but the couple can’t always get to everyone in a short period of time without cutting the dancing time short. What have you seen at other weddings that worked well so all guests could greet the couple?

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Latest activity by Alisha, on July 16, 2022 at 8:32 AM

Devoted December 2022
Lydia · on July 14, 2022 at 10:41 PM
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We’ll be doing a receiving line from cocktail hour going into the reception space!
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Rosebud · on July 14, 2022 at 11:48 PM
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We actually plan on doing both a receiving line after the ceremony and going around to the tables. My fiance is also going to give a little toast/ thank you speech to the guests after the bridal party toasts. We ll also be on the dance floor, there will also be a breakfast the next day. There s never enough time but hopefully our guests will feel welcomed and know how much we appreciate them being there. Balance it the best way you can and do what works best for you and your partner.
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Sloane · on July 15, 2022 at 7:19 AM
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We went around and greeted everyone after the grand entrance and while tables were being served dinner. It was an effort but we made our way to 30 tables eventually. It was important to us to connect to everyone who came.
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Imani · on July 15, 2022 at 7:53 AM
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We don’t have a big guest list. 80 people are actually adults. We’re going to go around to each table before we eat to ensure we greet everyone. I highly doubt we spend much time at the sweetheart table.
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Kelly · on July 15, 2022 at 8:36 AM
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Someone in our wedding party will be roaming around with a camera and taking pictures of us with each of the guests. We'll make an announcement about it. This way, we'll get to talk to everyone and we can send a picture of us in our thank you cards.
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Super September 2022
Sarah · on July 15, 2022 at 8:56 AM
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We will be joining our guests for cocktail hour and then anyone we miss we will go to their table to talk with them.
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Cece · on July 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM
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Luckily our guest list is small enough that we should be able to speak to everyone without any issues (Plus it’s a destination wedding, so we will be spending several days with everyone). But, when we were planning on having a larger wedding, we both decided that we weren’t even going to try to go to each table. It’s just too time-consuming and tedious. We decided that we would include it in our speech
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Dedicated January 2023
Marshaya · on July 15, 2022 at 9:15 AM
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We're not having a large wedding party 70 count at best. I think we can make our rounds to the tables,but i don't know we'll have to see,other option will be doing it on the mic.
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Paige · on July 15, 2022 at 6:02 PM
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Our cocktail hour/ reception are on the 15th floor of the building. I think it's safe to assume everyone will be taking the elevator up, so we're planning to meet guests as they walk in. We got an instant camera that gives you a print as well as saves the picture on the camera, and I'd love to be able to have our coordinator get a picture of us with each group as they come up. The instant picture would go in the guest book then we'd get prints of all the pictures to include in thank you cards.
We'll probably also make an attempt at table visits during dinner, but I figure this way we don't have to sacrifice eating (because I'm paying WAY TOO MUCH to starve!).
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Melle · on July 16, 2022 at 1:12 AM
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I mentioned this on WW a few times before and it's a cultural thing but it's kind of cool.
so in the asian culture we do entrance/welcome photos. what it is is that the bride and groom stand there greeting the guests after they sign in and they take a photo with them that gets printed out as their memento. nice chance to get individual photos with people. here's an example of what i'm talking about: https://www.hanentertainment.com/thankyoupic
we usually put the picture into a nice thank you folder so in a way it kind of doubles as a thank you note already.
i also did table greetings and got photos with each table.
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Alisha Online · on July 16, 2022 at 8:32 AM
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We greeted everyone during the reception after dinner first dance and dance dad/aunt. We had about 65 guests who attended. It worked for because of how I did the time line everything. We from table to table and we were able to take pictures with them also. We also spoke to our guests (used a mic) to greet and thank them for coming.
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