Hookah at a wedding??

Personally, I don't think it would be a good idea. Your venue may not think so either.

I don't smoke(well I smoke but cigs), but plenty of our friends do. So while I have nothing against it, I think it would be very out of place, and yes, some older guests may thinks it's downright disrespectful.

No.

Aside from it not appealing to other guests, it's not a great choice considering you could have a number of guests with sensitivities, asthma, etc.

The focus should be on your guys as a couple, and celebrating with you! If people want to smoke hookah they can do it another day.

Im guessing she means a tobacco hookah...

I think its really cool if your venue allows it. Have a few different flavors, maybe set it up in a tent. Very cool. I actually thought about this, as we are getting married in the woods, but i opted for a margarita machine.

The respect thing isn't the concern because it is tobacco just like smoking cigs, may even be a bit healthier. We are not smokers but hookah smoke is very different than cig smoke and of course every other smoke, that's why it is legal to smoke in bars. I was thinking in a secluded area where it is not in everyone's face wouldn't be bad at all.

I'm sorry i should have specified I thought everyone knew it was flavored tobacco but thank you all it was a very cool idea, i thought.

I'm torn on this one. I personally love hookah and think it's a cool idea for a party I'm just not convinced on a wedding. I think it depends on your guest list. Since my wedding will be mostly families and older people, I don't think they'd appreciate it. I would definitely put it in a secluded corner. You want every one to feel comfortable. It might be cool, my brother had a keg lol and eventually throughout the night it became a keg stand and every one was drunk lol

You can get flavored coal to burn instead of tobacco even. I think a hookah would be cool as hell.

We have a hookah bar close by where I live that burns flavored coal. All you get is a slight head buzz and it goes away not long (only a few minutes) after you've finished smoking it. I personally think it's better than getting drunk since you'll have a safe drive home (if it's not pot that is).

I'd probably think this would ONLY be okay if you were having an adult only wedding reception/cocktail hour. As far as the older folk go...I couldn't help you on wording it just right other than if you got pot/tobacco-free things to smoke. Even then it'd be hard to explain unless you had a sign specifically stating so. =/

I would say no. I don't like hookah and I don't like the smell of it either. It bothers me. I'm sure there will be guests there that feel the same way as I do, especially older ones.

Yes I have already told people that we know to almost not bring their kids, I don't want to be mean but we love to dance and drink and I know from previous experiences that children get in the way of adult fun and even take over a little and I want it to be epic. But thanks to everyone and their opinions i guess that's out..lol

This sounds like a bad idea. If your wedding is a dud because there's no hookah, it would be a dud WITH hookah.

@staphanie please read all of the comments before commenting you save yourself time from looking like you don't know what you're talking about, I was completely off the question I asked and was stating how I am having an adult only wedding.

Personally I think it would be rude to non smokers and people with asthma. I have really severe asthma and sometimes just the smoke clinging to others clothes can trigger an attack.

Well that's freaky, we have the same name and wedding date, although not in the same year!

To answer the question though... I don't think that's a good idea. I too have asthma, so I would just leave. Also, in our town, you don't really go to the hookah bar unless you're 18 and don't really have anywhere else to hang out, so I'd think it's pretty lame. Nix it.

Besides the fact of peoples asthma or anything, I would fear the opinions of the older crowd. I know a wedding is your own, but I also know my grandma would have a conniption.

Bad idea, like other brides said, what about guests with asthma? Or pregnant guests? I don't smoke and I can't stand the smell of it. I would be annoyed as a guest.

Bad idea. My mom died of lung cancer and I'm so ant-smoking (of any kind - hookah is still a type of smoking) that if I knew a reception was having a hookah that I could breathe in, I wouldn't stay.

But you know your guests better than we do.

I don't like the idea of smoking of any kind. I am also asthmatic, and have allergies. Smoke tends to make me sneezy. Even the church incense gets to me sometimes. I would leave. Those things aside, I would want my wedding to feel more like an elegant event than a hookah bar

I think it's tacky.

I don't think your older guests will know its tobacco without someone telling them. Personally if I saw a hookah at someone's wedding and I knew it was a part of their culture I would think it was cool but otherwise it would seem out of place.

Hookahs are for college dorms...not weddings.