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My venue is perfectly situated halfway between a popular suburban shopping area and downtown Minneapolis (less than 10 minutes to each). I was looking at a hotel in the suburban shopping area for my...
![Ashley](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/1/0/0/5/utbp_36231005.jpg?r=13080)
I was originally planning on having a hotel block for my guests but now I'm questioning if it's the best idea. A little background: I'm having a small wedding (50 guests max), no wedding party/ no...
![Michelle](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/9/5/4/1/utbp_31889541.jpg?r=52691)
We are 9 days out from the wedding and I am feeling super overwhelmed and stressed. We just have a few little things left. I think it’s because I have a hard time visualizing how it will all come...
Hello future brides looks like we are all getting married on the same day I will be doing this in Las Vegas this is my experience so far with my planning I have secured most of my vendors in Las Vegas...
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Hello!!!! Yes I am planning 24 months out. That’s okay to me. We just put our deposit down today and I’m curious if others have done this as well? We want to pay for it ourselves… so this leaves us...
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Hi Everyone! I am a Sep 2022 bride and I am super excited about my upcoming wedding. I got engaged in May 2020 and we pushed our wedding date out due to COVID and our current work situations. Over the...
![Jennifer](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/8/9/1/1/utbp_36858911.jpg?r=77009)
Has anyone here used The Bouqs? What was your experience like? I’m just starting to research florists and this came up as an option. How do their prices compare to independent florists for bouquets,...
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Does anyone else think weddings are a complete waste of money? My fiancé and I don’t really have a budget, but I’ve created a self-imposed budget and my expectation was it was only going to cost like...
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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...
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I'm looking at vendors for our wedding cake for our wedding next summer. There's a bakery near my home that was my 1st choice (1 hour from my venue) but the owner seems to have ghosted me 🙄.. So I've...
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Our small wedding will have 40-41 people (RSVPs due next week). We have 2 choices for our seating arrangements, either: 2 tables of 15 in a row (with 1 person at the head of each table) and 1 table...
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Hello Brides! My wedding was on 9/5/21, and I wanted to share a tip from my experience. I'm not here to vent, but everything that could go wrong did go wrong, so I hope some of you can learn from my...
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Hi everyone! Taking a shot in the dark here. Having trouble securing transportation for our wedding guests to this venue. Has anyone gotten married here and have any recommendations?
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So my wedding is in the end of February. I already have invitations stamped, addressed and ready to go. Is early November too early to send them out? I'm wondering if it's to early considering the...
Hi, I was planning to have our wedding on August 19 but I realized it’s close to the 12th anniversary of the groom’s mom’s passing (August 21). I’d like outsiders’ opinions if the date would be weird?...
We recently got married…YAY! and my husband wants to have a party with friends and family. Our intimate wedding was just parents and his daughter. Should we have a party? If so what kind of party? I...
![Jennifer](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/8/9/1/1/utbp_36858911.jpg?r=77009)
Does cocktail hour actually have to be an hour? Our ceremony is at 6:30 and our grand entrance is at 7:30. We are expecting our ceremony to be under 15 minutes long from start to finish so should end...
Pretty much looking for any & every thing you may know here... Has anyone previously had a wedding through Sandals? Been to Montego Bay resort? Any tips, suggestions, look out for, what’s worth...
Where in Punta Cana Dominican Republic I can have a wedding for only 10 people