Halloween reception after destination wedding

My fiance and I were originally planning to have a costume wedding on the weekend before Halloween. We then decided to go to Jamaica to be married, and the date is set for the 31st. None of our family or friends are going with us. We are planning to have a small informal reception at our home.... [Read more]

Two Receptions?

I am currently planning a small and intimate wedding with 50-65 guests. Since my fiancé and I are both college students and are paying for the wedding ourselves, we simply cannot afford a large dinner reception at a banquet hall.

Is it acceptable to host two receptions? The first would be open.... [Read more]

Monitoring the public reception site

I am having a very informal wedding in July at a chapel. The reception will be at a public park under some tents immeditaely following. The chapel is about 10 minutes away from the park. I want to be there in the morning before the ceremony to help decorate the reception site since I have done all.... [Read more]

Two receptions, one family, one friends

I need help. We have had one difficult time planning our wedding. We are getting married August 12, 2006 and the reception hall we were going to use went bankrupt. We were able to find another reception location, except it cannot accommodate all of our guests. Due to the size of the facility we are.... [Read more]

Who chooses the reception site?

I am getting married in October and my fiance and I have chosen the reception site we want. My parents are furious because they think the reception is too far away from my hometown. They are offended that I did not consider any sites nearer to them that they suggested. However, we did go look at.... [Read more]