Planning An Excellent Wedding Reception

Arranging a wedding reception can be both enjoyable and frustrating. The very first step to take is choosing your location. Whether you have years, months or only weeks to plan, don’t get worried!

Obviously, it is very important make sure you allow enough time to prevent the possibility that your date is already booked, so remember to find a location before you do anything else.

If you want to get married on Valentine’s Day, December or during the month of June, you certainly should make your plans way in advance as those are extremely popular times for weddings.

Before starting planning your reception, it’s necessary to decide the type of reception you want, like sit down dinner or buffet-style. Bear in mind you will pay more per plate for a sit down dinner, so if you have a tiny budget, you definitely want to look at a buffet.

You also want to remember many venues will still bring the first plate of food to the table where the wedding party sits. It’s not true of all venues, so you’ll want to find out before you book your wedding reception if your wedding party will need to serve themselves or if the wait staff will bring their food to the bridal table.

If you are intending to have your reception outdoors either at someone’s house or another location, you need to make sure you have a backup plan in case of rain or other bad weather. One solution is to rent a party tent that is large enough to accommodate all your guests in case you need to bring things inside.

It’s a great idea to at least rent a table for food coverage, if you’re planning an outdoor reception. Since it is extremely hard to know the weather far in advance, you need to plan accordingly.

Those who are planning to have a reception at a hotel or other venue need to also assess if they are going to have an open bar or cash bar.

Open bars will substantially increase the cost of your reception, but you can also control the kind of drinks available rather than allowing guests to go to the bar and order what they want. The final choice is yours, but the vital thing is to plan enough in advance to accommodate your first choice.

When you break down the reception planning process into easy steps to consider, you can get the planning done in no time!