If you even happen to decide to have a reception after your wedding size of guest list and budget should be taken into consideration.
Weddings are costly as previously discussed, if you fall into the virtually no budget category, it would be best to abstain from having a reception, it is one of the more costly parts of planning a wedding.
If not having a reception isn't an option I would suggest a small outdoor gathering with perhaps a wedding cake and a few other desserts, coffee and tea.
A cocktail reception is also another very popular option. This style of reception is being increasingly used by both couples with large budgets and very small ones. The cost is very minimal, but can be jazzed up according to the overall theme and style of your wedding. For higher end cocktail receptions, professional mixologists ( drink mixers who can do tricks) are added attractions. The use of elaborate ice bars, and bride and groom speciality drinks are also popular, many of them using dry ice which gives a smoking effect to the drink. Normally, food is served at the cocktail event, but very casually and on a much smaller scale.
Now the mother of all receptions, the sit down dinner. The average price spent on just food is about $10,000. At least 10% of your total budget should be spent on your food. In many cultures food served at a wedding is very very important. Not having enough food for your guests is a major embarrassment, so if you know you can't afford to feed 500 don't invite 500 people to your wedding. Normally, these sit down dinners are about 5 course meals, if you did want to cut back, decrease the amount of courses but increase the food on the plate for the 3 courses. Remember, one of the things people walk away with from your wedding is the quality of the food and the amount of food.
The sit down dinner and the midnight buffet?
In Portuguese and Italian cultures, at midnight it is custom that a sea food and dessert buffet is served to guests. This table is normally ordained with an Ice sculpture, but personally I find this very tacky ( the ice sculpture, not the midnight table). To get the midnight buffet table or not is really but to the budget. If you plan on getting an open bar, I highly suggest getting the midnight buffet, this will guarantee that your guests get food in their stomach instead of going crazy on the booze and it soaks up the alcohol so you wont have crazy drunk guests.
Weddings are costly as previously discussed, if you fall into the virtually no budget category, it would be best to abstain from having a reception, it is one of the more costly parts of planning a wedding.
If not having a reception isn't an option I would suggest a small outdoor gathering with perhaps a wedding cake and a few other desserts, coffee and tea.
A cocktail reception is also another very popular option. This style of reception is being increasingly used by both couples with large budgets and very small ones. The cost is very minimal, but can be jazzed up according to the overall theme and style of your wedding. For higher end cocktail receptions, professional mixologists ( drink mixers who can do tricks) are added attractions. The use of elaborate ice bars, and bride and groom speciality drinks are also popular, many of them using dry ice which gives a smoking effect to the drink. Normally, food is served at the cocktail event, but very casually and on a much smaller scale.
Now the mother of all receptions, the sit down dinner. The average price spent on just food is about $10,000. At least 10% of your total budget should be spent on your food. In many cultures food served at a wedding is very very important. Not having enough food for your guests is a major embarrassment, so if you know you can't afford to feed 500 don't invite 500 people to your wedding. Normally, these sit down dinners are about 5 course meals, if you did want to cut back, decrease the amount of courses but increase the food on the plate for the 3 courses. Remember, one of the things people walk away with from your wedding is the quality of the food and the amount of food.
The sit down dinner and the midnight buffet?
In Portuguese and Italian cultures, at midnight it is custom that a sea food and dessert buffet is served to guests. This table is normally ordained with an Ice sculpture, but personally I find this very tacky ( the ice sculpture, not the midnight table). To get the midnight buffet table or not is really but to the budget. If you plan on getting an open bar, I highly suggest getting the midnight buffet, this will guarantee that your guests get food in their stomach instead of going crazy on the booze and it soaks up the alcohol so you wont have crazy drunk guests.
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