I am doing that at my wedding. They did it at my brother's wedding last summer. It worked out fine. If you need to cut costs I think that you should just move the chairs.
luv2ki
sshim
beckyandtom's Pink wedding
|
02/24/2008
 ceremony |
Ask a Question
Tacky or who cares?
We have a dilemna. Our ceremony and reception are at the same place. In one area we will have the ceremony and another the reception about 30 ft away. We have to rent chairs. Would it be tacky to rent 150 chairs for the ceremony and after it is done have some hired help move those chairs over to the reception (Cousins are helping out for free)? Or should we rent another 150? We are trying to cut costs as much as we can now that the end is near.
tags: chair rental
|
Leave a Comment
we are having our ceremony and reception in the same area too. We are going to do a resesional line after the ceremony and while we are doing that we are gonna have the bridesmaids and groomsmen change the tables and chairs around.
We also are having the ceremony and reception in the same location, but the staff is helping us move and arrange all the chairs (I think the only thing they will do for free). I think you could move them yourselves rather than renting another 150 chairs, maybe the staff at the site could help along with cousins? Maybe have the groomsmen could pitch in too, give them a reason to brag about their muscles? But I wouldn't think that would be tacky at all to move them yourself.
btw, thanks for the warning about toothpaste! :) A girl like me would probably have it in my eye by the end of the night.
btw, thanks for the warning about toothpaste! :) A girl like me would probably have it in my eye by the end of the night.
We're having the ceremony and reception at the same place also.
We're not having a receiving line, but after the ceremony we're going to go outside to have pictures taken with the bridal party and Scott and I. My brother-in-law is going to instruct people to bring their chairs to their assigned table and then people can mingle before we re-enter.
I don't think it's tacky at all.
Another idea: have people stand at the ceremony--unless it's really long, but they usually aren't. I've always wanted to have the ceremony in the center of a circle of family and friends. And I don't like being the center of attention!
We're not having a receiving line, but after the ceremony we're going to go outside to have pictures taken with the bridal party and Scott and I. My brother-in-law is going to instruct people to bring their chairs to their assigned table and then people can mingle before we re-enter.
I don't think it's tacky at all.
Another idea: have people stand at the ceremony--unless it's really long, but they usually aren't. I've always wanted to have the ceremony in the center of a circle of family and friends. And I don't like being the center of attention!
It's definitively not tacky! I am doing the same thing...just ask the Groomsmen to move the chairs to save money :)!
Since all the chairs are moved its fine, noone will even notice. It would be something else if half the guests already had chairs and only some guests would be waiting for theirs to be brought over from the ceremony.
not tacky!
Camanda
|
Calgary, AB, Canada
|
02/25/2008
Just use the same chairs...guests will be mingleing inbetween the ceremony and reception anyway so they probably won't even notice! or else you can enlist some of the younger men to help...it'd probably be fun!
number of visits: 88
related vendors
