Hi, I would plan on about 3 alchoholic beverages per person for the typical evening event. Some caterers like voila catering charge based upon consumption. They have more information at their website http://www.voila-catering.com about beverage service.
Yes, in Westernized countries it is a custom that the wedding guests see the bride and groom off at the wedding reception. After all the speeches; dinner and some dancing as well as the bride and groom mingling with their guests it is customary for them to go off somewhere else and change into their 'going away clothes.' Then they come back into the reception area and that is when they say goodbye to their guests and the guests wish them good luck.
The average cost of alcohol for all guests of a wedding is about $1200, but is very dependent on your number of guests and reception venue.
It is becoming more and more common that the bride and groom welcome the guests to the wedding reception and then they are announced into the reception hall. Usually it is the parents of the bride, or the parents of the bride and groom.
After the ceremony is over, you still have to entertain your guests with a reception. Add a sense of class and style to the event with custom-made wedding goblets.
Bartenders are hired and all they need to know is how many guests are coming and they will calculate how much alcohol is needed. You will have to get in touch with them before the wedding reception to go over what they have ordered and how much the bill will be.
A hotel just may be the perfect place for your wedding reception. Guests can rent rooms there so they don't have to worry about traveling home after the festivities.
Most people will have their wedding reception begin immediately after their wedding. Once the wedding party arrives, everyone will start eating. The entire reception usually lasts about 4 to 5 hours.
Write "Adults Only Ceremony and Reception" on the bottom of your wedding invite
A reception area is either a hall; a room in a hotel; golf course, etc., where the wedding reception is held for the bride, groom and guests. There will be alcohol and other beverages; food for the guests; toasts to the bride and groom and dancing.
You send out your wedding invitations at least 3 months before the wedding with an enclosed card/envelope (with stamp on it) so the guest you are asking will tell you if it will be just them alone or they are bringing their partner. It is up to either the mother of the bride or the Maid (Matron) of Honor to contact those guests asked that have not replied. Once you have all names of the guests coming to the wedding that is when you tell the caterer how many people are coming. Beware! Some people may say they are coming and for reasons of their own can't make it, but a buffet is a good way to go instead of individual place settings for a wedding. Individual place settings for wedding guests can range from over $25 and up depending on where the reception is being held.
Traditionally no. The bride and groom enter as Mr. & Mrs. followed by the wedding party and the parents can follow behind or go ahead and mingle with the guests before the bride and groom enter the wedding reception.
Wedding receptions can be held after the wedding especially in the case of the couple either choosing to elope at the last minute or if the couple had a destination wedding that not all their guests could attend.