This was question on the facebook group The Real 2014 Brides. This Bride is getting terrible advice from others, so I thought I would post this here so she can get help from you guys and I can just link this discussion to her. Thanks for all the help!
I have a question for you ladies.....We keep teetering on the idea of a potluck type reception or just keeping it to cake, cupcakes and maybe water for a reception thingy and just having people bring their own lunch. IF we actually go with a potluck reception, I'm thinking of just having people bring side dishes and nonalcoholic drinks. Why this, because a fellow costumer approached us with a possible meat donation. BUT instead of having people present wedding gifts because of our lack of space (and a possible move to mom and dad's thus needing less stuff), we're going to put out a honeymoon donation bucket. I'm just wondering if both would be too much to ask of people. Guest count of invited is about 150. So far only about 40 have confirmed. The honeymoon thing is optional for people and we're just teetering on the potluck idea. I even told the volunteer (he also volunteered to cook the stuff) that we'd think about it.