I wanted to ask for opinions on a reception without dinner. My FH cooks for a catering company so we can get an incredible deal on food for our reception. But, I wanted to know if it was tacky to provide just cocktail foods and desserts instead. I want an evening ceremony/reception and worry that if I try to fit in dinner either guests will be eating too late or worse the whole process will be rushed.
A lot of FH’s friends are part of his job and I feel bad putting them to work for our wedding; most importantly not booking them in the first place and giving money to their competitors.
I plan to announce that dinner will not be served but again have no idea how to properly go about this. I have been looking for examples for this non-traditional idea but found very few.
Despite all my reasoning I have no problem getting creative in finding a solution if the general opinion is that it is important to serve your guest a meal.
My fear is inconveniencing my guest more than looking tacky. What do you fellow brides-to-be feel about this situation? Has anyone been to a wedding without a meal? Am I totally crazy inviting 100 people over and not feeding them properly? lol!