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How much "entertaining" did you do besides the wedding?

GingerCat20GingerCat20
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Other than the wedding festivities, how much "entertaining" of your guests did you do? We're not having a rehearsal dinner or a meet & greet since everyone is arriving the night before the wedding, some not until 10-11pm.

I'm more worried about the day after the wedding. That's the last day that everyone will be there before they slowly start to leave. Did you plan a breakfast or activities? We only have 15 people, but they are 15 very DIFFERENT people and there is nothing in creation that is going to entertain both my alcoholic hippie father and Justin's strict southern baptist aunts. It's just not happening.

Is it rude to let everyone just do their own thing the day after?
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Re: How much "entertaining" did you do besides the wedding?

  • Knottie1450123632Knottie1450123632 member
    2500 Comments Fifth Anniversary 25 Love Its Name Dropper
    im not doin much.  im buying eiffel tower tix that they can use anytime
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  • vegasgroomvegasgroom mod
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    We had 125 guests and just made our friends aware that at some point the next day (Sunday) we planned to go down to Fremont so let us know in the morning if they wanted to go.  Probably had about ten people come with, wasn't a big deal, everyone found things to do in Vegas on their own or were flying out the next day.

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  • aweathers13aweathers13 member
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    We aren't doing anything.  There are just too many people to entertain; I don't really want to!  LOL.  I also, don't want people to feel like I'm dictating their weekend, I've just been telling people if they ask what the plans are for the rest of the weekend "You can do whatever you want, I'm only asking for five hours of your weekend on Friday for the wedding"  Plus, our guests aren't staying in one spot, they are sprinkled all along the strip.  Like VG said; there's so much to do in Vegas, nobody will have a hard time finding something fun to entertain themselves :) 
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  • torontozombielovertorontozombielover member
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    you will definitely find that people will be absolutely fine entertaining themselves. We did have a morning after brunch hosted by my husbands family, we booked space at the buffet, and nearly all the guests attended out of 62 i believe 59 were there - one couldn't get out of bed lol too much partying - one was already on the plane home - went straight from the reception to the airport! lol

    But after the meal everyone wandered off to rest, to get ready for flights, to lay by the pool etc. 
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  • klminor17klminor17
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    You won't have to... people will want to do what they want anyways since it will be a vacation for them too!
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  • kateynjoekateynjoe member
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    We did brunch the next day with anyone who cared to meet up at noon..... Now that it's all said and done I WOULD NOT DO IT again. I was exhausted and maybe a slight bit hung over and sleeping in before loading everything up and heading home would have been nice. Instead we had to get up and get ready to go meet everyone downstairs.

     I think it's perfectly fine to let everyone do their own thing....and maybe like VG, just let everyone know where you'll be later on the next day in case they want to meet up while you're all out and about (definately wouldn't plan on meeting anyone at a certain time).
    "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!" ~Anonymous~ "It is far better to be small and *Shine* than to be big and cast a Shadow!" ~Anonymous~
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  • mrsguilbert42013mrsguilbert42013 member
    100 Comments First Anniversary
    We will be at the pool the day after our wedding and are inviting our small guest list to join us there or go off on their own.  I imagine laying around poolside and nursing my hangover with bloody marys will be hard to turn down :)
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  • petitmonstreepetitmonstree
    500 Comments
    Yeah I don't think we're doing much considering people like Vegas for various reasons and we don't really have money to entertain everyone the entire weekend. Friday night is rehearsal and then we're having dinner with the wedding party and immediate family and then Sunday morning I know some of us our going for brunch (maybe at a buffet) but that we're not paying for everyone. Just more like a thank you/farewell type thing.
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  • sarahgirl2sarahgirl2
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    We had some guests arrive thurs and we had a pool cabana, it was perfect. People came as they please, if they wanted. We paid for the cabana, two bottles and some snacks....anything else was on them. That night we told everyone we were going to firefly if they wanted to join, 30 people showed up! Everyone paid for themselves, good time but a tad stressful for me organizing it all last min. Friday was bachelor/bachlorette parties (separate). And it was perfect cause I got to spend time with all my girls. Saturday was  DDB tour for anyone who wanted to come. It was fun and everyone enjoyed it but i was SOOOOO tired and wished I didnt have to go on it haha. But my guests loved it. The day after the wedding I basically wanted to see no body and just sleep in. We didnt plan anything but ended up people kept stopping by our room before they left. I was exhausted by that point. I think I planned to much over the whole weekend.
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