outdoor reception venue = LOST

Re: outdoor reception venue = LOST

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  vikingmom806 member

  

  March 2012

  I'm having an outdoor ceremony at sunset (around 7:30) and an indoor reception. To save money since the event is quite a bit later in the evening, I'm only doing hors d'oeurves - quite a few of them, but definitely not a dinner. The invitation will somehow (in whatever way I can make it sound not tacky) make it clear that a full meal won't be served at the reception. If you have an evening reception, do you have to purchase the facility's meal options, or can you just opt. for the finger food?

  
  

  Of course, if you want a full meal, then that won't work anyway. I hope you come up with a solution that works great for you soon.

  
  

  And, random, but I saw "LOST" and thought that you were gonna say your venue looked like the island. I'll go be a nerd elsewhere now.

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  emmzee

  

  March 2012

  I vote for the state parks, of course I may be biased because that's where my wedding is going to be (basically, its regional not state, but still a park)
  
  We originally planned on a dessert/cocktail reception (cake, snack mix, coffee, and sparkling water for the toast) The invitations say "dessert reception to follow"; since we're not serving alcohol we avoided saying cocktail reception. However after hearing our plans, family and friends are all excited about it and asked if they could organize together a potluck for more reception food. This may be a midwest mentality; but its working out well since we'll have more food to serve, everyone gets to feel like they contributed something and our budget doesn't have to change. A potluck was an idea early on in the wedding plan; but I was hesitant to ask at the risk of sounding cheap or tacky, however the family brought up the idea themselves and are genuinely eager to do it.

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  angelsong21 member

  

  March 2012

  If you are concerned about the feasibility of pulling off a meal-time reception at a state park and you can't pay to serve a meal at a meal-time reception at an outdoor facility, to me your only good option is to have an afternoon reception (or any off meal-time reception) at your outdoor facility and/or state park.  

  
  

  Is there no way you can double check on the electrical requirements at the state park to ensure whether it is/isn't feasible? 

  

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  ljf121790

  

  March 2012

  Thanks everyone we are probably going to do the facility and jsut do an afternoon reception. A friend of ours has offered his property to have a good ol country party for those of us who want to just have a party and those who we can not invite to the wedding reception because of money issues. and that party will be a potluck it all worked out and i got worried for nothing!

  

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