Destination wedding - Welcome Reception Ideas

Re: Destination wedding - Welcome Reception Ideas

• nikib0210 member

  

  August 2013 edited August 2013

  Where's your rehearsal dinner? Do you want the welcome reception to be dressy or more casual? I think any recommendations will depend on the answers to these questions. 

  
  

  Some places you may want to consider, both dressy and casual options: 

  Rock-n-Bowl

  Cure

  The Columns

  Bouligny Tavern

  Oak

  The Bulldog (the Midcity location has a private patio area)

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• Knottie1453167932 member

  

  August 2013

  Cheingtp, please let me know what you find.  I have been looking for reception venues and most of them charge thousands just to reserve the space. 

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• sonteram member

  

  September 2013

  I am also not from NOLA. We are doing the welcome part at the end of our rehearsal dinner, same location. We are just having the food service stop for the last hour but keeping the open bar.

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• sonteram member

  

  September 2013

  k07gregory said:

  Cheingtp, please let me know what you find.  I have been looking for reception venues and most of them charge thousands just to reserve the space. 

  Our's is at the small cottage at the Bourbon Orleans hotel. It fits up to 60 for seated dinner and has an adorable private courtyard. I think they just require that you spend a minimum of $3k. I don't believe they charge extra for the space. Talk to Alyssa, she's been great!! We are actually having our wedding here as well, in the main ballroom. So they gave us a pretty big discount for booking both. 

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• cheingtp member

  

  October 2013

  Thanks!  Talked to our hotel and they are going to let us reserve part of the hotel lobby bar with a reasonable minimum for our 50 guests.

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