Of all the wedding plans - the meet & greet/welcome function for guests has been the hardest to plan.
Initially we were going to host it in suite, then we considered a Sunday afternoon on the patio of hard rock on the strip. Then we decided to have it as a Saturday night dinner at one of the restaurants/buffet on the strip. NOW we are thinking of hosting it off the strip on Saturday afternoon before the bachelor/bachelorette parties that night.
We are thinking of having a Western themed welcome party on the patio at Roadrunner Saloon on W Flamingo. I LOVE theme parties and thought this would be quite a simple theme and different from the glittery Vegas theme of our wedding reception. We would get exclusive use of the patio with our own bar area and heaps of casual seating areas which will hopefully be good for mingling.
Because its about 15-20 minutes off the strip we will be transporting guests there and back. Oriental trading have heaps of Western themed stuff so I was planning on getting cowboy hats for every guest (about $2 per hat), and neon coloured bandannas to add a pop of colour on the tables.
We are planning on hosting appetisers followed by a buffet lunch and 3 hours of booze/softdrink for the event. To tie in the theme and as a bit tongue-in-cheek we are setting up a picture wall with vintage style WANTED posters for FI and I (The Love Bandits) and our immediate family (ie parents, siblings) as the 'Outlaw Gang'. Then we are going to post a pic of my son dressed as the 'Clark County Sheriff'.
At the end of it all we will hand out our welcome bags as favours and drop guests off at their hotels on the way back to the strip as most will want to shower, change before our evening festivities.
What do you guys think of THIS idea? Any other Western Theme suggestions? Ive attached a couple of pics of Roadrunner Saloon's patio - but Im open to any other 'Western' themed restaurants anyone knows of in Vegas.
Can't wait to say 'I do' on April 14, 2014 - Planning Bio