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Luncheon reception getaway

margbru15margbru15 member
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My wedding is coming up and it's a low key luncheon in the backyard of a private residence. I'm struggling to decide on a non-awkward getaway for us as bride and groom. I'm so used to elaborate nighttime weddings where the send off has everyone lined up with sparklers and a vintage getaway car. Any ideas that would work for a reception that ends in the mid-afternoon that's less awkward than us just saying "Ok, see ya. Thanks for coming!"
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Re: Luncheon reception getaway

  • JoanE2012JoanE2012 member
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    edited February 2014
    Do you have to have a sendoff?  Most of the weddings I've been to don't have sendoffs.  My DH and I stayed until the very end of ours and helped pack up the car. 
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  • climbingsingleclimbingsingle member
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    I've never been to a wedding that had a send off. And I've been to a ton of weddings.
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  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    I've never been to a wedding with a send off either (been to 45+weddings).  We didn't have one at our wedding.  I'm sure real life people do them, but in my world they are only done in Hollywood.






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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    No send off for us. We had to stay to help pack stuff up.
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  • manateehuggermanateehugger member
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    I had no idea send-offs weren't common until I came to TK. I probably see them at at least 50% of the weddings I attend. 

    If you'd like to do one (not necessary though - we wont do one), what about confetti or ribbon wands? 
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  • vlanjvlanj member
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    Instead of doing something at the end of the luncheon, if you are having the ceremony at another location, why not have some kind of exit from the church or ceremony venue?  ie confetti, wands or bubles, or maybe a dove release.

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  • PrettyGirlLostPrettyGirlLost member
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    ClimbingBrideNY said:
    I've never been to a wedding that had a send off. And I've been to a ton of weddings.
    My mother says they were common like 30 years ago when the Bride and Groom actually left for their honeymoon that night or the next morning.

    Of about 30 weddings I have attended, only one had a Grand Exit and it was 1.5hrs before the reception was actually scheduled to be over and all it did was confuse the fuck out of everyone.  3/4s of all the guests let and went to bed and yet the DJ was still working and there was still a ton of beer and wine left.

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  • JennyColadaJennyColada member
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    I don't think that sounds awkward at all. I would much rather be the one thanking my guests and showing them out than them being the ones to say goodbye to us.

    I mean, it's our party. It only makes sense that the hosts be the one to wish their guests goodbye.
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