Our invites just went out last week. In my opinion, there's a lot of detailed info on them. Our ceremony and reception are in the same place. The invitation says what time the ceremony starts, and then says that the reception follows.
The RSVP card asks you to initial your entree (Filet Mignon, Grilled Lemon & Sage Chicken, Seared Salmon)
The accommodations info card says to ask for the wedding department and mention the XXX-XXX wedding.
The first phone call I get is asking me if it's a lunch reception or dinner reception. It's during the day, so it's a lunch reception. The start time is on the invite! Then she says, "Oh, I just wanted to make sure that there's going to be enough food." Buh?
Next I get a text. "What time does the reception start? I'm trying to figure out what to do with the kids." The invite says that the reception starts right after the ceremony. Again, they are BOTH in the same place. So I tell my friend that the cocktail hour starts right after the ceremony, so I'm figuring around 12:30pm. She texts me back, "Oh, OK. I just wanted to make sure the reception didn't start at like 6pm."
After that, I get a frantic call from FI. He's saying that our officiant (who is also one of FI's close friends) called the venue and was told there is no block of rooms. I know for a fact there are rooms blocked out. All of our family members reserved rooms and there are still 10 rooms left. Like I noted on the accommodations card, you have to ask for the wedding department FIRST. They handle all the booking of the rooms for the wedding. Apparently the officiant was just calling the front desk.
Do I really have two more months of this?
Also, the venue is requiring me to give them a list of guests and what their entree choice is. That's why I asked everyone to initial their choice on the RSVP card. 50% of the responses so far just have check marks, not initials. I have a lot of phone calls to make already.