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Wedding Etiquette Forum
themosthappy91
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Food For Vendors?
I know we are expected to feed our vendors at our reception- but somehow it just occurred to me today to wonder WHAT we are supposed to feed them! Do we offer them the same choices that we are offering our guests (we're having a sit-down served dinner)?
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Re: Food For Vendors?
If they don't have something available, feed them as one of your guests. These people are responsible for making your day special and might be spending 8-12 hrs with you. Don't you want to keep them happy? If everybody is eating steak and lobster and you give them a sandwich, bag of chips and an apple, how do you think they'll feel? Yes, they're hired help but they're also very important on taking pictures, keeping the dance floor full etc. Maybe its just me, I think its important not to take advantage of the situation to save some dollars on a lower priced meal.
There are several threads on this topic. It would benefit you to find and read them. Vendors most typically eat somewhere in the reception room as well. The photographer will often interrupt his own meal to snap a quick picture if he sees something during dinner, including toasts. If he does not eat his meal in the dining room, those of lost/missed photo opportunities.
In our correspondence with vendors, we simply gave them our entree choices and asked them to select their preference. In our case, vendor meals, although the same as our guests, were half/one third the cost.
I had a catered buffet at my reception, charged by amount of food not per person, and invited my photog and her assistant to help themselves. Their response made me laugh from being able to relate. They graciously thanked me, but declined. They said if they ate the food and cake at all the weddings they went to, they would gain a ton of weight!
But certainly most vendors will want to eat something and the PPs have good advice.