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CM posted: 12 Apr at 9:05 am
I would definately do it after the wedding. If not the cake cutting and first dance won’t mean as much to you.
Kris1231 posted: 14 Apr at 10:06 pm
I plan on having a destination wedding and I want to have a huge reception. I am going to have it after the wedding so we can play the video or slide show of our wedding, that way people do feel apart of the wedding. And you still can enjoy the cutting of the cake and dancing and etc.
Amy D posted: 17 Apr at 10:33 am
After the wedding! You can always send out the “were married postcards” the day you get married at your destination to the guests who are attending the reception.
Patti C posted: 18 Apr at 12:35 pm
Reception is after the wedding.
Your other family members will not feel like part of the wedding ceremony whether the party is before or after the fact. They are not invited. That said, your reception (even if held the same day), is in celebration of your marriage to your fiancee. It is when you RECEIVE your friends after the joyous occasion.
Dusik posted: 21 Apr at 6:03 am
we have planned a jack-and-jill party for friends before the wedding. these would be mostly the people who are not coming to the wedding. i anticipate this party being much more fun and relaxed, as it is mostly friends and no boring old people and relatives you haven’t seen for years.
i think before the wedding would be a better idea for you. but if you guys are also having jack-and-jill or a stag and a bridal shower also before the wedding sometime, then do another big party after the wedding: watch the video from the wedding, put together a slideshow from your pictures to play on the background all the time, play the same music…
something like that
gia_vermont posted: 21 Apr at 12:24 pm
I would do so after the wedding itself, but don’t wait too long. To make family feel like they are part of the celebration, I would plan for no more than a week or two after you return. To reduce the stress on you and your spouse, delegate some planning responsiblities to family members. A nice touch would be to blow up a few pictures of the actual ceremony as part of the decorations, and have other shots in albums for guests to look at. You may also want the party itself be related to the destination of your wedding, like an island theme if you are getting married somewhere tropical? BEst wishes!
Nancy B posted: 24 Apr at 6:09 am
I think you are having too many weddings. Why can’t everyone go to the big wedding? Why wouldn’t some members feel like they were not part of the wedding?
cfromplanetz posted: 25 Apr at 10:15 pm
It’s not really a reception if it’s before the wedding.
I vote you do the big reception after, but if you want to have an “Engagement Party” before you leave where everyone attends, those can be fun too.
cool v posted: 27 Apr at 5:01 am
After! You do not want to be drunk during the wedding, you might change your mind about getting married.
melouofs posted: 29 Apr at 6:53 am
We are doing just what you are—this sounds like it was written by me! We are having ours after we’re home…a clambake at a picnic grove in our area…we’re doing the cake cutting, having a dj, and all that stuff…it really seems odd to have the reception before…like a bon voyage party alomst…if you have it after, you;ll be able to bring your pictures from teh wedding for your guests to see which I think they’ll appreciate alot!
tasheema22 posted: 30 Apr at 9:50 am
I would have the reception at the end of the wedding, because that’s when you and your groom are first announced mr and mrs however.
Danielle posted: 30 Apr at 9:58 am
My husband and I did ours after our wedding. I think if you had it before, it would be more like an engagement party than a reception.
Jennifer J posted: 01 May at 11:12 pm
I definitely think it should occur after the wedding. It just makes more sense.
Lydia posted: 03 May at 6:45 am
You would have it after.
However, the point of a reception is for wedding guests to celebrate the ceremony they witnessed earlier in the day when the couple was married. It’s odd to just invite people to the party, but not the ceremony. Where I’m from, and amongst our family and friends, you invite only those to the reception who have been invited to the wedding ceremony.
But, to each his own….
nyhilly posted: 06 May at 11:47 am
We got married in Las Vegas, and then had the party afterwards, that way we had pictures and stories to share with everyone when we got home. I think doing it before is kind of like getting the cart before the horse- all these people will be giving you gifts and money before you’re actually a married couple, but that’s just my opinion…